| Original author(s) | Alan Kay, Julian Lombardi, Mark P. McCahill, Andreas Raab, David P. Reed, David A. Smith |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2004[1] |
| Final release | 1.0
/ December 24, 2009 |
| Written in | Squeak Smalltalk |
| Operating system | Unix-like, macOS; Windows |
| Platform | Squeak |
| Available in | English |
| Type | multiuser virtual environment |
| License | MIT |
| Website | opencroquet.org (defunct) |
The Croquet Project is a software project that was intended to promote the continued development of the Croquet open-source software development kit to create and deliver collaborative multi-user online applications. Croquet is implemented in Squeak Smalltalk.
Croquet supports communication, collaboration, resource sharing, and synchronous computation among multiple users.
Applications created with the Croquet software development kit can be used to support collaborative data visualization, virtual learning and problem solving environments, 3D wikis, online gaming environments (massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs)), and privately maintained or interconnected multiuser virtual environments.
Further development of the technology has also branched into the Open Cobalt and Open Croquet efforts.[2]
The most recent iteration of Croquet is a commercial product developed by Croquet Labs.[3] This version of Croquet runs in a web browser and allows programs to be written in Javascript or WebAssembly.