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Cuberite

Lightweight, extensible Minecraft-compatible game server

Game Servers ★ 5.5k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

Cuberite is a free, open-source Minecraft-compatible game server written in C++ for high performance and low memory use. It supports plugins written in Lua and runs well on modest hardware.

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Key features

  • Minecraft protocol compatible
  • Lua plugin API
  • Low memory footprint
  • Runs on small hardware

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 5.5k GitHub stars
  • Written in C++

Is Cuberite secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Cuberite's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

Cuberite replaces

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