# ddevault/TrueCraft

Minecraft for hipsters

Repository: https://github.com/ddevault/TrueCraft
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/truecraft
Homepage: http://truecraft.io/
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-02-13T14:38:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4268, "days_push": 2758, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2458, forks 320 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:53.328863+00:00)

## What it is
TrueCraft is a clean-room implementation of Minecraft beta 1.7.3 written in C#, compatible with official beta 1.7.3 clients and servers. It includes both a game client and a server, runnable via Mono on multiple platforms.

## Use cases
- play a free open-source Minecraft beta 1.7.3 client
- host my own Minecraft beta 1.7.3 server
- recreate the classic Minecraft sandbox experience
- study a clean-room game protocol implementation
- play old Minecraft with friends without Mojang servers

## When to choose
- you want the classic beta 1.7.3 Minecraft experience with an open-source client and server
- you need a legally clean-room implementation compatible with beta 1.7.3 protocol
- you want to run a lightweight Minecraft server via Mono

## When to avoid
- you want modern Minecraft features like the End, villages, or redstone devices
- you need an actively maintained project - the last release was 2019
- you want to play with current Minecraft clients or servers

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: game, game-engine, networking
- domain: gaming-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, dotnet, cross-platform
- tags: minecraft, clean-room-implementation, sandbox-game, voxel, mono, beta-1-7-3, client-server, game-development, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- ddevault/TrueCraft (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:53.328863+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 2026-08-30T02:30:00.210127+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ddevault/TrueCraft (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:53.328863+00:00, sha 5569d626abb8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.