minecraftd

✨ Simple Minecraft server management.
🐉 [WIP] Here be dragons. Ye have been warned.

Based on the incredible work of Gordian Edenhofer.

Dependencies

bash
awk
sed
sudo -- privilege separation
tmux -- communication with server
java -- for Minecraft
netcat -- listen on the minecraft port for incoming connections while the server is down (optional)
tar -- take world backups (optional)

You will need git and make to perform the installation below. (Tested on Debian 13)

git clone https://github.com/TraderHowell/minecraftd.git
cd minecraftd
make
sudo make install

Upon running the jar command for the first time, automatically open eula.txt in the default text editor for acceptance.
A command to automatically download and install a .mrpack modpack (probably by passing parameters to mrpack-install).