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Docker image that provides a Minecraft Server for Java Edition that automatically installs/upgrades versions, modloaders, modpacks and more at startup

8 mentions on Hacker News by 5 people: 2 stories, 6 comments · first 2021-02-17 · latest 2026-07-19

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  1. If you want to selfhost and use docker for Java edition, this is the easiest way: https://github.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-server There’s also a version for bedrock (the version that’s supported on mobile devices).
    comment by echoangle · 2026-07-19 · in Minecraft: Java Edition now uses SDL3
  2. …nice! I have a comprehensive docker compose file with itzg’s image [0] repeated a dozen times. [0] https://github.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-server
  3. …CI runners, with Drone CI: https://www.drone.io/ - Minecraft servers, with docker-minecraft-server: https://github.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-server - Static code analysis, with SonarQube: https://docs.sonarqube.org/latest/ - Uptime…
    comment by KronisLV · 2023-01-06 · in Ask HN: What's on your home server?
  4. …to flip between a Java or a Bedrock server [0]. Not sure about the plug-in situation. [0]: https://github.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-server
  5. …a jungle. Don't just wander off without me and my digital machete by your side, I tell them ;) [0] https://github.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-server [1] https://geysermc.org/
  6. …you plugins folder. I use this Docker image with Docker-compose: [1] [0] https://geysermc.org/ [1] https://github.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-server
    comment by teekert · 2021-02-17 · in GitHub Deceased User Policy