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Map Editors

Name	Supported OS	Surfaces	MDX	textureinfo.ini	BSP	Updates
KPRadiant	Windows	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
NETRadiant	Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
NetRadiant-custom	Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
QERadiant	Windows	No	No	No	No	No
QuArK	Windows	Yes	Half	Half	Yes	Yes
TrenchBroom	Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	Yes	Half	No	No	Yes

Notes

Surfaces – Indicates whether the editor displays the names of all surface flags for textures.
MDX – Indicates whether the editor can load MDX models. Half means the editor can load MDX models but cannot load multiple MDX models simultaneously.
textureinfo.ini – Indicates whether the editor automatically loads surface flags from the textureinfo.ini file.
BSP – Indicates whether the editor can edit BSP files. In most cases, this is limited to editing Entities rather than modifying BSP geometry.

PAK Editors

Name	Supported OS	Stable	Licences
PakScape	Windows	Yes tested
PakExplorer	Windows	No tested
QuArK	Windows	?	Open source
QPakMan	Windows, Linux	?	Open source
QPed	Windows	No tested	Shareware
Pakextract	Windows	?	Open source
Game File Explorer	Windows	?

Graphic Editors

Name	Supported OS	Wad Support	Licences
Wally	Windows	Yes	Open Source
GIMP	Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	No	Open Source
Adobe Photoshop	Windows	No	Proprietary
Corel PaintShop Pro	Windows	No	Shareware
Fimg	Windows	Yes
Krita	Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	No	Open Source
Paint.NET	Windows	No	Freeware

Model Editors

Name	Supported OS	MDX/MD2 Support	Licences
Blender 3D	Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	Yes with Kingpin Plugin	Open source
Milkshape 3D	Windows	Only MD2	Shareware
Maverick Model 3D	Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	Only MD2	Open source
Quake 2 Model Editor	Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	Only MD2	Open source
3DS Max 2012	Windows	Yes with Kingpin Plugin	Proprietary
Ultimate Unwrap 3D	Windows	Yes	Proprietary

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 ! Name
 ! Supported OS
-! MDX Support
+! [[Surfaces]]
-! Latest release
+! [[MDX]]
+! textureinfo.ini
+! [[BSP]]
+! Updates
 |-
 | KPRadiant
 | Windows
 | Yes
-| 1997
+| Yes
+| Yes
+| No
+| No
 |-
-| NETRadiant
+| [https://netradiant.gitlab.io/ NETRadiant]
 | Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
+| Yes
+| No
 | No
-| 2024
+| No
+| Yes
 |-
-| NetRadiant-custom
+| [https://github.com/Garux/netradiant-custom NetRadiant-custom]
 | Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
+| Yes
 | No
-| 2024
+| No
+| No
+| Yes
 |-
-| QERadiant
+| [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/editing/maps/map_editors/QERadiant/ QERadiant]
 | Windows
 | No
-| 1997
+| No
+| No
+| No
+| No
 |-
-| Quark
+| [https://quark.sourceforge.io/ QuArK]
 | Windows
 | Yes
-| 2021
+| Half
+| Half
+| Yes
+| Yes
 |-
-| TrenchBroom
+| [https://trenchbroom.github.io/ TrenchBroom]
 | Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
+| Yes
 | Half
-| 2024
+| No
+| No
+| Yes
 |}
+=== Notes ===
+* '''Surfaces''' – Indicates whether the editor displays the names of all [[Surfaces|surface flags]] for textures.
+* '''MDX''' – Indicates whether the editor can load [[MDX]] models. ''Half'' means the editor can load MDX models but cannot load multiple MDX models simultaneously.
+* '''textureinfo.ini''' – Indicates whether the editor automatically loads [[Surfaces|surface flags]] from the ''textureinfo.ini'' file.
+* '''BSP''' – Indicates whether the editor can edit [[BSP]] files. In most cases, this is limited to editing [[Entities]] rather than modifying BSP geometry.
 ==PAK Editors==
-* [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/editing/pak/pakexplorer/ PakExplorer] - Very handy, explorer-like interface.
+{| class="sortable wikitable"
-* [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/editing/pak/packscape/ PakScape] - An excellent, multigame pak/zip utility with an explorer-like interface.
+! Name
-* [https://quark.sourceforge.io/ QuArK] - Mainly a map editor, you can also use it to edit models and PAK files.
+! Supported OS
-* [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/editing/pak/qpakman/ QPakMan] "is an all-singing all-dancing Quake1 pak/mip tool" for Windows and Linux.
+! Stable
-* [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/editing/pak/qped/ QPed] - Supports long names, an explorer-like interface.
+! Licences
+|-
-==Graphic & Resource Editors==
+| [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/editing/pak/packscape/ PakScape]
-* [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/editing/textures/wally/ Wally]
+| Windows
+| Yes tested
+|
+|-
+| [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/editing/pak/pakexplorer/ PakExplorer]
+| Windows
+| No tested
+|
+|-
+| [https://quark.sourceforge.io/ QuArK]
+| Windows
+| ?
+| Open source
+|-
+| [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/editing/pak/qpakman/ QPakMan]
+| Windows, Linux
+| ?
+| Open source
+|-
+| [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/editing/pak/qped/ QPed]
+| Windows
+| No tested
+| Shareware
+|-
+| [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/editing/pak/_code/pakextract/ Pakextract]
+| Windows
+| ?
+| Open source
+|-
+| [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/editing/misc/game_file_explorer/ Game File Explorer]
+| Windows
+| ?
+|
+|}
+==Graphic Editors==
+{| class="sortable wikitable"
+! Name
+! Supported OS
+! Wad Support
+! Licences
+|-
+| [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/editing/textures/wal/wally/ Wally]
+| Windows
+| Yes
+| Open Source
+|-
+| [https://www.gimp.org/ GIMP]
+| Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
+| No
+| Open Source
+|-
+| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop Adobe Photoshop]
+| Windows
+| No
+| Proprietary
+|-
+| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PaintShop_Pro Corel PaintShop Pro]
+| Windows
+| No
+| Shareware
+|-
+| [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/editing/textures/wal/fimg/ Fimg]
+| Windows
+| Yes
+|
+|-
+| [https://krita.org Krita]
+| Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
+| No
+| Open Source
+|-
+| [https://www.getpaint.net/ Paint.NET]
+| Windows
+| No
+| Freeware
+|}
 ==Model Editors==
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 | Open source
 |-
-| [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/editing/modelling/quake2_moddeler/ Quake2 moddeler ]
+| [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/editing/modelling/quake2_moddeler/ Quake 2 Model Editor ]
 | Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
 | Only MD2