# cuberite/cuberite

A lightweight, fast and extensible game server for Minecraft

Repository: https://github.com/cuberite/cuberite
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cuberite
Homepage: https://cuberite.org
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: cuberite, linux, c-plus-plus, lua, server, windows, android, plugins, minecraft, raspberry-pi
Last push: 2026-04-25T22:04:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 58/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 79, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4786, "days_push": 130, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5442, forks 657 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:18.205205+00:00)

## What it is
Cuberite is a lightweight, fast, and extensible Minecraft-compatible multiplayer game server written in C++ with a flexible Lua plugin API. It supports Minecraft Java Edition protocol versions 1.8 through 1.12.2 and runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and Raspberry Pi.

## Use cases
- host a lightweight minecraft server on a raspberry pi
- run a minecraft server with low memory and cpu usage
- write custom minecraft server plugins in lua
- self-host a minecraft server for java edition 1.8 to 1.12.2
- replace the vanilla minecraft server with a faster alternative
- run a minecraft server on android or embedded devices

## When to choose
- you need a performant minecraft server for resource-constrained hardware like a raspberry pi
- you want to extend server behavior with a lua plugin api
- your players use java edition 1.8 through 1.12.2
- you want a free and open source self-hosted minecraft server

## When to avoid
- you need support for minecraft 1.13 or newer protocol versions
- you rely on plugins built for bukkit, spigot, or paper
- you need full feature parity with the latest vanilla minecraft

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: game-engine, plugin-system, networking
- domain: gaming-tools, self-hosted
- platform: windows, cpp, lua, self-hosted
- tags: minecraft-server, game-server, lua-plugins, lightweight, raspberry-pi, game-development, linux, macos, android

## Member repositories
- cuberite/cuberite (main) score 58

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:18.205205+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 2026-08-29T17:56:51.487958+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cuberite/cuberite (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:18.205205+00:00, sha ae09a6409ae6)
  - homepage: https://cuberite.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:51:57.824688+00:00, sha cf7c8ec55fe6)
  - site_page: https://cuberite.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:51:57.827244+00:00, sha de0dff15f2f0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.