# icexin/gocraft

A Minecraft like game written in go

Repository: https://github.com/icexin/gocraft
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gocraft
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: game, minecraft, golang, opengl
Last push: 2023-07-14T23:19:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3075, "days_push": 1146, "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 1899, forks 133 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:51.330592+00:00)

## What it is
GoCraft is a Minecraft-like voxel sandbox game written in Go using OpenGL, supporting terrain generation, block placement/removal, movement, flying, and multiplayer via a duplex RPC server. It is a fun hobby project inspired by fogleman/Craft.

## Use cases
- play a lightweight minecraft-like voxel game
- run a multiplayer block-building sandbox
- learn how to write a voxel game engine in go
- study opengl game rendering in golang
- host a small private minecraft-style server
- experiment with terrain generation code

## When to choose
- you want a small, readable minecraft clone to play or hack on in Go
- you want a simple codebase to learn voxel engine and multiplayer RPC concepts
- you need a lightweight sandbox game that runs on modest hardware

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured, polished minecraft experience
- you require production-grade stability (network errors currently panic)
- you need mod support, redstone, or advanced gameplay features
- you want an actively developed project with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: game-engine, graphics, networking, rpc
- domain: gaming-tools
- platform: windows, go, cross-platform
- tags: voxel-game, minecraft-clone, opengl, multiplayer, terrain-generation, glfw, sandbox-game, game-development, minecraft, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- icexin/gocraft (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:51.330592+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 2026-08-30T03:12:11.125860+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/icexin/gocraft (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:51.330592+00:00, sha d6e1985da250)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.