# rustify-doom: reconstructing Doom in Rust from a stripped binary

> rustify-doom reconstructs the Doom engine in Rust from a stripped doomgeneric binary using Rustify. Its source covers game systems, rendering and SDL integration, and its compatibility report compares replay scenarios and recovered requirements against the original build with Freedoom data.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Binary · Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/SebastianElvis/rustify-doom>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/SebastianElvis/rustify-doom/blob/0f035dea6e94b2f24d0c179c48da497d94d96f71/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rustify-doom-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rustify-doom-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rustify-doom-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** macOS on Apple silicon, Rust and Homebrew sdl2-compat are required to build.
- **Prerequisites:** Freedoom: Phase 1 version 0.13.0 supplies game data and is not included.
- **Limits:** The author reports incomplete parity, including savegame differences and open requirements.
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/SebastianElvis/rustify-doom/blob/0f035dea6e94b2f24d0c179c48da497d94d96f71/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/SebastianElvis/rustify-doom/blob/0f035dea6e94b2f24d0c179c48da497d94d96f71/COMPATIBILITY.md>

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