# 9miao/Firefly

Distributed Game Server Framework

Repository: https://github.com/9miao/Firefly
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/9miao-firefly
Homepage: http://firefly.9miao.com/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2018-02-03T03:11:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4772, "days_push": 3133, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1091, forks 357 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:33.141415+00:00)

## What it is
Firefly is a Python distributed game server framework built on Twisted that encapsulates networking, inter-process RPC, and database caching for game backends. It supports multi-process architectures, hot updates, and extensible server topologies via configuration.

## Use cases
- build a distributed game server backend in python
- handle persistent tcp connections for an mmo
- hot update game logic without restarting servers
- scale game server processes across nodes
- encapsulate database caching for a game backend

## When to choose
- building a multiplayer game server in Python with distributed processes
- you need hot-updatable game logic and built-in db caching

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained framework (last release 2018)
- you prefer asyncio or non-Twisted stacks
- building non-game backend services

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: rpc, caching, concurrency, http-server, database
- domain: microservices, backend
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: game-server, twisted, gevent, distributed, multi-process, hot-update, mmorpg, game-development, linux

## Member repositories
- 9miao/Firefly (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:33.141415+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:49:04.895664+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/9miao/Firefly (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:33.141415+00:00, sha 5674e3fd00f2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.