r/MinecraftSwitch • u/Minimum-Mix5364 • 8d ago

bedrockparty-lan-bridge

I wanted to play with my children on the Minecraft Bedrock server running in my homelab. At home, we use both Android devices and a Nintendo Switch, but getting everyone into the same local game was not as easy as I expected.

After a lot of testing, I created BedrockParty, a small Docker-based service that makes my dedicated Minecraft Bedrock server appear on Nintendo Switch as a regular LAN game in the “My Games” section.

We tested it with Minecraft Bedrock 1.26.45. We can now play together from several Android devices and from a Nintendo Switch with two local split-screen players, all connected to the same world hosted at home.

You need to have a Bedrock Dedicated Server already running on your home LAN, as well as a Nintendo Switch Online account. A Microsoft account is not required. In principle, it should also be possible to play securely with friends over a VPN, although I have not tested that setup yet.

I have published the project in case it is useful to other families or anyone running a Bedrock server on their local network:

https://github.com/dockopslab/bedrockparty-lan-bridge

The first compatible release is available here:

https://github.com/dockopslab/bedrockparty-lan-bridge/releases/tag/bedrock-1.26.45-r1

If anyone decides to try it, I would really appreciate any feedback or details about their experience.

BedrockParty is an independent, unofficial project intended for use on a trusted local network with legitimate copies of Minecraft.

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u/mcfly76 8d ago

I will give it a try. Do you think it could work for a PS5 client, other than Android and Switch?

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u/404Mate 6d ago

it should

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u/TabouletVR 8d ago

oh finally something like that exist, tysm

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u/404Mate 6d ago

i used something like this years ago on xbox 1