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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: 1,736 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: 227 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: 123 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: 18 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: 11 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: 8 This Week
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    Apollo Station

    Apollo Station

    The best code this side of the galaxy

    ApolloStation is a community-driven SS13-derived codebase aiming to evolve the genre. Though specifics are sparse in the repo itself, it builds on SS13 principles with an emphasis on modularity and maintainability.
    Downloads: 4 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: 4 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: 4 This Week
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    Alternative Lineage 2 Game Server written in Java.
    Downloads: 47 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: 1 This Week
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    Lili Station

    Lili Station

    Isometric space station 13

    Lili‑station is an isometric remake of Space Station 13 built with BYOND’s Dream Maker (DM). It reimagines SS13 gameplay in a top-down isometric view, featuring core systems like medical, engineering, chemistry, combat, cooking, events, interface, and hydroponics—all still in active testing.
    Downloads: 1 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: 1 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: 8 This Week
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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.
    Downloads: 11 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.
    Downloads: 10 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: 2 This Week
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    webDiplomacy
    Diplomacy is a popular turn based strategy game in which you battle to control Europe; to win you must be diplomatic and strategic. webDiplomacy lets you play Diplomacy online. Official game server: http://webdiplomacy.net/
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    PHP Utilities for PvPGN is a collection of PHP scripts that allow website integration with a PvPGN game server, to display server status, ladder pages, etc.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    GameServer

    GameServer is a sophisticated, game server designed for online games

    GameServer is a sophisticated, game server designed for massively multiplayer online games. Built with a C++ core and extensible Python scripting, it provides solution for managing persistent game worlds with real-time player interactions, advanced networking, and comprehensive monitoring capabilities.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    Gamer's Proxy

    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
    Downloads: 2 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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    Project is back in progress. Complete reprogramming is taking place. gDome// is a set of programs for creating a community for multiplayer games like Quake3 or Half-Life. It also includes gQuery//. A php game server query script.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    rejoin your friends on lan and internet games with one click or join lan games from the internet. see server and player info
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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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.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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