Elytra

Elytra is a lightweight asynchronous server application written in Rust. It implements basic networking protocols similar to those used in Minecraft, featuring packet handling (handshake, status, etc.) and an extensible logging system.

Features

• Asynchronous Networking: Uses Tokio for non-blocking I/O.
• Packet Protocol: Implements Minecraft-like packets including handshake and status response packets.
• KISS: Elytra is probably the simpelest Minecraft Server Implementation you'll ever see. Including, but not limited to: macros, weird project structure, and webpack (excuse my sanity)

Why 1.16.5?

Because 1.8.9 is too old, and newer versions suck.

State of the project

undefined. Elytra is so new that it even doesn't have a status yet. There's no way you can use it currently for anything. However, I'm actively working on Elytra, so hopefully, we'll see a fork-and-serve-ready version of it soon.

How to use it?

Elytra is not intended to be a vanila server replacement. Instead, Elytra focuses heavily on providing a solid and reliable (cough) Minecraft protocol foundation, so it can be forked and modified according to the community needs (e.g. making non-vanilla servrs such as Hypixel or MCCI).

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Rust (latest nightly version)
• Cargo (installed with Rust)

Building the Project

Use Cargo to build the project:

cargo build --release

Running the Server

To run the server, use the following command:

cargo run --release

Did I intentionally leave words spelled wrong?

Good call! I try doing this regularly, so it will finally drive someone crazy and hopefully they open a PR to fix it and, contributors++;.