Compile the Minecraft Server (Java Edition) to Native with GraalVM Native Image

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  • native-minecraft-server

    Use GraalVM Native Image to turn the Minecraft server into native executables that are small in footprint, fast, and cheap to deploy.

  • sodium-fabric

    A Fabric mod designed to improve frame rates and reduce micro-stutter

    Check out the sodium mod [1], if you haven't already. I've had great success eeking out a few more precious frames with it on older hardware. IIRC, it works on both x86 and ARM processors.

    [1] https://github.com/CaffeineMC/sodium-fabric

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  • fabulously-optimized

    A simple Minecraft modpack focusing on performance and graphics enhancements.

    There are mods which heavily optimize the java client performance, these would have a greater effect than just ahead-of-time compilation. For instance, the modpack at https://github.com/Fabulously-Optimized/fabulously-optimized packages several of these performance mods together (see https://github.com/Fabulously-Optimized/fabulously-optimized... for the list).

  • lwjgl3-helloworld-native

    HelloWorld demo for LWJGL 3, compiled to native executable by GraalVM native-image utility.

  • spring-native

    Discontinued Spring Native is now superseded by Spring Boot 3 official native support

  • cuberite

    A lightweight, fast and extensible game server for Minecraft

    Shout out for Cuberite as an alternative Minecraft server project that desperately needs more volunteers

    https://github.com/cuberite/cuberite

    "Cuberite is a Minecraft-compatible multiplayer game server that is written in C++ and designed to be efficient with memory and CPU"

    Cuberite has been demoed running on old ARM Android phones and hosting multiple players off it at once. Its performance absolutely annihilates the Java based 'vanilla' server

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • feather

    A Minecraft server implementation in Rust (by feather-rs)

    In a similar vein, there is also a Rust-based Minecraft server implementation:

    https://github.com/feather-rs/feather

  • Presto

    The official home of the Presto distributed SQL query engine for big data

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