onFOSS

It is official: onFOSS is 5 years old now! @hribhrib put together a "short" story about the history, present, and future of onFOSS :D Together with other event hosts, we are sharing with you some behind-the-scenes stuff, and thank you all for those great years! Have a great read! :*

https://onfoss.org/news/2026/04/17/5-years-of-onFOSS.html

We look forward to many more years and invite you to our hangout tomorrow in Mumble with some cosy #VoxelLibre starting at 2026-04-18 16:00 UTC!

Thank you all and see you tomorrow <3

We will be celebrating the 5th anniversary of public #onFOSS events on Saturday, 18th of April!
Instead of a full event, we decided to just hang out in Mumble an continue on the #VoxeLibre world we started last time. Let's see how far we get. You can find all the details in the announcement here https://onfoss.org/news/2026/04/04/onFOSS-hangout-April-18th.html

@hribhrib who started onFOSS is also working on a little retrospective of the journey so far to be posted on our website very soon so look forward to that as well :blobcatheart:

Only 24 hours to go, make sure to get your games ready!
You can find the scedule here
https://onfoss.org/schedule.html
Servers are already running and can as always be reached at play.onfoss.org.

See you tomorrow :blobcatwave:

#onfoss #fossgaming #OpenSource #opensourcegaming

We have an announcement for you :blobcateyes:

The next #onFOSS will be happening on March 21st!
The event will be hosted by @Huitsi and streamed by @hribhrib.

Well be trying out a new 2D spaceship shooter, some #Luanti games and of course some popular classics to round things out.
See the full announcement here
https://onfoss.org/news/2026/03/03/Next-event-March-21st.html

Look forward to it! :blobcatgamer:

#onFOSS is starting in one hour with Pixelpusher.
There's been rumors of a last-minute update by the developer so make sure to get the latest version.

As always we'll be hanging out on Mumble at mumble://hribhrib.at

The poll has closed and result are in! The community pick will be 🥁

Super Tux Kart

See the updated announcement here https://onfoss.org/news/2026/01/04/Next-event-February-7th.html

We're looking forward to seeing you this Saturday! :blobcatgamer:

#onfoss #OpenSource #foss #fossgaming

One week left to get your vote in for the community pick of our next event. Make sure to do so :ablobcatheartsqueeze:
https://pad.tchncs.de/form/#/2/form/view/6lBecX+IAV0t-pBeKNtbTdukNX0lyg6ui3ogrqxobEg/

#onfoss #opensource #opensourcegaming

The next onFOSS will happen on Saturday 7 February 2026, 12:00 UTC. 🎮 🕹️

For more information see the announcement at https://onfoss.org/news/2026/01/04/Next-event-February-7th.html

This time we will play #pixelpusher @play0ad #suroi #unvanquished and a community pick. See you, then!

#opensource #opensourcegaming #foss #videogames

The servers are running and there's only 2 hours to go until #onFOSS starts.
We'll be starting with #HurryCurry
Make sure you get all your games updated! :blobcatgamer:

#opensource #opensourcegaming

Don't forget! Tomorrow is our onFOSS event with a lovely co-op theme this time. Join us to play #LibreQuake, #SuperTuxKart, #HurryCurry, #Mindustry, #Teeworlds DDRace mode, and #NaziZombiesPortable

https://onfoss.org/news/2025/11/22/Next-event-December-6th.html

#opensource #opensourcegaming

@sndein has been working on a new game(mode) for #onFOSS and it's now ready to show you. Read all the details here
https://onfoss.org/news/2025/11/16/LibreQuake-Horde-Mode.html

We'll be playing this at the next event, announcement coming soon.

And that's another day of free software games come to a close.
Thanks to @Huitsi for hosting this #onFOSS as well as to all the devs and everyone that participated.
Don't worry though, in an effort to have these events more frequently we should be back with news very soon. Stay tuned.

And that's a wrap! It was a blast! Until next time!

Also congrats to Cyantusk for winning the #OpenHV tournament! They get to decide which project we donate the prize money to.

#OpenHV tournament is about to start in 5 minutes. Co-livestreamed by both @opensourcegaming and @szkodnix

Pick your channel!
https://video.hardlimit.com/w/oNhei3W9ER6se1G7vZXmTx
https://live.szkod.ovh/

Our event will start in just over an hour! It will be all day long so join whenever you want.

Schedule is available here: https://onfoss.org/schedule.html

We'll be playing #PixelPusher, #HyperSomnia, #OpenHV, #AssaultCube, #Mindustry. #HurryCurry, and #0AD

#OpenSource #OpenSourceGaming

Our community picks have been chosen. A tie between #HurryCurry and #0ad !

Don't forget. This Saturday we will have a wealth of #OpenSource gaming!

https://onfoss.org/news/2025/06/04/Next-event-June-28th.html

#OpenSourceGaming #PixelPusher #HyperSomnia #OpenHV #AssaultCube #Mindustry

Our next event will be coming very soon on Saturday 28 June 2025, 12:00 UTC hosted by Elouin. Another day of #FOSS games!

More information is available at https://onfoss.org/news/2025/06/04/Next-event-June-28th.html

A new game is included, #Pixelpusher, along with a “Community Pick”! We also have an #OpenHV tournament. Winner gets to donate their prize to any FOSS game they like!

Other planned games are #HyperSomnia, #AssaultCube, and #Mindustry.

#OpenSource #OpenSourceGaming

The next #onFOSS will happen on the 15th of March. Join us for a full day of #OpenSource games! Hosted by @aethernaut this time.

Lots of new(at least for onFOSS) games and a few classics are on the schedule:
#tanksoffredom #hurrycurry #openarena @play0ad @UNVofficial

See the announcement for more info!
https://onfoss.org/news/2025/02/15/Next-event-March-15th.html

Just a reminder. The next #onFOSS event is happening tomorrow! We'll start at 1200UTC but feel free to drop any time. It lasts all day!

See https://onfoss.org/news/2024/11/30/Next-event-December-7th.html for more info.

#OpenSource #Mindustry #Xonotic #SuperTuxKart #OpenHV #Teeworlds #BZFlag #NZPortable

Our next #onFOSS event is happening on 7 December. Join us for a full day of #OpenSource games! Hosted by @sndein this time.

We'll be playing some classics, namely: #Mindustry, #Xonotic, #SuperTuxKart, #OpenHV, #Teeworlds, #BZFlag, but we also have a newcomer which is Nazi Zombies: Portable.

See the announcement for more info!

https://onfoss.org/news/2024/11/30/Next-event-December-7th.html

Congratulations to sndein for winning the #LibreQuake tournament!

He has chosen to donate to the Tiled map editor (https://www.mapeditor.org/) who will be receiving €25 from Elioun and zł‎100 from Szkodnix who sponsored the prize!

Next onFOSS event starting in an hour!

Come play #AssaultCube , #Yorg, #Warzone2100, #Lix, and #SuperTuckKart with us! We also have the community pick of #hypersomnia

https://onfoss.org/news/2024/07/04/Next-event-July-27th.html

Another #onfoss event is happening soon on Saturday 27 July, starting at 12:00UTC featuring a new host, Elouin! This time we'll have #AssaultCube, #Yorg, #Warzone2100, #Lix, and #SuperTuxKart.

There will also be a tournament with #FTEQW running #LIbreQuake. This time featuring a double prize with €25 from Elioun and zł‎100 from Szkodnix.

Finally, there will be a community-chosen game. Fill out the survey if you want to have your say.

See https://onfoss.org/news/2024/07/04/Next-event-July-27th.html for more info.

Again, thank you all for participating in #onFOSS!

As #BZFlag doesn't take donations for the project, dromdan - the winner of the tournament - decided to give the donation to #SuperTux

The VODs from the livestream are available here:
Part 1
https://video.hardlimit.com/w/xwQoQSZze8YDgkrJ9MBFym
Part 2
https://video.hardlimit.com/w/athrqRXcVpKJ9znLBbkthp

We also now have a "All of onFOSS" PeerTube playlist, where every video of and about onFOSS is saved!

https://peertube.linuxrocks.online/w/p/6KiGXZjr7hxth9oBbe6Tcj

See you all next time!

Just a reminder that the next #onFOSS event is this Saturday (17 Feb) starting at 12:00UTC!

The results of the game choice survey is in too and #TeeWorlds was the most requested. So we'll be playing that along with #Wasted, #Hedgewars, #OpenSpades, #OpenHV and #Minetest (CTF).

We'll have our #ArmagetronAdvanced tournament at 16:00UTC too. We'll be live streaming too.

Hope you will join us!

More information: https://onfoss.org/news/2024/01/16/Next-event-February-17th.html

It's time again for the next #onFOSS event! Saturday 17 February 2024, we'll have a full day of games, starting at 12:00 UTC.

Our tournament will be #ArmagetronAdvanced in classic Free for all. Get those lightcycle skills up to speed soon! The prize will be a €25 donation to your choice of FOSS game-related project.

We'll also play #Minetest (CTF), #Wasted, #Hedgewars, #OpenSpades, #OpehHV, and a game of your choice!

For more info and the game choice survey, see https://onfoss.org/news/2024/01/16/Next-event-February-17th.html

The next #onFOSS event is happening really soon! This Saturday, we'll start at 12:00UTC with #HyperSomnia, #FTEQW, #SuperTuxKart, #BZFlag, and #Lix.

Visit the news page for more info!
https://onfoss.org/news/2023/08/27/Next-event-September-23rd.html

It is time for our next open-source-only gaming event! It will take place Saturday September 23rd, starting at 12:00UTC.

We have two newcomers this time, #HyperSomnia and #FTEQW with #LibreQuake.

We will also have a #SuperTuxKart tournament with a prize!

Finally, we will also play #bzflag and #lix, so that will be a lot of fun.

See also our news post at https://onfoss.org/news/2023/08/27/Next-event-September-23rd.html