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Empowering everyone to host fast and efficient Minecraft servers.

AI summary: A high-performance, Rust-based custom server implementation for Minecraft.

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RustGPL-3.0Created Jul 28, 2024Last push 1d ago+121 stars this week+401 this month

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since Dec 29, 2024
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10.6K stars as of Aug 7, 2026, tracked back to Dec 29, 2024. Historical curve reconstructed from public GitHub event archives, calibrated to the current total.

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  • Widely adopted

    10,595 stars

  • Very active

    974 commits in 52 weeks

  • Community-driven

    ~269 contributors

  • Well documented

    High community health score

  • Continuous integration

    Automated checks passing

  • Repeat trending

    7 trending appearances

What Pumpkin does

Pumpkin is an experimental, ground-up rewrite of the Minecraft server architecture using the Rust programming language. It fundamentally prioritizes raw performance, memory efficiency, and extreme scalability over strict legacy feature parity. By utilizing Rust's fearless concurrency and memory safety, it aims to support massive player counts that traditional Java servers cannot handle. It meticulously adheres to the core mechanics and network protocol of the game to ensure client compatibility. The project empowers administrators to host highly efficient servers on significantly constrained hardware.

Targeted at advanced server administrators, network engineers, and Rust developers in the gaming space. It is for those willing to trade some vanilla feature completeness for maximum performance.

  • Rust architecture: Leverages modern systems programming for memory safety and extreme speed.
  • Massive concurrency: Designed to efficiently handle thousands of simultaneous player connections.
  • Protocol compliance: Strictly adheres to the modern Minecraft network protocol for standard client access.
  • Low resource footprint: Operates effectively on low-end hardware or dense containerized environments.
  • Modular design: Built to allow deep customization and rapid feature iteration by developers.

Where teams use it

High-density hosting

Server administrators looking to run multiple instances on a single low-spec VPS.

Massive multiplayer events

Network operators hosting specialized events requiring unprecedented concurrent player limits.

Protocol experimentation

Developers utilizing a clean, fast codebase to test custom game mechanics and network features.

Energy-efficient deployments

Hobbyists running a performant game server on single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi.

Getting started: cargo run --release

README

master branch

Pumpkin

CI Discord License: GPL

Pumpkin is a Minecraft server built entirely in Rust, offering a fast, efficient, and customizable experience. It prioritizes performance and player enjoyment while adhering to the core mechanics of the game.

Pumpkin Chunk Loading

Goals

  • Performance: Leveraging multi-threading for maximum speed and efficiency.
  • Compatibility: Supports the latest Java & Bedrock Minecraft server version while adhering to Vanilla game mechanics.
  • Security: Prioritizes security by preventing known security exploits.
  • Flexibility: Highly configurable, with the ability to disable unnecessary features.
  • Extensibility: Provides a foundation for plugin development.

Important

Pumpkin is currently under heavy development.

See what needs to be done before the 1.0.0 Release

Features

  • Configuration (toml)
  • Tracking: Protocol
    • Server Status/Ping
    • Encryption
    • Packet Compression
    • Java Edition
    • Bedrock Edition (W.I.P)
    • ...
  • Tracking: World
    • Player Tab-list
    • Scoreboard
    • World Loading
    • World Time
    • World Borders
    • World Saving
    • Lighting
    • Entity Spawning
    • Bossbar
    • Chunk Loading (Vanilla, Linear, Pump)
    • Chunk Generation
    • Chunk Saving (Vanilla, Linear, Pump)
    • Redstone
    • Liquid Physics
    • ...
  • Tracking: Player
    • Skins
    • Teleport
    • Movement
    • Animation
    • Inventory
    • Combat
    • Experience
    • Hunger
    • Off Hand
    • Advancements (W.I.P)
    • Eating
    • ...
  • Entities
    • Non-Living (Minecart, Eggs...) (W.I.P)
    • Entity Effects
    • Players
    • Mobs (W.I.P)
    • Animals (W.I.P)
    • Entity AI
    • Boss (W.I.P)
    • Villagers (W.I.P)
    • Entity Saving
  • Server
    • Plugins
    • Query
    • RCON
    • Inventories
    • Particles
    • Chat
    • Commands
    • Permissions
    • Translations
  • Proxy
    • Bungeecord
    • Velocity

How to run

See our Quick Start guide to get Pumpkin running.

Contributions

Contributions are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md

Docs

Pumpkin's documentation can be found at https://pumpkinmc.org/

Communication

Consider joining our Discord server to stay up-to-date on events, updates, and connect with other members.

Funding

If you want to fund me and help the project, check out the Donation Page.

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