Dragonfly

Place

#17 of 25

Chart

Score

5.7

The facts below are what the maker publishes about Dragonfly, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From Dragonfly's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
Dragonfly	Free	Open-source Minecraft Bedrock server software; requires Go 1.26 or later

Each one read from Dragonfly's own pages, with the date it was checked.

API and codebase: The README describes a well-documented codebase and an easy-to-use API.checked 9 Oct 2026
Compatibility requirement: Running Dragonfly requires at least Go 1.26.checked 9 Oct 2026
Designed for developers: Dragonfly is intended for developers, and server behavior is controlled by code.checked 9 Oct 2026
Installation: The project documents installing Dragonfly as a Go library or cloning the repository and running main.go.checked 9 Oct 2026
No built-in plugin system: The project describes itself as a library rather than plug-and-play server software and says it has no built-in plugin system.checked 9 Oct 2026
Performance goals: The project says it was designed with scalability and simplicity in mind and aims to make server setup and modification easy.checked 9 Oct 2026
Prebuilt downloads: The installation page says there are no prebuilt executables while Dragonfly remains in its early stages.checked 9 Oct 2026
Security and maturity: The project says Dragonfly can be used in production but is not the most battle-tested server software.checked 9 Oct 2026
Support: The project directs users with questions to its Discord community and welcomes issues, pull requests, and feature requests.checked 9 Oct 2026
What it does: Dragonfly is asynchronous server software for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, written in Go.checked 9 Oct 2026

Library approach: Dragonfly is generally used as a library that another program can extend.checked 9 Oct 2026
Platform support: The wiki describes Minecraft Bedrock Edition clients on Android, iOS, Windows 10, and other platforms.checked 9 Oct 2026