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The operator could not field a starting XI because staging has only ever held the 14-item synthetic fixture (11 auto-picked starters, one disposable, two kits). The real club -- the 1986-item CAGE import, 29,843,976 coins -- was never lost, but it sits in `/home/alex/openfut-promotion/state`, which BOTH staging lifecycle scripts list in FORBIDDEN_PATHS and refuse to open. That guard is correct and stays. Worth recording while looking for the club: the LIVE production Core container serves an EMPTY database (0 owned cards, schema predating even the game_id column). The real club is not being served anywhere right now; it exists as state on disk. So restoring it into staging is not a convenience, it is the only way to play it. Two pieces: `scripts/club-snapshot.py` is the ONE place allowed to read production state, and it is read-only by construction: the Core database is opened `mode=ro` and copied with sqlite's online backup API (a plain file copy can tear a database with a hot WAL), every destination is asserted to be outside the production directory before anything is opened for writing, and the sha256 of every source is compared before and after -- a mismatch aborts, because that would mean the snapshot modified production. It then proves the copy is faithful (same counts, coins, squad) and that the identity store maps EVERY owned card to a wire id, since an unmapped card would reappear under a freshly minted id and break the client's cached squad. `sold-staging-up.py --club real` installs that snapshot. It is installed BEFORE Core first starts, so Core migrates the copy forward from schema v19 through match_completions, squad managers and kit assignments. Seller A is then already present -- it IS the imported persona -- so only Buyer B is seeded, the kit fixtures are attached to the real club so the kit work stays exercisable, and the real squad is left alone. The up script still never reads production state: the snapshot lives outside it, which is precisely what makes `--club real` compatible with the `safe_path()` refusal. The resolvability preflight now covers whichever club will actually be served. This is the check that matters most for the real one: Core does not fail on an owned card whose definition is missing, it silently filter_map-drops it, so a gap shows up as an EMPTY club with all 1986 rows still in the database. Verified: all 1712 distinct card ids resolve in both the content pack and the identity catalog, 0 missing. `sold-staging-seed-squad.py` now REFUSES to run when the manifest says the real club is installed. `PUT /squad/0` is a full replacement, so the fixture seeder would have overwritten the operator's own lineup with an auto-picked XI -- destructive and not recoverable in place. `--show` still works in every mode; `--force` overrides. Verified end to end against the restored club: /club 29,843,976 coins, /collection 1988, 1966 players + 2 kits served over the UTAS wire, squad 'OpenFUT' (f433) rated 90 with 11 players carrying contract 7 / fitness 99, and every wire id stable from the snapshot identity store. The fixture path was re-run afterwards and still seeds exactly 14 items, so the SOLD experiment is unaffected.
OpenFUT
⚠️ Status — see
docs/PROJECT_STATE.md(canonical). The working, actively-developed target is FIFA 17, not FIFA 23. Everything below this banner describes the superseded FIFA 23bridgelineage and is kept for historical context.Run the server (canonical):
cd fifa17-recon/docker/fifa17-python && docker compose up -d— seefifa17-recon/FUT-RUNBOOK.md.openfut-coreis the shared offline backend (still used by the FIFA 17 path);openfut-bridgeis the retired FIFA 23 integration.
Offline Ultimate Team — like SPT, but for FIFA 23.
OpenFUT replaces EA's retired FUT servers with a fully offline, single-player backend. You own FIFA 23 legitimately. You just want to keep playing after EA shut down the servers.
Repositories
| Repo | Purpose |
|---|---|
openfut-core |
Game-independent offline FUT backend |
openfut-bridge |
FIFA 23 integration layer + reverse-engineering proxy |
Architecture
FIFA 23 client
│
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┌─────────────────┐
│ openfut-bridge │ ← intercepts FUT traffic, maps routes, logs unknown
└────────┬────────┘
│
▼
┌─────────────────┐
│ openfut-core │ ← offline FUT backend: profiles, packs, squads, SBCs
└─────────────────┘
│
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SQLite database
Core is game-independent. It speaks a clean REST API and knows nothing about FIFA 23 internals.
Bridge is FIFA-specific. It speaks FIFA 23's wire protocol and translates it into Core API calls. Bridge is where all reverse engineering work happens.
Current Status
| Feature | Status |
|---|---|
| Local profiles + clubs | ✅ Working |
| Coin system | ✅ Working |
| Pack generator | ✅ Working |
| Card collection | ✅ Working |
| Squad builder | ✅ Working |
| Objectives engine | ✅ Working |
| SBC engine | ✅ Working |
| Match rewards | ✅ Working |
| NPC transfer market | ✅ Working |
| Statistics | ✅ Working |
| FIFA 23 integration | 🔴 Reverse engineering in progress |
| Chemistry calculation | 🟡 In progress |
| Full Draft mode | 🟡 In progress |
| Squad Battles AI generator | 🟡 In progress |
| Objectives claim flow | 🟡 In progress |
Running
# Start the offline backend
cd openfut-core
cargo run
# Start the proxy (for traffic capture / FIFA integration)
cd openfut-bridge
cargo run
Core listens on http://127.0.0.1:8080 by default.
Bridge listens on http://127.0.0.1:8443 by default.
Design Principles
- Offline-first. No EA account required. No internet connection needed.
- Single-player only. This is not a multiplayer server emulator.
- Data-driven. All cards, packs, SBCs, and objectives are JSON files. Everything is moddable.
- Clean architecture. Core has zero knowledge of FIFA 23. Bridge has zero game logic.
- No copyrighted assets. No real player images, no EA trademarks in data files.
Disclaimer
This project is not affiliated with EA Sports. You must own FIFA 23 legitimately to use this software. This project does not bypass any ownership verification and is intended only to restore offline playability of a game whose online services have been retired.