qtads ☆
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Description:
TADS multimedia interpreter
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Multimedia
Tags: tads interactive-fiction games multimedia interpreter
Install: brew install qtads
About:
Qtads is a cross-platform interpreter for TADS (Text Adventure Development System) games, providing a modern GUI frontend for interactive fiction. It supports multimedia elements like sound, images, and video within games, offering a high-quality experience for playing classic and modern text adventures.
Key Features:
  • Cross-platform GUI interpreter for TADS 2 and TADS 3 games
  • Supports multimedia content including audio, images, and video
  • High-quality typography and rendering for enhanced readability
  • Native look and feel on macOS, Windows, and Linux
Use Cases:
  • Playing interactive fiction and text adventure games
  • Developing and testing TADS games with a graphical frontend
  • Experiencing multimedia-enhanced text adventures
Alternatives:
  • frotz – Standard interpreter for Z-machine games (Infocom format), not compatible with TADS
  • tadsr – Command-line only TADS interpreter, lacks multimedia and GUI features
Version History
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Sep 30, 2025 8:01pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 347f336a
Sep 16, 2025 5:59pm 0 VERSION_BUMP df7b3769
Sep 11, 2024 8:45am 0 VERSION_BUMP f6fb28bc
May 17, 2023 7:44pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 7659d291
Dec 24, 2022 4:53am 0 VERSION_BUMP bf9f2c7d
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