SteelMC
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The facts
Each one read from SteelMC's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audience
- Steel is documented for server administrators seeking performance and reliability and for developers contributing to server software.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Available binaries
- Pre-built binaries are listed for Linux x86_64, Windows x86_64, and macOS ARM.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Benchmark
- In a focused benchmark, Steel generated 10,201 chunks in a median 3.95 seconds versus 74.42 seconds for Fabric.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Community support
- The project links to Discord for community updates and contributor support.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Current status
- Steel is under active development at version 0.15.3 and remains pre-alpha.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Development tools
- Optional build features include deadlock detection for debugging and heap profiling with dhat.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Docker limitation
- Steel does not publish a latest Docker tag, and its nightly tag is intended for testing rather than production.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Docker tags
- Steel does not publish a latest Docker tag; the nightly tag may contain unfixed bugs and is not recommended for production.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Installation
- Steel can be installed from pre-built binaries, Docker, Pelican or Pterodactyl egg configurations, or by compiling from source.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Installation options
- Steel can be installed from a pre-built binary, Docker, a server-panel egg, or a source build.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Intended users
- The project presents itself as serving Minecraft server administrators and developers building tools or contributing to server software.checked 30 Sep 2026
- License
- SteelMC is free software licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 or later.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Panel support
- Pelican and Pterodactyl egg entries are marked Coming Soon in the installation guide.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Performance design
- Steel uses Rust memory-safety guarantees, lock-free data structures and efficient concurrency.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Performance goals
- The project targets performance, reliability, and a clean developer experience, using lock-free data structures and efficient concurrency.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Plugin status
- Steel does not currently have plugins, and Paper, Bukkit, Fabric, Forge and NeoForge extensions are incompatible.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Product
- Steel is a Minecraft Java Edition server implementation written in Rust targeting Minecraft 26.2.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Project status
- Steel is under active development and is described as pre-alpha.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Security
- Steel uses Rust and its memory-safety guarantees; the docs say memory-safe code means fewer crashes and exploits.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Server panel support
- The installation guide describes eggs for Pelican and Pterodactyl, while listing both as coming soon in the supported stores.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- The project directs users and contributors to its Discord community and GitHub repository.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Supported features
- Current features include Java Edition client networking, Mojang authentication and encryption, world generation, chunk persistence, block interactions, player movement, signed chat, inventories, entities, and block entities.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Supported systems
- Steel supports Java Edition TCP networking, Mojang authentication and encryption, Zlib compression, world generation, chunk persistence, block interaction, movement validation, signed chat, inventories, entities and block entities.checked 30 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Binary platforms
- Pre-built binaries are provided for Linux x86_64, Windows x86_64 and macOS ARM.checked 30 Sep 2026
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