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24 alternatives to Pumpkin

A High-performance Minecraft server software written in Rust

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier.

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    Empowering everyone to host fast and efficient Minecraft servers - Pumpkin-MC/Pumpkin

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The domain name www.io is being parked on Park.io. Contact the domain owner to make an offer right now...

    2013 · redstone.io · its alternatives →

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    Ghost▲350

    Open-source, self-hosted game servers

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey everyone, this is my latest project. Bedrock is a lightweight program runtime: programs assemble down to a few kilobytes of bytecode that can run on any computer, console, or handheld. The runtime is tiny, it can be implemented from scratch in a few hours, and the I/O devices for accessing the keyboard, screen, networking, etc. can be added on as needed. I designed Bedrock to make it easier to maintain programs as a solo developer. It's deeply inspired by Uxn and PICO-8, but it makes significant departures from Uxn to provide more capabilities to programs and to be easier to…

    2025 · benbridle.com · its alternatives →

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    I’ve been building termcraft, a terminal-first 2D sandbox survival game in Rust. The idea is to take the classic early survival progression and adapt it to a side-on terminal format instead of a tile or pixel-art engine. Current build includes: - procedural Overworld, Nether, and End generation - mining, placement, crafting, furnaces, brewing, and boats - hostile and passive mobs - villages, dungeons, strongholds, Nether fortresses, and dragon progression This is still early alpha, but it’s already playable. Project: https://github.com/pagel-s/termcraft Docs:…

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

  6. 6IB

    The web server that I am building is currently in beta, so any feedback is welcome.

    2025 · ferronweb.org · its alternatives →

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    A lightweight, fast and extensible game server for Minecraft - cuberite/cuberite

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Bedrock▲165

    A powerful static site generator

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Fast and super efficient Minecraft Server written in C++ - Noeli14/MCppServer

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Nov 2025 · astral-os.org · its alternatives →

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    Earlier this year, we released our open-source game engine [0] built with Rust, WebAssembly, and WebGPU. Today, we’re happy to announce the Ambient platform, which brings web deployment, server hosting, and more to the runtime. With Ambient, you can make a game, deploy it to the browser in one command, share your URL and instantly play with others, no downloads or installs needed. Our WASM use is innovative; it is being used as both a sandboxed runtime for user code, and as a way to run the entire Ambient runtime in the browser. This, paired with our ECS data model, enables a highly modular…

    2023 · ambient.run · its alternatives →

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    A solid template for building on Kubernetes, Node and React

    2020 · bedrock.io · its alternatives →

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    Multithreaded, non-blocking Linux server framework in Rust - nathansizemore/hydrogen

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Orca▲150

    Describe a Minecraft mod in plain English and Orca's AI builds it. No coding, free to start. Fabric, Forge, and Bedrock, with a free server to play it on.

    Dec 2025 · orcaclient.com · its alternatives →

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    Oh my implementation of Shadowsocks in Rust. Contribute to loggerhead/shadowsocks-rust development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    crates.io serves as a central registry for sharing crates, which are packages or libraries written in Rust that you can use to enhance your projects

    2022 · crates.io · its alternatives →

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    Cobalt▲67

    Slow-mo, side-scrolling fun by Mojang

    2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    An Extensible, Concurrent Web Framework for Rust. Contribute to iron/iron development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Rust▲73

    Rust is an Early Access survival game on Steam

    2015 · rust.facepunch.com · its alternatives →

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    HN discussion about the initial release: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31112273

    2023 · seri.tools · its alternatives →

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    #1 Local Minecraft Server Hoster Built for Everyone

    Jun 2026 · catalyst.leifiyo.dev · its alternatives →

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