Mindustry

Factorio-like tower defense game. Build production chains to gather more resources, and build complex facilities.

Active Last commit · 10+ releases in the past year · 1,888 commits in the past 12 months

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At a glance

GitHub stars
29.9k
Forks
3.9k
Open issues & PRs
84
Last commit
2026-11-04
Latest release
v160.7
2026-10-08
Commits (12 mo)
1.9k
Releases (12 mo)
10+
License
GPL-3.0
Language / platform
Java

Maintenance health: Active

Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit · 10+ releases in the past year · 1,888 commits in the past 12 months.

How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from the GitHub API; release counts from the GitHub releases feed (includes pre-releases).

Run Mindustry yourself

  • RAM: ~2 GB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: not detected — install from source or packages

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr2 GB$10Deploy →
DigitalOcean2 GB$12Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)2 GB$12Deploy →

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