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Luanti (formerly Minetest)

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

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

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Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Android
  • Android Tablet
  • BSD
  • Flathub
4.3 / 5 Avg rating (27)
241 likes
21comments
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

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

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Luanti (formerly Minetest) information

  • Developed by

    The Minetest Team
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.3 (27 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    59 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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  •  11,012 Stars
  •  2,054 Forks
  •  1274 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jan 12, 2025 
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Our users have written 21 comments and reviews about Luanti (formerly Minetest), and it has gotten 241 likes

Luanti (formerly Minetest) was added to AlternativeTo by celeron55 on Apr 6, 2011 and this page was last updated Oct 20, 2024.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Comment summary: Luanti, formerly Minetest, is praised for its smooth performance on low-end machines and extensive modding capabilities, offering a high degree of customization. It's open-source, allowing players to create unique worlds and mods using Lua scripting. Despite being free and offline-ready, some criticize its user interface and graphics quality. Users appreciate its community-driven development over corporate counterparts like Minecraft.
TaiKedz
  
Top positive commentSep 17, 2019

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!

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Katerielle Haka
  
Top negative commentFeb 12, 2020

Sure it works fine, but the graphics/gameplay is terrible and reminds me of one of those terrible chinese playstore games..

-4
Amara
  
Positive commentOct 2, 2024

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

1
IamPyu
  
Positive commentJun 24, 2024

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

0
Cross Nastasi
  
Positive commentJun 18, 2024

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

1
nolaray
  
Positive commentMar 7, 2024

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

1
Samenaga
  
Positive commentFeb 3, 2023

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 at 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

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