Install dsda-doom with Homebrew

Project links

• Homepage

Commands and aliases

• dsda-doom

Project history

The project follows the PrBoom+ line rather than starting as a general-purpose new engine. Its README describes it as a successor of PrBoom+ and emphasizes speedrunning-oriented strictness, advanced TAS tools, rewind, debugging features, and compatibility work for Heretic, Hexen, MBF21, UDMF, MAPINFO, and Doom-in-Hexen.

The README records a maintainer handoff pattern: @kraflab maintained the project from 2020 through 2024, and @fabiangreffrath, @rfomin, and @Pedro-Beirao are listed as maintainers from 2024 onward. Release notes in the v0.28 and v0.29 series show the port continuing to add game-format support, demo-related fixes, launcher/build improvements, macOS/Windows packaging, and speedrunning-specific behavior fixes.

Adoption history

Adoption is concentrated in the classic Doom speedrunning and source-port communities rather than in mainstream game distribution. Its package presence in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Nix, and zypper makes it easy for runners, demo viewers, and tool-assisted-speedrun authors to install the same port across platforms.

Homebrew's formula listed 431 installs over the preceding 365 days when checked for this enrichment batch, a modest but real signal for a specialist source port.

How it is used

Users run DSDA-Doom to play, record, validate, inspect, and replay Doom-engine demos with stricter compatibility expectations than a casual enhanced port. The README's feature list is especially relevant to speedrunners: strict mode, TAS tools, rewind, debugging aids, and support for modern community mapping standards.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, DSDA-Doom is interesting because it packages a living fork in a long lineage of Doom ports: Doom, Boom, MBF, PrBoom+, PrBoom+ UM, and then DSDA-Doom. Its value depends as much on reproducibility and demo sync as on end-user features, so distribution packages are part of preserving a shared competitive/tooling environment.

Timeline

• 2020: The README's maintainer list marks @kraflab's DSDA-Doom maintainership as beginning in this period.
• 2024: The README lists @fabiangreffrath, @rfomin, and @Pedro-Beirao as maintainers from 2024 onward.
• 2024-08-10: v0.28.0 was published with a large feature release including freelook rewrite work, UDMF additions, quality-of-life changes, and demo/tooling updates.
• 2025-07-03: v0.29.3 was published with packaged Linux, macOS, and Windows release assets.
• 2025-09-26: v0.29.4 was published and is the Homebrew stable version recorded for this batch.

Related projects

• PrBoom+ is the direct predecessor named by the README.
• The Doom Speed Demos Archive is the community context implied by the DSDA name and by the port's speedrunning focus.
• MBF21 and UMAPINFO are related Doom mapping/demo standards linked from the README.
• Pedro-Beirao's dsda-launcher is a companion launcher linked by the README.

Sources

• https://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom#readme
• https://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom/releases/tag/v0.28.0
• https://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom/releases/tag/v0.29.3
• https://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom/releases/tag/v0.29.4
• https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dsda-doom