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Mineflayer

JavaScript library for creating Minecraft bots and automation

Game Servers ★ 7.6k stars Medium setup MIT

Mineflayer is a powerful, stable JavaScript API for building Minecraft bots that can navigate, mine, craft, and interact with the world. It is widely used for automation, AI experiments, and self-hosted game tooling.

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Key features

  • High-level bot API
  • Pathfinding and entity tracking
  • Crafting and inventory control
  • Large plugin ecosystem

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Mature project with 7.6k GitHub stars
  • Written in JavaScript
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM

Is Mineflayer secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Mineflayer'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.

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