# pmmp/PocketMine-MP

Custom server software for Minecraft: Bedrock, built from scratch in PHP, C and C++

Repository: https://github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pocketmine-mp
Homepage: https://pmmp.io
Language: PHP
License: LGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: minecraft, pmmp, pocketmine, pocketmine-mp, phpstan-strict, minecraft-server, phpstan-l9
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-07-09T11:31:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 92, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3624, "days_push": 55, "days_rel": 58, "gap_med": 8, "n_releases_24m": 56}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3575, forks 1676 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:10.822186+00:00)

## What it is
PocketMine-MP is open-source server software for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, written from scratch in PHP, C, and C++, with a plugin API for custom gameplay. The PMMP team announced in 2026 that development has ended and no further updates for new Minecraft versions will be provided.

## Use cases
- host a minecraft bedrock edition server
- run a custom minecraft server with plugins
- write plugins for a minecraft bedrock server
- self-host a minecraft server on linux
- create a private minecraft server for friends

## When to choose
- you want a highly customizable Bedrock server with a mature plugin ecosystem and are willing to maintain/fork it yourself
- you need a lightweight PHP-based alternative to the official Bedrock Dedicated Server

## When to avoid
- you need support for the latest Minecraft Bedrock versions - the team has stopped updating
- you want a guaranteed long-term maintained server - consider forks or the official BDS instead

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-server, plugin-system, networking, concurrency
- domain: gaming-tools, self-hosted
- platform: windows, php, self-hosted, cli
- tags: minecraft-bedrock, game-server, server-software, plugin-api, end-of-life, minecraft, game-development, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- pmmp/PocketMine-MP (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:10.822186+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 2026-08-29T18:34:03.019541+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:10.822186+00:00, sha fe48e3fce706)
  - homepage: https://pmmp.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:27:37.787782+00:00, sha ded262a1bdb9)
  - site_page: https://doc.pmmp.io/en/rtfd/developers/internals-docs/updating-minecraft-protocol.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:27:37.790966+00:00, sha f945515f578d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.