2048
Who created 2048? The game’s origin and history
2048 was created by Gabriele Cirulli. This website is an independent implementation for playing 2048 on the web; it is not the official website of the original game creator.
The original 2048
2048 was created by Gabriele Cirulli. The official repository describes it as a small clone of 1024, based on Saming’s 2048 and indirectly inspired by Threes.
Source and license
The original 2048 repository is released under the MIT license. This attribution page is here to make the lineage clear and does not claim this site is the official version.
This site’s implementation
This theme adds its own interface, board-size modes, seeded challenges, history, PWA support, localization and data-backed strategy content.
When was 2048 released and where is the original?
Gabriele Cirulli’s version of 2048 was publicly released in 2014 and its source code is available on GitHub under the MIT license. To inspect the original project, use the repository and play2048.co links provided on this page.