opensplit

OpenSplit

Free & open-source speedrun split timer with an emphasis on customization.

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Quickstart • Nightly builds • Skins • Development • Contributing

Highlights

• 🕒 Fast, readable timer built for speedrunning.
• 🎨 Fully skinnable UI — drop CSS-based skins (tokens + components + images) into a folder and switch at runtime.
• 🎮 Global hotkeys (Windows first; cross-platform planned).
• 🔎 Speedrun.com integration (planned) to search games, categories, and fetch art.
• 🧰 Modern stack: Go + React/TypeScript via Wails.

Status: early development/alpha. Expect rapid change and frequent nightlies.

Downloads

Nightly builds (updated on each merge to main):

• Windows (x64)
• macOS (Apple Silicon)
• Linux (x64)
• Linux (ARM)

Quickstart

Run the app

1. Download a nightly for your OS (or build from source).
2. Unzip and run the binary. On macOS, you may need to right-click → Open the first time.
3. From the app, right click and select Edit Splits to create a new split file.

Create your first splits (basic flow)

• Create a new split file (Game + Category).
• Add segments, press Split hotkey (default: Space) to start a run.
• Press your Split hotkey (default: Space) at each segment end.

Configurable hotkeys are coming soon

Features (current & roadmap)

• Timer: HH:MM:SS.cc display with centiseconds; formatting adapts to hours/minutes.
• Skins: theme tokens + component styles + images; per-skin folder with live switching.
• Split editor: add/rename/reorder segments; total attempts.
• Hotkeys: Windows global hooks implemented; cross-platform planned.
• Data: simple JSON split files (.osf) for portability.
• Integrations: Speedrun.com lookup for game/category art (partially implemented).

Development

Contributing – Development

Contributing

There's many ways to help with the project, How to contribute

Architecture

OpenSplit uses Wails to bundle a Go backend and a React/TypeScript frontend.