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README.md

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Glowstone

This is a fork or original Glowstone that supporting Java 7.

A free reimplementation of Minecraft server software.

Introduction

Glowstone is a lightweight, from scratch, open source Minecraft server written in Java that supports plugins written for the Bukkit API.

The main goals of the project are to provide a lightweight implementation of the Bukkit API and Minecraft server where exact vanilla functionality is not needed or higher performance is desired than the official software can deliver. Glowstone makes use of a thread-per-world model and performs synchronization only when necessitated by the Bukkit API.

Still have questions? Check out our FAQ.

Features

Glowstone has a few key advantages over CraftBukkit:

  • It is 100% open source. While CraftBukkit and most other mods are open source, they rely on decompiled proprietary Minecraft source code. Glowstone's code is completely original and free.
  • Because of this, it is easy to contribute to Glowstone's development. The barrier of entry to contributions is lower because there is no need to work around decompiled source or maintain a minimal diff.
  • Glowstone supports all plugins written for the Bukkit, Spigot and some Paper APIs natively. In practice, some plugins may try to make use of parts of the API which are not yet implemented, but in a completed state Glowstone would support all Bukkit plugins.
  • Glowstone's simplicity affords it a performance improvement over CraftBukkit and other servers, making it especially suited for situations where a large amount of players must be supported but vanilla game features are not needed.

However, there are several drawbacks:

  • Glowstone is not finished. Nothing is guaranteed to work, though many things are likely to. If in doubt, file an issue.
  • Bukkit plugins which expect the presence of CraftBukkit-specific code (that are in the org.bukkit.craftbukkit or net.minecraft.server packages) will not work on Glowstone unless they are designed to fail gracefully.
  • Glowstone is not produced by the Bukkit team, and while we do make an effort to produce quality work, Glowstone does not undergo the same rigorious testing as the Bukkit project.

For a current list of features, check the wiki.

Credits

Copyright

Glowstone is open-source software released under the MIT license. Please see the LICENSE file for details.

Glowkit is open-source software released under the GPL license. Please see the LICENSE.txt file in the Glowkit repository for details.