# Wowser: rebuilding a World of Warcraft browser client

> Wowser recreates a World of Warcraft 3.3.5a client in JavaScript and WebGL for the browser. It authenticates, lists realms and characters, joins a game world and logs its packets; a local pipeline serves resources from the user's official client copy.

- 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/wowserhq/wowser>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/wowserhq/wowser/blob/5fcd3e607db7551a74caf6d7ffa4dd785a264dc8/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wowser-wow-browser-client-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wowser-wow-browser-client-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/wowser-wow-browser-client-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A copy of the official Wrath of the Lich King 3.3.5a client is required.
- **Prerequisites:** Development requires Node.js, StormLib and BLPConverter; raw TCP connections need a WebSocket proxy.
- **Limits:** Terrain and model rendering remained in progress.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/wowserhq/wowser/blob/5fcd3e607db7551a74caf6d7ffa4dd785a264dc8/README.md>

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