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