Colyseus
Authoritative multiplayer game server framework for Node.js
Colyseus is an open-source multiplayer game server framework for Node.js that handles authoritative state synchronization, rooms, and matchmaking. It powers realtime browser and engine-based games and is fully self-hostable.
Key features
- Authoritative state sync
- Room and matchmaking model
- Engine-agnostic clients
- Self-hostable backend
Strengths
- Released under the MIT license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 7.2k GitHub stars
- Written in TypeScript
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- Colyseus vs A Dark Room
- Colyseus vs OpenTTD
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