TrenchBroom is a cross platform level editor for Quake-engine based games. It supports Quake, Quake 2, and Hexen 2 and runs on Windows (XP and newer), Mac OS X (10.6 and newer) and Linux. TrenchBroom is easy to use and provides many simple and advanced tools to create complex and interesting levels with ease.

General

• Full support for editing in 3D and in up to three 2D views
• High performance renderer with support for huge maps
• Unlimited Undo and Redo
• Macro-like command repetition
• Issue browser with automatic quick fixes
• Point file support
• Automatic backups
• Free and cross platform

Brush Editing

• Robust vertex editing with edge and face splitting and manipulating multiple vertices together
• Clipping tool with two and three points
• CSG operations: merge, subtract, intersect
• UV view for easy texture manipulations
• Precise texture lock for all brush editing operations
• Multiple texture collections

Entity Editing

• Entity browser with drag and drop support
• Support for FGD and DEF files for entity definitions
• Mod support
• Entity link visualization
• Displays 3D models in the editor
• Smart entity property editors

To enable Quake engines within the editor install and connect an engine:

# Quake 1 support snap install quakespasm-beidl # or vkquake snap connect trenchbroom:quake-engine quakespasm-beidl:quake-engine

# Quake 2 support snap install yamagi-quake2-beidl snap connect trenchbroom:quake2-engine yamagi-quake2-beidl:quake2-engine

The engine will be available at one of these locations: /snap/trenchbroom/current/quake-engine/ /var/lib/snapd/snap/trenchbroom/current/quake-engine/ /snap/trenchbroom/current/quake2-engine/ /var/lib/snapd/snap/trenchbroom/current/quake2-engine/