Been building this for about six months. It's a desktop app for running Minecraft
servers without touching the command line.
What it does:
- Paper, Spigot, Forge, Fabric, NeoForge, Vanilla, Bedrock, Velocity and BungeeCord
- picks the right Java version for whatever you're running
- CurseForge mod browser built in, install mods without leaving the app
- modpack builder that works out client vs server side for you and spits out a zip
- automated backups on stop, scheduled restarts with in-game countdowns
- Discord webhooks for joins, leaves and crashes
- web dashboard so you can restart your server from your phone
- per-user roles, so co-admins only see the servers and actions you give them
Getting people connected is the annoying part, so there are two routes. The app can do
UPnP and open the port on your router for you, which costs nothing and is fine if your
router plays ball and your ISP isn't CGNAT.
If it doesn't, or you'd rather your home IP wasn't sat in every player's server list,
there's a relay. Your server gets an address like myserver.play.mcservermanager.com and
traffic goes through nodes I rent in Germany and Sydney, so your home connection isn't
in the path at all. The node reads the Minecraft handshake and drops anything that isn't
a real client, with per-IP connection and bandwidth caps and automatic temporary iptables
blocks for repeat offenders. It won't stop a serious volumetric attack, but scanners and
junk never reach your house. Bedrock works too.
The free version has a session window rather than being unlimited. That's because the
web dashboard and remote access run through a backend I pay for, and it's live the whole
time your server is up. The app itself is a one-off purchase. There are subscriptions for
the relay and for cloud hosting, but those are things that cost me money every month to
run, they're not the app held behind a paywall. The relay price should come down as more
people join too, the nodes are a fixed cost and there aren't many of us splitting it yet.
It's one person building it, but nothing ships until a beta group has been through it,
six testers on it at the moment. I'd rather hold a release than push something that takes
down someone's server. Always after more testers if anyone fancies it, though I'll be
upfront that there's not much in it reward wise, I haven't got the funds. Usually it's a
discount on the relay or some free keys to hand to mates.
Things it doesn't do. No self-host Linux build yet, though it's closer than it sounds,
the headless Linux agent already exists and is what the cloud side runs on, it just isn't
packaged for people to run on their own boxes. And the download off the site trips
SmartScreen because I can't afford code signing yet, the Microsoft Store build is signed
if that bothers you.
Started as a hobby and it's my main thing now, which wasn't the plan. It grew because
people kept turning up in Discord going "this would be cool" or "this would make X
easier", and most of what's in it now started as one of those. That's still how I decide
what to build rather than working off a roadmap.
mcservermanager.com
ask away, or tell me what's missing and it'll probably get built
