Luanti
Voxel game engine (formerly Minetest). Play one of our many games, mod a game to your liking, make your own game, or play on a multiplayer server.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity more than 74% of tracked projects; popularity more than 83%. How this is calculated.
Is Luanti actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 739 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 245 of them.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 56% more commits than the one before it.
The most recent tagged release, 5.17.0, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Of the 20 projects we track in Games, Luanti ranks #2 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.
What Luanti actually does
Luanti, formerly known as Minetest, is an open-source voxel game engine and platform. It allows users to play various pre-existing games, write custom modifications using Lua, design entirely new titles, or host and join multiplayer servers.
Best fit: Self-hosters looking for a lightweight, extensible voxel gaming platform to run private or public multiplayer servers for friends and communities.
Worth knowing: Content quality and gameplay balance depend entirely on the specific sub-games and mods you choose to install, as the core engine itself provides only the foundational framework.
Deployment notes
Hosting a server typically involves managing persistent storage for world data and configuring network ports for client connections. You will need to provision sufficient CPU and memory resources depending on the number of active players and loaded mods.
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