Top 23 dnd Open-Source Projects

• Fantasy-Map-Generator

  597 4,258 8.6 JavaScript

  Web application generating interactive and highly customizable maps

Project mention: CC0-licensed fantasy map brushes based on historical cartography | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-12-21

Adding to the other answers, there are also -besides Photoshop, Gimp, etc- specialized tools to draw fantasy maps. The site mentions Wonderdraft [0], but there are a bunch of others though not all of them support using external brushes.

Some other tools in this space may be Watabou's tools [1], Azgaar's tools [2], Inkarnate [3], Mapforge [4], or quite a few more which you can find links to in this list [5]. Again: you could use these brushes with some of these; not all support external brushes.

[0] https://www.wonderdraft.net/

[1] https://watabou.github.io/

[2] https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/

[3] https://inkarnate.com/

[4] https://www.mapforge-software.com/

[5] https://www.mapforge-software.com/links-to-map-making-apps/

• DND-5e-LaTeX-Template

  33 1,384 0.0 TeX

  LaTeX package to typeset material for the fifth edition of the "world's greatest roleplaying game".

  

Project mention: LaTeX for publishing tabletop role-playing games | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-09-17

> Creating a theme for tabletop role-playing games would take some elbow grease

The article links to several, including a convincing reproduction of basic Wizards of the Coast house style for D&D 5E:

https://github.com/rpgtex/DND-5e-LaTeX-Template

Here's another 5E one with additional sidebar styles:

https://github.com/anoderay/DND-5e-LaTeX-Template/

Also 5E-inspired, with a template for card accessories:

https://github.com/Krozark/RPG-LaTeX-Template

A 5E-compatible character sheet:

https://github.com/matsavage/DND-5e-LaTeX-Character-Sheet-Te...

CTAN also has packages for Basic D&D-inspired typesetting (rpg-module, also linked from the article), GURPS (gurps), generic hex boards (hexboard), and wargame hex boards with counters (wargame).

There are also indie TTRPGs that've shipped using custom LaTeX templates; this one has CC-BY licensed source: https://github.com/ludus-leonis/nipajin

And the blog author's own, with a more restrictive CC-NC-SA license: https://github.com/Vladar4/itdr

From personal experience, the biggest struggle is non-rectangular text wrapping around images.

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• icons

  1 1,019 3.9 Shell

  All SVG icons available on https://game-icons.net (by game-icons)

  

• Eigengrau-s-Essential-Establishment-Generator

  103 796 0.0 TypeScript

  A town generator that is suitable for out of the box play in any fantasy TTRPG setting.

Project mention: DM RESOURCES | /r/DMAcademy | 2023-05-19

Kassoon Eigengrausgenerator Donjon PBE games Azgaar's Fantasy Map Generator.

• snd

  3 442 8.6 TypeScript

  Sales & Dungeons — Thermal Printer as D&D / TTRPG Utility (by BigJk)

• DND.SRD.Wiki

  14 287 3.3 HTML

  Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition SRD converted to Markdown.

• Armoria

  89 258 9.0 Svelte

  Heraldry generator and editor

Project mention: Post-apocalyptic Sicily 190 years after the Great War | /r/imaginarymaps | 2023-07-09

The flag was made in Armoria: https://azgaar.github.io/Armoria

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• orcpub

  1 202 6.3 Clojure

  Code for Dungeon Master's Vault Community Edition

  

• Bryans-Preferred-Modules-for-FoundryVTT

  8 129 3.6 CSS

  My personally cultivated list of FoundryVTT Modules for Dungeons and Dragons 5e and Pathfinder 2e that play nicely together without creating an overwhelming amount of UI options or causing noticeable FPS drops.

• d20

  3 106 0.0 Python

  A fast, powerful, and extensible dice engine for D&D, d20 systems, and any other system that needs dice!

  

• DND-5e-LaTeX-Character-Template

  2 83 8.2 TeX

  LaTeX package to typeset character sheets for the fifth edition of the "world's greatest roleplaying game".

Project mention: LaTeX for publishing tabletop role-playing games | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-09-17

> Creating a theme for tabletop role-playing games would take some elbow grease

The article links to several, including a convincing reproduction of basic Wizards of the Coast house style for D&D 5E:

https://github.com/rpgtex/DND-5e-LaTeX-Template

Here's another 5E one with additional sidebar styles:

https://github.com/anoderay/DND-5e-LaTeX-Template/

Also 5E-inspired, with a template for card accessories:

https://github.com/Krozark/RPG-LaTeX-Template

A 5E-compatible character sheet:

https://github.com/matsavage/DND-5e-LaTeX-Character-Sheet-Te...

CTAN also has packages for Basic D&D-inspired typesetting (rpg-module, also linked from the article), GURPS (gurps), generic hex boards (hexboard), and wargame hex boards with counters (wargame).

There are also indie TTRPGs that've shipped using custom LaTeX templates; this one has CC-BY licensed source: https://github.com/ludus-leonis/nipajin

And the blog author's own, with a more restrictive CC-NC-SA license: https://github.com/Vladar4/itdr

From personal experience, the biggest struggle is non-rectangular text wrapping around images.

• COMPASS

  3 72 9.3 C#

  TTRPG rulebook library manager, bringing all your books in one place. (by DSPaul)

• DungeonBoard

  8 49 2.8 Kotlin

  A D&D Map viewer for DMs to show players maps/dungeons without spoiling too much

• 5e-Framework

  2 47 0.0

  A comprehensive 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons Framework for MapTool.

• DM-Operations-Center

  1 34 0.0 JavaScript

  The DM Operations Center is a collection of rules and tools for 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons dungeon masters that use the advanced Virtual Tabletop application Encounter+

• masterplan

  5 29 0.0 C#

  Masterplan is an application that helps you to build D&D 4E campaigns. (by andyaiken)

Project mention: What RPG makes Healing feel cool, or at the very least not a slog | /r/rpg | 2023-05-03

It's still up on github. Download the .msi, ignore the warnings that pop up during installation, and you're good to go.

• foundry_5e_monster_maker

  6 28 0.0 HTML

  A D&D 5e monster maker module for the Foundry VTT. Build new monsters with level-appropriate, balanced stats in seconds.

Project mention: Foundry V11 Reminder | /r/FoundryVTT | 2023-05-24

• giffyglyphs-darker-dungeons

  1 21 0.0 HTML

  Add new, immersive RPG mechanics to your D&D 5e campaigns with Giffyglyph's Darker Dungeons.

• DnD_5e_Perfect_Spells

  1 20 0.0

  5th Edition Spells - curated into a json format. also a big list of special woods and metals

• libsrd5

  1 15 2.7 C#

  A System Reference Document 5.1 (SRD) Implementation in C#.

• dndR

  3 14 8.7 R

  Dungeons & Dragons Functions for Players and Dungeon Masters

• 5esheets

  1 13 9.4 Python

  Visualize and update your D&D 5e character sheets in your browser

Project mention: How I search in 2024 | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-26

I've been using GitHub code search a lot to get examples of how people use APIs or designing features. It's quite good.

I recently did this to figure out how to insert JSON into Sqlite's FTS5 https://github.com/brouberol/5esheets/pull/292

I didn't use AI because for these things because for some things (database design, constructing a grammar) you _really_ want to understand your code completely, and I don't want to deal with hallucinations.

• command_line_DnD_character_builder

  2 11 0.0 Python

  Build your own Dungeons & Dragons 5e character in the command line.

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