Endlink
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Endlink, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from Endlink's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Abuse controls
- The public listener supports per-address session caps, connection-attempt windows, RakNet packet limits, and optional connection cookies.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Addons
- Endlink discovers addons in its plugins folder at startup and provides an addon API.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Addons and packs
- Its addon API discovers plugins at startup, and it can serve resource packs and combine backend registries so custom content can persist across switches.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Authentication
- The proxy handles authentication while backends run in offline mode behind it.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Backend protection
- The maker says EndlinkGuard should be installed on every backend to verify proxy joins and reject direct joins.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The project provides a deployable Endlink.jar that runs with Java and says building requires JDK 21 or newer.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Failover and routing
- Endlink can move players when a backend goes down and route hostnames to specific backends.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Endlink is built and tested with Endstone backends and can also connect to Java servers through Geyser.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Java players
- Java Edition players can join through the optional ViaEndlink addon, which the README labels beta and says does not yet support opening chests.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Java player support
- The optional ViaEndlink addon supports Java Edition players in beta, but the README says they cannot open containers yet.checked 4 Oct 2026
- License
- Endlink is licensed under Apache License 2.0, which the README says permits commercial use, forking, and distribution subject to keeping notices and stating changes.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Maturity
- The README describes Endlink as in production on one server and still young; it reports testing with around ten concurrent players.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Endlink is a Velocity-style proxy for Minecraft Bedrock that keeps players connected while they switch between backend servers.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Resource packs
- It can serve configured resource packs and cache backend packs so they remain available after a server switch.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Routing
- Endlink supports backend failover and hostname-based forced routing.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- EndlinkGuard verifies backend joins through an HMAC-signed handshake and rejects joins that did not come through the proxy.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Security disclosure
- The repository includes a security policy file.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Version limits
- The README recommends running the latest Minecraft release on both ends and says older-version translation below 1.26.40 is deliberately unfinished.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Version support
- The README says to run the current Minecraft release on both ends and describes older-version translation beyond the short backend update gap as unstable and incomplete.checked 3 Oct 2026
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