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Pitaya

Scalable distributed game server framework written in Go

Game Servers ★ 2.8k stars Hard setup MIT

Pitaya is an open-source, scalable, distributed game server framework in Go with clustering support for building backend services for online games. It handles RPC between servers, session management, and front-end connections.

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Key features

  • Distributed clustering
  • Inter-server RPC
  • Session management
  • WebSocket and TCP front-ends

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
  • Active community (2.8k GitHub stars)

Is Pitaya secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Pitaya'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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