gate

The extensible Minecraft Proxy

Gate is an extensible, high performant & paralleled Minecraft proxy server with scalability, flexibility, cross-platform compatibility & excellent server version support - written in Go and ready for the cloud!

Website & Documentation

There is a lot to discover on Gate's website. Please refer to the website for the documentation, guides and any more information needed!

Quick Start

Follow our quick start guide on creating a simple Minecraft network!

Platform	Installation Command
Go	go run go.minekube.com/gate@latest
Linux/macOS	curl -fsSL https://gate.minekube.com/install | bash
Windows	powershell -c "irm https://gate.minekube.com/install.ps1 | iex"

Bedrock Cross-Play Support

Gate includes built-in Bedrock Edition support through Geyser enabling cross-play between Java Edition (PC) and Bedrock Edition (Mobile, Console, Windows) players through integrated Geyser & Floodgate technology - zero plugins required!

Enable managed Bedrock support with one config line:

bedrock: true

See the Bedrock Guide for setup instructions.

graph LR
    A[Java Players
PC] -->|25565| D(Gate Proxy)
    B[Bedrock Players
Mobile/Console/Win] -->|19132| C(Geyser)
    C -->|25567| D
    D -->|Java Protocol| E[Backend Server
Paper/Spigot/Vanilla]

    style A fill:#b36b00,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px
    style B fill:#007a7a,stroke:#222,stroke-width:2px
    style C fill:#1e90ff,stroke:#222,stroke-width:2px
    style D fill:#2e8b57,stroke:#222,stroke-width:2px
    style E fill:#a0526d,stroke:#222,stroke-width:2px

Java Version Compatibility

Gate can start Via-powered backend protocol translation through managed vialite, so Java clients can join configured or API-registered backend servers running different Minecraft versions without running a separate Via sidecar.

Enable managed Via in classic proxy mode with:

config:
  via:
    enabled: true

Gate starts the native vialite subprocess, resolves the latest stable vialite release automatically, downloads the checksummed artifact into the local cache, and routes backend connections through it. Dynamic backends registered through Gate's Go API are added to vialite at runtime, which lets Connect-style session backends use the same version compatibility path as static config servers. Exact release pins, offline mode, and local artifact paths remain available for controlled deployments, but no manual version setting is required for the default path. Dynamic API-registered backend translation uses the default subprocess mode; embedded mode is limited to configured servers.

Gate Lite Mode

Gate has a Lite Mode which is a lightweight version of Gate that can expose multiple Minecraft servers through a single port and IP address and reverse proxy players to backend servers based on the hostname/subdomain they join with.

See the Lite Mode guide for more information.

graph LR
    A[Player Alice] -->|Join example.com| C(Gate Lite)
    B[Player Bob] -->|Join my.example.com| C(Gate Lite)
    C -->|10.0.0.1| D[Backend A]
    C -->|10.0.0.2| E[Backend B]
    C -->|10.0.0.3| F[Another Proxy]

    linkStyle 0 stroke:orange
    linkStyle 1 stroke:purple
    linkStyle 2 stroke:purple
    linkStyle 3 stroke:orange

Developers Starter Template

The starter template is designed to help you get started with your own Gate powered project. Fork it: minekube/gate-plugin-template