# Pryaxis/TShock

☕️⚡️TShock provides Terraria servers with server-side characters, anti-cheat, and community management tools.

Repository: https://github.com/Pryaxis/TShock
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tshock
Language: C#
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: terraria, terraria-server, tshock, otapi, tsapi, c-sharp, terraria-servers, terraria-api
Last push: 2026-08-24T08:02:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 62, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5570, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 175, "gap_med": 45, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2868, forks 418 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:26.878541+00:00)

## What it is
TShock is a server-side toolbox for Terraria servers providing anti-cheat, server-side characters, groups, permissions, item bans, and extensive management commands. It also serves as a plugin platform (TSAPI) for extending Terraria server functionality.

## Use cases
- run a Terraria server with anti-cheat protection
- manage Terraria server permissions and player groups
- ban items and moderate players on a Terraria server
- develop plugins for a Terraria server
- keep player characters stored server-side instead of client-side

## When to choose
- you host a Terraria server and need moderation and anti-cheat
- you want server-side characters to prevent item duplication
- you want to extend Terraria server behavior with plugins

## When to avoid
- you run a single-player Terraria game
- you need a vanilla Terraria server with no modifications

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: game, security, plugin-system, cli
- domain: gaming-tools, self-hosted
- platform: windows, dotnet, self-hosted
- tags: terraria, game-server, anti-cheat, server-management, modding, game-development, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Pryaxis/TShock (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:26.878541+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 2026-08-30T07:35:55.514383+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Pryaxis/TShock (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:26.878541+00:00, sha 73424dfe9fef)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.