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Luanti (formerly Minetest)

Luanti is a near-infinite-world block sandbox game and a game engine, inspired by InfiniMiner, Minecraft, and the like.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

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Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Android
  • Android Tablet
  • BSD
  • Self-Hosted
  • Linux Mobile
  • Flathub
  • F-Droid
  • OpenAPK
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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Multiplayer
  2.  Moddable
  3.  Community-based
  4.  Exploration
  5.  Works Offline
  6.  Lua mods
  7.  Multiple languages
  8.  Procedurally generated
  9.  Endless gameplay
  10.  No Coding Required
  11.  Support for IPv6
  12.  Single player
  13.  Portable
  14.  Ad-free
  15.  Remove Noise
  16.  Player vs Player
  17.  Mods
  18.  Support for scripting
  19.  No registration required
  20.  Online co-op

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Comments and Reviews

   
Comment summary: Luanti is praised as a free, open-source, user-respecting Minecraft alternative that runs well on older or low-end hardware. Its integrated content downloader, Lua modding, multiplayer support, offline readiness, and active community enable extensive customization, including complete game projects. Opinions differ on its default experience: some find it glitchy, boring, confusing, or graphically weak, while others recommend community games and mods. A few users also note setup and API usability issues.
Top Positive Comment
TaiKedz
7

Highly-moddable open source game through easy Lua scripting, with an active community. Its openness is its key feature, and many fantastic and unique worlds have been made with it, giving boundless creativity!

danielol1
0

There are plenty of mods readily available to customize the game however you like. My favorite mods are Mesecons and Pipeworks, which greatly expand the possibilities of what you can do. They’re also great for learning programming.

Amara
1

Superior to Minecraft in the way that respects the user: Good for low-end users, INTEGRATED MODDING, no dealing with large corporations, no need for a third party client to add mods.

To give you an idea of just how moddable it is, someone made a small barebones OS on it

RemovedUser
0

It's a great engine, although some of it's API is a bit weird and it is annoying to add player controls

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RemovedUser
1

I adore this game. It has the classic Minecraft feel and it runs fantastically even on low-end machines.

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nolaray
2

It is highly customizable and moddable, making it suitable for players of all ages and preferences.

Samenaga
1

I like it because it is user-respecting and offline-ready.

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What is Luanti (formerly Minetest)?

Luanti is a near-infinite-world block sandbox game and a game engine, inspired by InfiniMiner, Minecraft, and the like.

Luanti is available natively for Windows, OS X, GNU/Linux, Android, and FreeBSD. It is Free/Libre and Open Source Software, released under the LGPL 2.1 or later.

Features

  • Near-infinite maps With a 620003 block playing area, there's no running out of space. Yes, the world height is also near-infinite.

  • Multiplayer support Play by yourself, locally with your friends, or online with dozens of players on a server.

  • Multiple sub-games Want to install dozens of mods at once? You can. Want to play Hunger Games? No problem!

  • Modding API Modify the game and add new content using the Lua programming language.

  • Texture packs Not happy with the look of the textures? Change the textures!

  • Beautiful map generators Choose from several different in-house map generators, v5, v6, v7, flat, fractal, and valleys, each of them featuring several biomes.

Luanti-based games: https://wiki.minetest.net/Games

Luanti (formerly Minetest) information

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  •  2,477 Forks
  •  1515 Open Issues
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Our users have written 22 comments and reviews about Luanti (formerly Minetest), and it has gotten 273 likes

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