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Tools for people who run their own game servers

Check that a server is reachable, find the ports your router needs, size the RAM, and write config files that load the first time. Free, and no account needed.

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Server Status & Port Check

See whether a server answers from the internet, which port is closed if it does not, and who is online right now.

/server-status

Config File Generator

Fill in a form and get a config that parses — server.properties, PalWorldSettings.ini, server.cfg and the files for 17 more games.

/config-generator

Game Calculators

Raid costs for Rust, Nether coordinates for Minecraft, production ratios for Factorio, and more than twenty others.

/player-calculators

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Port Forwarding Guide

Which ports to open, in the words your router's menu actually uses — plus the admin ports that must stay closed.

/port-forwarding

Minecraft Version & Java Checker

Java requirement, compatible server software and mod/plugin compatibility for every Minecraft release from 1.7.10 up.

/minecraft-compatibility

Restart Scheduler

A restart script that warns, saves and stops in the right order, with a crontab entry that fires at the time you meant.

/restart-scheduler

Modpack Requirements

Look up a CurseForge pack's Minecraft version, loader and Java requirement, and whether a server pack exists.

/modpack-lookup

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Command Generators

Builders for /give commands, colour codes, MOTDs, whitelist files and banners, plus ARK admin commands, per-game RCON cheat sheets and Discord webhooks.

/generators

Mod Dependency Checker

The full list of mods a CurseForge mod needs — its dependencies, and theirs.

/mod-dependencies

RAM Calculator

How much memory a server needs for your game, your group size and your mods.

/ram-calculator

Minecraft Start Script & JVM Flags

A start.sh and start.bat for Paper, Fabric, Forge or NeoForge, with the heap sized for your machine and Aikar's flags.

/generators/mc-start-script

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Circle, Sphere & Dome Generator

Block-by-block circles, spheres and domes for Minecraft builds, layer by layer, with a row-by-row list to build from.

/generators/mc-shapes

Would you rather skip the setup?

Spawnly, the host that funds this site, sets servers up for you: modpacks install in one click and the control panel edits these config files, so you never open one yourself.

See Spawnly plans

Rather not run the server yourself?

These tools are free and funded by the two hosting services we run. If you want a server that is already set up, here they are.

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