qpak

Unofficial Quake PAK file modification tool

Provides a multiplatform command-line tool for inspecting and modifying and PAK files.

Usage

qpak --help

• qpak list
• qpak unpack
• qpak pack

qpak list

qpak list <pak_file> Describes the contents of a PAK file.

pak_file: The PAK file to inspect

qpak unpack

qpak unpack <pak_file> <dest_dir> Extracts a pak file into a directory.

pak_file: The PAK file to extract from dest_dir: The directory to extract into

qpak pack

qpak pack <src_dir> <pak_file> Creates a PAK file from a directory.

src_dir: The directory to copy files from pak_file: The PAK file to create

Installing

Cargo

With Rust installed:
cargo install qpak

Compiling

Written against Rust 2024 edition.

cargo build

Contributing

Pull requests are more than welcome!

Check out the TODO.

License (MIT)

qpak: Unofficial Quake PAK file modification tool
Copyright (C) 2025 cornmonger
Copyright (C) 2017-2020 Cormac O'Brien

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Fork

A large portion of this project's original source-code was forked out of Cormac O'Brien's ambitious richter project.

Trademarks

"Quake" is a trademark of id Software LLC.
This software is not endorsed by id Software or its parent companies.