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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. -
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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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<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.
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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. -
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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. -
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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. -
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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. -
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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. -
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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. -
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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. -
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monopd is a dedicated game server daemon for playing Monopoly-like board games. Clients such as Atlantik connect to the server and communicate using short commands and XML messages.
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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. -
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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. -
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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. -
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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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starrydb-publice
starrydb is game server engine
starrydb is game server engine, As long as a few simple scripts can help you quickly build a game server. email:admin@starrydb.com -
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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
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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.
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Gamer's Proxy
Proxy for games that emulates network conditions like ping and lag.
Ever played a competitive game with a friend in which one of you hosted the server on their own machine? Ever thought that it's unfair that one person's ping is zero and the other one's is 80? This is an open-source program that can emulate constant ping, ping spikes and packet losses. Download, extract wherever you want, launch the executable and read the instructions that are conveniently placed in the main window of the program. This program allows gamers to fake their ping and packet loss. Only games which allow direct IP connections are supported - this program will not emulate the game server and will not advertise itself on any master server of any game. The idea is this: game client -> proxy -> game server Demonstration video: http://youtu.be/2VWNhmfD1Qk -
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LASANGE aims at creating a mostly-automated LAN session administration and management system. It will provide game server management (rapid deployment of game servers) and tournament management in a more advanced and automated way than other systems.
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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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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. -
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Shoddy Battle (later known as Pokémon Lab) is a Pokémon simulator created by Cathy and bearzly and first released in July 2007. It allows users to play Pokémon matches against other people online. Shoddy Battle was highly influential on the game of competitive Pokémon because it was free and open source, scalable (700,000 battles per month during its peak), user customisable and extensible, and it provided unprecedented statistical data on player skill and Pokémon usage trends. Visit the web site for more information.
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ServerArk
Linux game server UDP flood analyzer and protector
ServerArk is a application for Linux gaming servers that samples and analyzes incoming UDP packets at the kernel level in real time to determine if any packets are part of a UDP flood attack. Flood attacks on gaming servers are typically designed to make the players on the server lag to the point where the game is not playable. It can even crash some game servers. ServerArk automatically detects when a UDP flood attack occurs and uses kernel-level iptables rules to dynamically block those packets from being processed by the game server at all. It essentially lifts the game server "above the flood" and allows the game to still be playable, even under very heavy attacks. It can be run interactively with a high level of verbosity (to watch its logic in action), or it can be run unobtrusively as a daemon with output to daily log files (typical usage).
