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Waterfall

BungeeCord fork for proxying Minecraft Java multiplayer networks

Game Servers ★ 754 stars Medium setup MIT

Waterfall is a fork of BungeeCord maintained by the PaperMC project that acts as a proxy connecting multiple Minecraft Java servers into a single network. It improves stability and adds fixes over upstream BungeeCord.

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Key features

  • Proxies multiple servers
  • BungeeCord plugin compatible
  • Stability improvements
  • Network-wide player routing

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in Shell
  • Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM

Is Waterfall secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Waterfall'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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