Editing Croquet Project (section)

{{short description|Former software project}}

{{infobox software
| name = Croquet
| logo = <!-- Image name is enough. -->
| logo alt = 
| logo caption = 
| screenshot = <!-- Image name is enough. -->
| screenshot alt = 
| caption = 
| author = [[Alan Kay]], [[Julian Lombardi]], [[Mark P. McCahill]], [[Andreas Raab]], [[David P. Reed]], [[David A. Smith (computer scientist)|David A. Smith]]
| developer = 
| released  = {{Start date and age|2004}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Croquet Project |url=http://www.opencroquet.org:80/Croquet_Technologies/downloads.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041014023137/http://www.opencroquet.org:80/Croquet_Technologies/downloads.html |access-date=17 February 2021|archive-date=2004-10-14 }}</ref>
| discontinued = Yes
| latest release version = 1.0
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2009|12|24}}
| repo = <!-- {{URL|example.org}} -->
| programming language = [[Squeak]] [[Smalltalk]]
| operating system = [[Unix-like]], [[macOS]]; [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| platform = [[Squeak]]
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| language = English
| genre = multiuser virtual environment
| license = [[MIT License|MIT]]
| website = {{URL|https://croquet.io/ |https://croquet.io/}}
}}

The '''Croquet Project''' is a software project that was intended to promote the continued development of the Croquet [[open-source software|open-source]] [[software development kit]] to create and deliver collaborative [[multi-user]] [[online]] [[application software|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 [[wiki]]s, online gaming environments ([[massively multiplayer online role-playing game]]s (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.<ref name="Open Croquet">{{Citation|last=Suslov|first=Nikolay|title=NikolaySuslov/croquet-squeak: Open Croquet for Squeak 5.x|date=2021-02-06|url=https://github.com/NikolaySuslov/croquet-squeak|access-date=2021-02-18}}</ref>

The most recent iteration of Croquet is a commercial product developed by Croquet Labs.<ref name="Croquet Labs">{{Citation|title=Croquet Labs|url=https://croquet.io/|access-date=2024-08-15}}</ref> This version of Croquet runs in a web browser and allows programs to be written in Javascript or WebAssembly.