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Also known as STK, Super Tux Kart

SuperTuxKart (STK) is a free and open-source kart racing game, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3. Its initial version was released in 2007. It features mascots of various open-source projects. SuperTuxKart is cross-platform, running on Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS (beta), Android systems and Nintendo Switch (homebrew).

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SuperTuxKart, also known as STK, is a free and open-source kart racing video game featuring the Linux mascot Tux. SuperTuxKart is cross-platform, running on Windows, OS X, Linux, AmigaOS 4, AROS, MorphOS and other Unix systems. The latest stable version of the game is version 1.3 and was released on September 28, 2021. SuperTuxKart started as TuxKart, an open source game for Linux by Steve Baker which stopped being developed after version 0.4.0

Released
2006
Genres
Racing, Arcade
Platforms
Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Engine
Bullet
Developer
SuperTuxKart Development Team
Publisher
SuperTuxKart Development Team

Key facts

Software.name
SuperTuxKart
Software.logo
Logo de SuperTuxKart.png
Software.screenshot
Supertuxkart-0.9-screenshot-2.jpg
Software.caption
Tux at the "Gran Paradiso Island" racetrack
Software.author
Steve and Oliver Baker
Software.programming language
C++, GLSL, AngelScript
Software.platform
Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS (in beta), Nintendo Switch
Software.genre
Racing
Software.license
GPLv3 (code)GPL, CC BY-SA or more permissive (assets)

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Source code

Link to the source-code README · 3,047 chars · not written by Vinony

Wikidata facts

Official website
supertuxkart.net
Image
STK track 8.png
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maximum number of players
25
title
SuperTuxKart
inception
2004-01-01
Commons category
SuperTuxKart
software version identifier
1.5
minimum number of players
1
source code repository URL
github.com/supertuxkart/stk-code
publication date
2004-00-00
IRC channel URL
irc://irc.libera.chat/#supertuxkart
official blog URL
blog.supertuxkart.net
social media followers
1209
translation contribution URL
translations.launchpad.net/stk/stkaddons
number of viewers/listeners
985360
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SuperTuxKart (STK) is a free and open-source kart racing game, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3. Its initial version was released in 2007. It features mascots of various open-source projects. SuperTuxKart is cross-platform, running on Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS (beta), Android systems and Nintendo Switch (homebrew).

SuperTuxKart started as a fork of TuxKart, originally developed by Steve and Oliver Baker in 2000. When TuxKart development ended around March 2004, a fork as SuperTuxKart was conducted by other developers in 2006. SuperTuxKart is under active development by the game's community.

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