This is a fork or original Glowstone that supporting Java 7.
A free reimplementation of Minecraft server software.
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.
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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.craftbukkitornet.minecraft.serverpackages) 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.
- The Minecraft Coalition and
#mcdevs- protocol and file formats research. - The Bukkit team for their outstandingly well-designed plugin API.
- The SpigotMC team for updating and enhancing the Bukkit plugin API.
- AquiferMC for further enhancing the Bukkit API.
- The SpongePowered Team for creating the Sponge API.
- Trustin Lee - author of the Netty library.
- Graham Edgecombe - author of the original Lightstone.
- Tad Hardesty and all the contributors to Glowstone Legacy.
- All the people behind Maven and Java.
- Notch and Mojang - for making such an awesome game in the first place!
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.