> Source: https://fivemad.com/redm/docs/getting-started > Section: Getting started > Tags: RedM, RDR2, rdr3, Cfx.re, FXServer > Last updated: 2026-10-01 > Site map for assistants: https://fivemad.com/redm/llms.txt # What RedM is RedM is the Cfx.re multiplayer platform for Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC. What it shares with FiveM, what it does not, and where to start. RedM is the Cfx.re platform for running your own **Red Dead Redemption 2** multiplayer servers on PC, the same way FiveM does it for GTA V. Players start the RedM client on their own copy of RDR2 and join a server from the Cfx.re server list. You run that server with FXServer, the same server program FiveM uses, and you fill it with resources: folders of Lua (or JavaScript, or C#) with a manifest. If you already run a FiveM server, most of what you know carries over. The part that changes is everything that touches the game itself. ## What is the same as FiveM That part is the Cfx.re platform, so it is shared between the two games: - **FXServer and its artifacts.** You download the same server builds. What makes a server a RedM server is two lines in `server.cfg`, see [Server setup](/redm/docs/server-setup). - **txAdmin.** It ships with FXServer and has an official RedM recipe. - **The resource system.** `fxmanifest.lua`, `ensure`, `stream/` folders, dependencies and load order work the same. - **Server side scripting.** Events, exports, state bags, convars, ACE permissions, `PerformHttpRequest` and database code behave the same, because none of it touches the game. - **NUI.** HTML pages drawn over the game work the same way. ## What is different - **The game key.** A resource has to say it runs on `rdr3`, and an `rdr3` manifest needs one extra line or it does not start at all. That is the next page, [The fxmanifest](/redm/docs/getting-started/fxmanifest). - **The natives.** RDR2 has its own natives. They do not match GTA V by name or by hash, and many are called by hash. - **The game data.** Ped, horse, weapon, vehicle and prop names, blips, controls and text all come from RDR2. No GTA V list applies. [RedM for a FiveM script author](/redm/docs/getting-started/differences) goes through these one by one, and [Porting a FiveM resource](/redm/docs/porting) is the checklist for moving an existing script. ## Where to go next | You want to | Read | | --- | --- | | Start a RedM server | [Server setup](/redm/docs/server-setup) | | Write your first RedM resource | [The fxmanifest](/redm/docs/getting-started/fxmanifest) | | Pick a framework | [Frameworks](/redm/docs/frameworks) | | Move a FiveM script over | [Porting a FiveM resource](/redm/docs/porting) | | Use the RedM tools | [Tool guides](/redm/docs/tools) |