Ghost
Open-source, self-hosted game servers
535 followers
Open-source, self-hosted game servers
535 followers
Open-source dedicated game server platform. Spin up Minecraft, Valheim, Rust, Palworld, Enshrouded and Terraria on your own Hetzner Cloud account in seconds.
Kilo Code
another banger by the 🐐 @haydenbleasel - maker of @next-forge @Kibo UI @Ultracite. shout-out!
Interesting. I was wondering why you decided to open-source it?
Ultracite
@haydenbleasel That's very nice. I also have my childhood dream of making a game. I'll use it and also contribute to it for sure. 🚀
Kilo Code
@notsu @haydenbleasel @willfrost oss ftw!
Running game servers on Hetzner is already a solid cost move compared to AWS/GCP. Curious how Ghost handles server restarts after crashes - does it auto-restart the game process, or do players need to manually trigger it? Thats usually the first thing that bites you in production.
Ultracite
Would it matter if someone were to deploy this over their own colocated machines instead of a cloud?
Ultracite
@achiral Not at all. Goal is eventually to make the backend swappable 👍
@haydenbleasel perfect! starred.
The "in seconds" claim is the part most game-server tools struggle with. What's actually happening in the background when a user spins up a Minecraft server? Pre-built images?
Ultracite
@ebazan33 You're welcome to check! I timed it spinning up a few servers - Terraria, CS, etc. TL;DR there's a pre-built image that you create when you add your Hetzner token. That has the basics covered. Then when you pick a game, it just restores that snapshot and downloads a docker image, more or less.
@haydenbleasel Snapshot handles the slow stuff once, then game-switching is just docker pull + start. That's why it can be fast. Most game-server tools re-provision from scratch every time and wonder why it takes 5 minutes.
PanicMode
Will it only support Hetzner Cloud or do you plan to expand in the future with other providers like OVH Cloud?
Ultracite
@justin_seyvecou Definitely wanting to make the backend swappable, like adapters 👍
This is really cool. I've been looking for something like this for Valheim — the existing hosting options were either too expensive or too complicated to set up. Self-hosted with one click sounds like a game changer for small gaming groups.