topfreegames/pitaya

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2825 stars · 542 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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Pitaya is a lightweight, scalable game server framework written in Go with clustering support for distributed multiplayer games. It ships client libraries for iOS, Android, and Unity via a C SDK, and uses etcd for service discovery and NATS or gRPC for RPC.

Use cases

• build a multiplayer game backend in Go
• run a clustered game server with frontend and backend nodes
• connect mobile or Unity game clients to a custom server
• implement distributed RPC between game server components
• scale real-time game sessions across multiple servers

When to choose

• you are building a real-time multiplayer game server in Go
• you need clustering and service discovery out of the box
• your clients run on iOS, Android, or Unity and can use the C SDK

When to avoid

• you need a general-purpose web application framework rather than a game server
• your stack is not Go and you cannot use the C client SDK
• you want a fully managed game backend service rather than self-hosted infrastructure

Facets

framework · maturity active

web-framework rpc service-discovery websocket sdk backend microservices gaming-tools go cross-platform game-server multiplayer-games clustering unity c-sdk pomelo-inspired game-development ios android docker

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