# TextWorld (text-game generator and RL sandbox)

- id: src_01M569GBM2N2QGKV2QVK9XM2FY
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
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- categories: T18 · tags: level:advanced, text-games, rl, benchmark
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:20:04.208Z
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Source: https://github.com/microsoft/textworld

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  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "Generates and runs text-adventure games with parametrised worlds and goals, used to train and test language/RL agents on interactive narrative tasks.",
  "source_type": "repository",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [
    "Python 3.9-3.12",
    "Linux/macOS"
  ],
  "source_owner": "Microsoft Research (Maluuba)",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2026-10-03T09:32:59.000Z"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] README: a text-based game generator and extensible sandbox learning environment for training and testing RL agents. · locator: README intro · source: https://github.com/microsoft/TextWorld
- [sourced_fact] README: supports Python 3.9-3.12 on Linux and macOS; Windows users via Docker. · locator: Installation section · source: https://github.com/microsoft/TextWorld
- [sourced_fact] LICENSE.txt is the MIT license (GitHub shows NOASSERTION); last push 2026-10-03. · locator: LICENSE.txt · source: https://github.com/microsoft/TextWorld/blob/main/LICENSE.txt
- [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:
- code: license=MIT hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=permitted training=unknown · MIT text in LICENSE.txt. · evidence: https://github.com/microsoft/TextWorld/blob/main/LICENSE.txt

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