# Minestom/Minestom

26.2 Lightweight Minecraft server

Repository: https://github.com/Minestom/Minestom
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/minestom
Homepage: https://minestom.net
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: java, minecraft, minestom, minecraft-server, minecraft-api, minecraft-performance, nio
Last push: 2026-08-22T20:49:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2587, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 17, "gap_med": 5.0, "n_releases_24m": 49}
- flags: no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3257, forks 506 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:52.420073+00:00)

## What it is
Minestom is an open-source, lightweight Minecraft server implementation written from scratch in modern Java, with no legacy NMS code. It provides a minimal, extensible API and library for developers to build custom Minecraft servers with high performance and multi-threaded chunk management.

## Use cases
- build a custom Minecraft server from scratch
- create a Minecraft minigame server framework
- implement custom Minecraft server software without NMS
- write a high-performance Minecraft proxy or backend
- develop Minecraft server plugins using a clean modern API
- run a Minecraft server with multi-threaded chunk loading

## When to choose
- you want full control over server logic with a minimal, modern Java API
- you need high performance and multi-threaded chunk handling for many players
- you are building custom game modes or server software rather than a vanilla-like server
- you want to avoid obfuscated NMS code entirely

## When to avoid
- you need a drop-in vanilla server with vanilla mechanics working out of the box
- you want to run existing Bukkit/Spigot plugins without modification
- you prefer a batteries-included server with minimal coding

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: game-engine, networking, concurrency
- domain: gaming-tools
- platform: jvm, cross-platform
- tags: minecraft-server, server-implementation, nio, no-nms, multi-threaded, game-development, minecraft

## Member repositories
- Minestom/Minestom (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:52.420073+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 2026-08-30T07:23:15.150367+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: https://minestom.net (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:47.541873+00:00, sha 57a3b086c776)
  - site_page: https://minestom.net/docs/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:47.544326+00:00, sha de2a29c93f9c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.