The Mana World
Open-source 2D MMORPG with self-hosted servers
The Mana World is a free, open-source 2D massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Communities can run their own game servers using the ManaServ or tmwAthena backends.
Key features
- Self-hosted MMORPG server
- 2D tile-based world
- Open content and assets
- Community-driven development
Strengths
- Released under the GPL-2.0 license
- Written in C
- Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM
Is The Mana World secure?
OSV.dev has no published security advisories for The Mana World'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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