Games
Self-hosted alternatives to Minecraft Realms.
What people say
- a Minecraft server for my friends
- host a game server for my group
- a game server my kids can join from PC and phone
Why people self-host it
People leave Minecraft Realms, rented game servers for it. Why, strongest first: cost, control.
Does it suit a machine of your own?
Fits, with conditions game servers are tcp or udp apps, which Edgible publishes on ports 20000 to 29999 with no auth mode; the game's own whitelist decides who gets in
Questions that decide it
- which game, and Java or Bedrock players?
- how many players?
How to publish it
- Usually
- tcp or udp with no auth mode, and the game's whitelist on (the minecraft card)
The machine
CPU and memory grow with players; always on while people play
Cards for it
- minecraftA Minecraft server for friends on PC over TCP and on phones over UDP, one worldpassed 2026-10-12, Edgible 1.4.6
Category from awesome-selfhosted.