# Tiiffi/mcrcon

Rcon client for Minecraft

Repository: https://github.com/Tiiffi/mcrcon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mcrcon
Homepage: https://github.com/Tiiffi/mcrcon/
Language: C
License: Zlib
License Family: permissive
Topics: rcon, mcrcon, minecraft, remote-control, remote-access, remote-admin-tool, game-server, mojang, administration, remote-administration-tool, remote-admin, remote-administrator-tool, maintenance-tool, maintenance-terminal, maintenance-scripts, maintenance-script, valve-rcon, rcon-client, source-rcon, linux
Last push: 2025-12-01T19:35:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 48/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 55, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4824, "days_push": 275, "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 1076, forks 125 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:29.418388+00:00)

## What it is
mcrcon is a console-based RCON client for remotely administering Minecraft servers, written in C. It supports sending commands from the command line, interactive terminal mode, and use in maintenance scripts.

## Use cases
- send rcon commands to a minecraft server from the command line
- remotely restart or stop a minecraft server
- run scheduled minecraft server maintenance scripts
- interactively administer a minecraft server console over rcon
- broadcast messages to players on a minecraft server
- save the minecraft world remotely via save-all

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, scriptable rcon client for minecraft server administration
- you want to automate minecraft server commands in cron jobs or shell scripts
- you prefer a small C binary with no runtime dependencies

## When to avoid
- you need a graphical server management panel
- you administer game servers other than Minecraft (e.g. Source games) and want broader protocol support
- you need multi-server dashboards or player management features

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, developer-tools, workflow-automation
- domain: gaming-tools, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: minecraft, rcon, rcon-client, game-server-administration, server-maintenance, c, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- Tiiffi/mcrcon (main) score 48

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:29.418388+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 2026-08-30T06:53:19.651421+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Tiiffi/mcrcon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:29.418388+00:00, sha d292ed0e8741)
  - homepage: https://github.com/Tiiffi/mcrcon/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:54:34.897048+00:00, sha 8dd84e858b63)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.