heroiclabs/nakama
Scalable open-source game backend server: multiplayer, matchmaking, leaderboards, chat, and social features for games.
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Where it stands
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2 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 5 days ago, with 87 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a scalable open-source backend server for multiplayer games with features like matchmaking, leaderboards, chat, and social connectivity.
- Offers a production-ready, extensible server supporting multiple protocols and runtime languages for custom game logic.
- Use for building real-time multiplayer games requiring social features and persistent player data storage.
- Use for integrating in-app purchase validation and notification systems in mobile or desktop games.
- Use for deploying a game backend with built-in web console for managing player data, metrics, and live multiplayer matches.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
Watch-outs
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From the README
Build scalable games and apps with a production ready server used by ambitious game studios and app developers all around the world. Have a look at the documentation and join the developer community for more info.
The server is simple to setup and run for local development and can be deployed to any cloud provider. See the deployment notes for recommendations on how to deploy the project for production. Nakama server requires CockroachDB or another Postgres wire-compatible server as it's database.
The fastest way to run the server and the database is with Docker. Setup Docker and start the daemon.
For more detailed instructions have a look at our Docker quickstart guide.
Nakama Docker images are maintained on Docker Hub and prerelease images are occasionally published for cutting edge features of the server.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
1.5K+52
Open issues
123-4
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| heroiclabs/nakama | 13.7K | — | 55 | 5 days ago |
| Category median | 94.7K | +2.0K | 75 | — |
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