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Minecraft is a well-known sandbox that allows players to create and design their own worlds. It is called "sandbox" because it creates players with a unique environment without a set of goals or missions. The player can build, create, explore and interact within the infinite environment and world. Minecraft is dependent on servers that are owned by companies or players. The Minecraft server allow players to connect with each others and play online, or through a local area network. Minecraft servers come in a variety of shapes and functions, as well as licenses and prices. Public Minecraft servers are usually posted on Minecraft official forums. In this article, we collected the best open-source, no-cost Minecraft server and server management software for anyone who wants to own his server. Open-source, free Minecraft server and server panels Glowstone; Glowstone is a free, open-source, cross-platform lightweight Minecraft server written in the Java programming language. Glowstone supports all plugins written for the Bukkit Paper, Spigot and Bukkit APIs natively. minecraft adventure servers Minestom; Minestom is a Minecraft server implementation that is completely free and open source. Minestom is a developer-friendly program that is rich in documentation and code shortcuts. It supports entities, blocks inventory, instances and commands. Minestom's modular design allows developers to develop their own extensions. Minestom uses Apache License V2.0 Open-source License Cuberite; Cuberite, a simple, yet powerful, adaptable Minecraft server is Cuberite. It works with Windows, Linux and macOS as well as Android, unlike most of the other Minecraft projects. Cuberite provides a variety of demo servers to test for free and a well-documented getting started guide. PufferPanel: PufferPanel does not serve as an actual Minecraft server, but is an administration panel for games that supports full-time Minecraft and Spigot, Sponge and Forge. PufferPanel is released under Apache License 2.0. Fork; Like PufferPanel, Fork is a Minecraft server Manager GUI for graphical users. It comes with a clean user interface that doesn't require a steep learning curve and plugins, multiserver/ instance support, and multi-platform support. Crafty Controller is yet another Minecraft server control system for gamers. It can be used on Windows and macOS as well as Linux. Paper MC; Paper is a free Minecraft server software that is compatible with Spigot plugins. It offers seamless performance, an expanded API, community support, and also seamless performance. Bukkit; Bukkit is a free open-source software that can help developers extend Minecraft multiplayer servers. Bukkit has a huge collection of third-party projects that include plugins, modules and code small snippets. Pterodactyl Panel. Pterodactyl Panel lets you manage your gaming server free of charge. It is based on the latest web technologies like Go, PHP and React. Pterodactyl Panel is a user-friendly system that comes with an intuitive user interface, Docker support and an scalable-ready architecture. Gamocosm Gamocosm allows gamers to run their cloud Minecraft servers on hosting services such as DigitalOcean. MultiMC; MultiMC does not refer to a server or management panel. However it is worthy of mention because it gives gamers the ability to run multiple instances of Minecraft. Each instance has its own mods and packs. MultiMC is available on Windows, macOS and Linux (Debian Arch, Ubuntu, Linux Mint). MSM; MSM is a free, open-source popular Minecraft Server Manager for admins devops, gamers, and administrators. It allows users to create WorldEdit compatible snapshots with no effort. Schlagwetter; Schlagwetter is an open-source project to create a server for Minecraft. However, it's not receiving regular updates as its competitors. Wrapping up. Here as our list comes to an end, we have listed the top open-source and cost-free Minecraft server and management panel projects. minecraft adventure servers If you know of any other projects that are on our list, let us know.