Agones
Kubernetes-based hosting and scaling for dedicated game servers
Agones is an open-source platform built on Kubernetes for hosting, running, and scaling dedicated multiplayer game servers. It provides a fleet and allocation model so game backends can spin up server instances on demand.
Key features
- Kubernetes game server hosting
- Fleet and allocation model
- Autoscaling support
- Multi-engine SDKs
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
- Mature project with 7k GitHub stars
- Written in Go
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