Ferrumc rs by ferrumc-rs

A reimplementation of the minecraft server in rust.

async-rustconcurrencycross-platformgame-developmentgame-enginegame-serverminecraftminecraft-protocolminecraft-servermoddingmultiplayernetworking
Verdict 61/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 4 months ago

Self-host Ferrumc rs on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
61 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
2.2k
89 forks

About Ferrumc rs

From the project's README at github.com/ferrumc-rs/ferrumc. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

FerrumC is a 1.21.8 Minecraft server implementation written from the ground up in Rust. Leveraging the power of the Rust programming language, it is completely multithreaded and offers high performance as well as amazing memory efficiency!

Visit ferrumc.com for more information. The official Docs are currently under construction, but you can join our Discord server for help or to discuss the project!

<img src="https://github.com/ferrumc-rs/ferrumc/blob/master/assets/README/in_game.p

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
51
maturity
55
community
84
security
70
sustainability
100
adoption
28

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 2.2k github.com/ferrumc-rs/ferrumc
GitHub forks 89 github.com/ferrumc-rs/ferrumc

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age2.8 yearssince Sep 2023
Last commit4 months agoFeb 16, 2026
Releases shipped2last: 4 months ago
Funding links1declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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