# The Peacock Project: HITMAN trilogy server replacement

> The Peacock Project reconstructs online server functions for the HITMAN World of Assassination trilogy. Its TypeScript server handles game content and features, with documented challenge, progression and XP processing; the authors say it was rewritten after beginning as a LocalGhost fork.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/thepeacockproject/Peacock>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/thepeacockproject/Peacock/blob/b64a71abe7a1aadfb239e6fea00a25540b4b51f9/readme.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/peacock-hitman-server-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/peacock-hitman-server-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/peacock-hitman-server-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Development setup uses Node.js 22.9.0 or the latest version, plus Yarn.
- **Scope:** The repository describes server replacement for the HITMAN World of Assassination trilogy.
- **License:** Licensed under AGPL-3.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/thepeacockproject/Peacock/blob/b64a71abe7a1aadfb239e6fea00a25540b4b51f9/readme.md>
2. <https://github.com/thepeacockproject/Peacock/blob/b64a71abe7a1aadfb239e6fea00a25540b4b51f9/components/candle/README.md>

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