# feather-rs/feather

A Minecraft server implementation in Rust

Repository: https://github.com/feather-rs/feather
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/feather-rs-feather
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: minecraft, rust, minecraft-server-software, minecraft-server, gamedev, ecs
Last push: 2024-04-12T16:09:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2638, "days_push": 873, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2709, forks 142 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:11.725180+00:00)

## What it is
Feather is a Minecraft server implementation written in Rust, built on the libcraft crates and the Quill WebAssembly plugin API. It aims for high performance and modularity, though the project is now inactive in favor of Valence.

## Use cases
- run a custom minecraft server in rust
- host a hub or minigame server with a plugin api
- write sandboxed wasm plugins for a minecraft server
- serve many players with low memory usage
- experiment with an ecs-based minecraft server implementation

## When to choose
- you want a fast, modular minecraft server for hub/minigame use
- you want to write server plugins in Rust compiled to WebAssembly
- you need a lightweight server handling many entities or connections

## When to avoid
- you need full vanilla survival gameplay features
- you need support for recent Minecraft versions (only 1.16.5 is supported)
- you want an actively maintained project - use Valence instead

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: game-engine, plugin-system, wasm, concurrency
- domain: gaming-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, rust, wasm
- tags: minecraft-server, ecs, rust, sandboxed-plugins, game-server, minecraft, game-development, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- feather-rs/feather (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.725180+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 2026-08-30T02:15:39.943774+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/feather-rs/feather (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.725180+00:00, sha f09f0d50c7ca)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.