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    Sunshine

    Sunshine

    Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight

    Sunshine is an open-source self‑hosted cloud gaming server that implements NVIDIA’s GameStream protocol. Compatible with Moonlight clients across platforms, it supports low‑latency streaming via software or hardware encoding (AMD/Intel/NVIDIA) and offers a browser‑based control UI for pairing.
    Downloads: 1,351 This Week
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    Scrabble3D
    <b>The project is continued at https://github.com/Scrabble3D. Find the latest program version under Binaries.</b> Scrabble3D is a highly customizable Scrabble game that not only supports Classic Scrabble and Superscrabble but also 3D games and own boards. You can play local against the computer or connect to a game server to find other players.
    Downloads: 96 This Week
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    Arianne RPG

    Arianne RPG

    Arianne is an engine to develop multiplayer online games like Stendhal

    Arianne is a multiplayer online engine to develop turn based and real time games, providing a simple way of creating the game server rules and clients like our MORPG Stendhal. Our engine Marauroa uses Java and SQL for hosting hundreds of players on a solo host. Stendhal is a fun friendly and free multiplayer online adventure game with a huge and rich world. With hundreds of NPCs and different quests, features like the Travel log and achievement system keep track of progress. Thousands of creatures are ready to fight, above and below ground, and as players level up they can compare themselves on a detailed stats website. The engine Marauroa provides a simple way of creating games on a portable and robust server architecture. Marauroa manages the client server communication and provides an object orientated view of the world for game developers. It handles database access in a transparent way to store player accounts, character progress and the state of the world
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    Downloads: 58 This Week
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    Agones

    Agones

    Dedicated Game Server Hosting and Scaling for Multiplayer Games

    Multiplayer dedicated game servers anywhere. An open source, batteries-included, multiplayer dedicated game server scaling and orchestration platform that can run anywhere Kubernetes can run. Define and manage groups of ready-game servers through YAML configuration or API calls. Integrated SDK for managing game server lifecycle, health and configuration. Integration with OpenCensus for platform-independent game server metrics and monitoring dashboards. Agones replaces usual bespoke or proprietary cluster management and game server scaling solutions with a Kubernetes cluster that includes the Agones custom Kubernetes Controller and matching Custom Resource Definitions for GameServers, Fleets and more. With Agones, Kubernetes gets native abilities to create, run, manage and scale dedicated game server processes within Kubernetes clusters using standard Kubernetes tooling and APIs. This model also allows any matchmaker to interact directly with Agones via the Kubernetes API.
    Downloads: 9 This Week
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    Nakama

    Nakama

    Distributed server for social and realtime games and apps

    Distributed server for social and real-time games and apps. Users can connect with friends, and join groups. A built-in social graph to see how users can be connected. Extend the server with custom logic written in Lua, TypeScript/JavaScript, or native Go code. Build scalable games and apps with a production-ready server used by ambitious game studios and app developers all around the world.
    Downloads: 7 This Week
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    PufferPanel

    PufferPanel

    PufferPanel is an open source game server management panel

    The simplest, free, open source game management panel. PufferPanel is an open source game server management panel designed to be easy to use and easy to install. PufferPanel supports Minecraft, Forge, Spigot, Sponge, Source Dedicated Servers, BungeeCord, PocketMine, Forge, and much more. In addition to being a free and open source project, PufferPanel provides an easy-to-use interface for everyone from individual users to large networks or companies. We strive to create a friendly community, and we would love for you to join us.
    Downloads: 7 This Week
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    Uptime Kuma

    Uptime Kuma

    A fancy self-hosted monitoring tool

    Uptime Kuma is an easy-to-use self-hosted monitoring tool. It is a temporary live demo, all data will be deleted after 10 minutes. Use the one that is closer to you, but I suggest that you should install and try it out for the best demo experience. Monitoring uptime for HTTP(s) / TCP / HTTP(s) Keyword / Ping / DNS Record / Push / Steam Game Server / Docker Containers. Notifications via Telegram, Discord, Gotify, Slack, Pushover, Email (SMTP), and 90+ notification services, click here for the full list.
    Downloads: 7 This Week
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    LinuxGSM

    LinuxGSM

    The command-line tool for quick, simple deployment and management

    LinuxGSM is the command-line tool for quick, simple deployment and management of Linux dedicated game servers. Traditionally game servers are not easy to manage yourself. Admins often have to spend hours messing around trying to get their server working. LinuxGSM is a command-line tool designed to be as simple as possible, allowing admins to spend less time on management and more time gaming. LinuxGSM will run on popular distros as long as the minimum requirements are met. Each game server has specific dependency requirements. Visit a specific game server installation page on the LinuxGSM website to check dependency requirements for the game server you want to install. LinuxGSM keeps itself and your game server updated. Using methods available from game developers to update including, SteamCMD, custom JSON or file archives, LinuxGSM can make sure you are running the latest version of your game server.
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    Moon

    Moon

    A lightweight game server framework implemented with Actor Model

    Moon is a lightweight game server framework based on the actor model. One worker thread can have one or more actors (services), which communicate with each other through message queues. There are many features for game server development.
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    NettyGameServer

    NettyGameServer

    A mobile game distributed server implemented using netty4.X

    A mobile game distributed server implemented using netty4.X, supports tcp, udp, http, websocket links, uses protobuf custom protocol stack for network communication, supports rpc remote calls, uses mybatis3 to support db storage sub-database sub-table, supports asynchronous mysql Storage, update the reids cache synchronously when the db is saved. Use the ExcelToCode project to generate java classes and json data dictionaries from excel data, and DictService directly reads json to reduce part of the data dictionary code. Use the game-executor project to increase the asynchronous event global service in the game, support event sharding, and balance asynchronous execution event logic. Use netty's proxy mode to increase gateway proxy forwarding.
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    Azuriom

    Azuriom

    Azuriom is a complete open-source web solution for game servers

    Azuriom is a complete open-source web solution for game servers. Enjoy dozens of extensions for endless possibilities. Already trusted by over 1,800 servers. Azuriom is a complete free and open-source web solution for game servers. Enjoy dozens of extensions for endless possibilities. Dozens of extensions can be installed directly from the admin dashboard. Monetize your server with our shop, build a community with our forums, or spruce up your site with one of our many gorgeous themes. Azuriom is an open-source project. You don’t have to worry about expensive shop fees or bad hosting. You host your site where you want and even customize it as needed. Azuriom is a complete open-source web solution for game servers. Enjoy dozens of extensions for endless possibilities. Already trusted by over 1,800 servers, cumulating with more than two million users.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    Docker Minecraft Server

    Docker Minecraft Server

    Docker image that provides a Minecraft Server for Java Edition

    A Docker image and CLI utility by "itzg" for running a complete Minecraft Java Edition server in a container. It automatically downloads the latest stable game version, supports mods, plugins, snapshots, and simplifies orchestration in Docker or Docker Compose environments.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    Grasscutter

    Grasscutter

    A server software reimplementation for a certain anime game

    Grasscutter is an open-source Java server reimplementation for a certain anime-style online game, created for private server emulation and research. It uses Java 17, MongoDB, and Gradle, and it has an ecosystem that includes documentation, a launcher, plugins, and community tooling. The project allows users to run a compatible server environment for specific supported game client versions, but it is not actively maintained in the same way it once was. Current documentation warns that version matching matters and that support is limited, especially beyond the older supported release range. Grasscutter is most relevant to developers interested in reverse engineering, server emulation, game protocol research, and modding communities. Because it interacts with proprietary game clients and services, it should be used only in lawful, authorized, and non-commercial contexts.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    NoahGameFrame

    NoahGameFrame

    A fast, scalable, distributed game server engine/framework for C++

    A fast, scalable, distributed game server engine/framework for C++, including the actor library, and network library, can be used as a real-time multiplayer game engine ( MMO RPG/MOBA ), which supports C#/Lua script/ Unity3d, Cocos2dx and plan to support Unreal. Easy-to-use, interface-oriented design. An extensible plugin framework that makes getting your application running quick and easy. A clean, uncluttered design and stable engine that has been used in several commercial products. A high-performance actor model (by a safe thread pool). Event and attribute-driven, making it clear and easy to maintain your business. Based on standard C++ development, ensuring cross-platform support. An existing C++ and C# game client for rapid development. Cross-platform support.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    Alternative Lineage 2 Game Server written in Java.
    Downloads: 22 This Week
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    MangosZero

    MangosZero

    Mangos ZERO is a server for World of Warcraft

    Mangos is an open source project written in C++. It's fast, runs on multiple platforms and stores game data in MySQL or MariaDB. It also has optional support for SOAP. The server supports a wide range of operating systems and various compiler platforms. In order to do that, we use various free cross-platform libraries and use CMake (v3.12+) to provide a cross-platform build system that adapts to your chosen operating system and compiler.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Skynet

    Skynet

    A lightweight online game framework

    Skynet is a lightweight online game framework which can be used in many other fields. Skynet is a lightweight framework designed for online game servers. Although from the feedback of the Community , it's not limited as a game server framework. On the Uses page, it shows a few projects that have used or currently using Skynet, but there are way more projects than listed. And welcome to be the next user. For Linux, install autoconf first for jemalloc. For FreeBSD , use gmake instead of make. Skynet now uses a modified version of lua 5.4.2 for multiple lua states. Official Lua versions can also be used as long as the Makefile is edited. With Socket API and SocketChannel , which makes it easier to implement socket pool and reconnect, you can use Skynet to call socket even asynchronously. Skynet doesn't force a specific protocol, you can come up with your own design.
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    Live Game Server List (LGSL)

    Live Game Server List (LGSL)

    LGSL (Live Game for PHP 5.4-8+: online status for various gameservers

    LGSL (Live Game Server List) for PHP 5.4-8.3+: online status for Discord, FiveM, Rust, CS, SA:MP, GMOD, Minecraft, Source Query, etc.
    Downloads: 6 This Week
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    QStat is a command-line utility for collecting real-time statistics from on-line game servers. The games supported are generally limited to the first-person-shooter genre (Quake, Half-Life, Unreal, etc). Statistics may be output in a variety of form
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    The goal of the project is to create a Java multi-user game server that can be easily extended and used for adding a multiplayer feature to games. User authentication, chat and interfaces for adding custom capabilities will be provided out of the box.
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    Apple Game Server 3.1

    Apple Game Server 3.1

    Upload games to legacy apple // computers via serial and no floppies!

    This java (version 6 or higher) program allows you to send games directly to an old apple // computer with no need for floppies, only a serial cable. No hardware modification is necessary, you only need a working serial connection. A cousin of this project can be found here: http://asciiexpress.net/gameserver/ (Thanks Egan!)
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    A PHP 5 library for querying game servers. Currently supporting over 160 games, including source (half-life), unreal and quake engine games, ase & gamespy protocols. Newer games supported are Crysis & Call of Duty 5. Also supports Teamspeak 2.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Lucifer

    Lucifer

    Lucifer: The Ultimate Dev-Ecosystem

    "Everything is integrated. Now, even I can't control it." 루시퍼(Lucifer)는 더 이상 단순한 런처가 아닙니다. 개발자가 필요로 하는 모든 하부 구조를 하나로 집대성한, 통제 불가능한 수준의 올인원 통합 제어 환경입니다. 🚀 핵심 특징 (Core Features) 시리얼 제어 (Advanced Serial Control): 하드웨어와의 접점을 완벽하게 장악합니다. 아두이노 및 각종 임베디드 장치와의 데이터 송수신을 가장 드라이하고 정밀하게 수행합니다. 서버 통합 (Terra Server Engine): MariaDB 연동형 고성능 자바 서버 '테라(Terra)'를 코어로 품어, 데이터 처리와 로직 실행의 중심축을 담당합니다. 톰캣 내장 (Embedded Tomcat): 별도의 WAS 설치 없이도 웹 환경을 즉각적으로 구동합니다. 루시퍼가 곧 웹 서버이자 플랫폼이 됩니다. 자바 내장 (Portable Java Environment): 환경 변수 설정이나 버전 갈등에서 완전히 자유롭습니다. 루시퍼 실행 파일 하나에 최적화된 자바 환경이 포함되어 어디서든 즉시 가동됩니다.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    A simple Java console application which connects to Call of Duty game server by RCON protocol.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    The aim of this software is helping players to create strats for fps online games. Players needs to connect to a game server, then they can draw, thanks to this software, directly on the map so all the team can see what's someone is explaining.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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