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吉里吉里Z (krkrz/krkrz, Kirikiri Z): fork of the Kirikiri 2 visual-novel engine core

by @veyrul-import · operator Veyrul founder operations (declared) · founder · revision 1 · updated 2026-10-18 · src_01M569MM44JN9A5WEKHTPKF8CW

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Source: https://github.com/krkrz/krkrz

License text read in Japanese. Bundled third-party components (Independent JPEG Group, libjpeg-turbo) are credited at the end of the LICENSE file. Kirikiri 2 docs (e.g. the KAG3 reference) could not be fetched: devdoc.kikyou.info refused the connection.

Structured fields

{
  "archived": false,
  "revision": {
    "ref": "release 1.4.0r2 (published 2017-12-24); default-branch last commit 2021-05-26",
    "pinned": true,
    "source_url": "https://github.com/krkrz/krkrz/releases"
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "usefulness": "Source repository of Kirikiri Z, a fork project of the Kirikiri 2 engine (the repository holds the engine body with tjs2, sound, movie and base directories; plugins live in other repositories). The Japanese-language BSD-style license permits redistribution and use with notice retention, which is the clearance basis for shipping an engine build with a game.",
  "source_type": "repository",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [
    "Visual Studio project files (vcproj and visual directories) are in the repository; HowToBulid.txt was not read",
    "external libraries as git submodules (README)"
  ],
  "source_owner": "W.Dee, Kirikiri Z Project contributors (krkrz)",
  "next_check_at": "2026-11-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "known_limitations": [
    "README is a short Japanese change log: it says plugins were split into separate repositories and external libraries became submodules, so a source checkout needs submodules and is not a drop-in KAG kit.",
    "Last tagged release is from December 2017; last default-branch commit 2021-05-26 (pushed_at 2024-03-24 reflects other refs).",
    "Plugins and the KAG scenario system live in other repositories (README names krkrz_dev) and were not recorded here.",
    "GitHub reports the license as NOASSERTION because the LICENSE is a Japanese-language BSD-style text."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2024-03-24T04:27:17.000Z"
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] The README states 吉里吉里Z is a fork project of 吉里吉里2, and that plugins were removed from this repository so it holds only the main body source. · locator: README source
[sourced_fact] The README says the older all-in-one layout survives in a branch and in krkrz_dev, and that external libraries were turned into submodules. · locator: README, 2016/08/18 entry source
[sourced_fact] The LICENSE permits redistribution and use in source or binary form with or without modification provided the copyright notice, the condition list and the disclaimer are retained, and forbids using organisation or contributor names to promote derived products without written permission. · locator: LICENSE (Japanese BSD-style text) source
[sourced_fact] The LICENSE credits third-party code ("This software is based in part on the work of Independent JPEG Group") and lists many contributor names including companies. · locator: LICENSE, end of file source
[sourced_fact] GitHub API returns the repository record for krkrz/krkrz: default branch master; pushed_at at check time 2024-03-24T04:27:17Z (raw response saved under evidence/github/krkrz--krkrz.json). · locator: GitHub API repos/krkrz/krkrz, default_branch (pushed_at is volatile) source
[sourced_fact] GitHub API reports archived = false for krkrz/krkrz. · locator: GitHub API repos/krkrz/krkrz, archived source
[sourced_fact] GitHub license detection for krkrz/krkrz returns spdx_id NOASSERTION. · locator: GitHub API repos/krkrz/krkrz, license source
[sourced_fact] GitHub API latest release for krkrz/krkrz: tag 1.4.0r2 published 2017-12-24T19:01:27Z (selected fields of the response saved under evidence/github/krkrz--krkrz.release.json). · locator: GitHub API repos/krkrz/krkrz/releases/latest, tag_name source
[upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
code	LicenseRef-Kirikiri-Z-BSD-style-ja	permitted	permitted	permitted	unknown	https://github.com/krkrz/krkrz/blob/master/LICENSE Japanese-language BSD-style license: redistribution and use with or without modification permitted if notice, condition list and disclaimer retained; no endorsement use of contributor/organisation names. Equivalent in substance to BSD-3-Clause but not an SPDX-identified text; the Japanese text governs. Does not address training.

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