PicoLimbo
A lightweight Minecraft server written from scratch in Rust supporting Minecraft versions from 1.7.2 up to 26.2.
**An ultra-lightweight, multi-version Minecraft limbo server written in Rust** The project is written primarily in Rust, distributed under the MIT License license, first published in 2024. Key topics include: docker, limbo, limbo-server, minecraft, minecraft-protocol.
PicoLimbo
An ultra-lightweight, multi-version Minecraft limbo server written in Rust
Supporting all Minecraft versions from 1.7.2 through 26.2
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Introduction
PicoLimbo is a lightweight limbo server written
in Rust, designed primarily as an AFK or waiting server. Its core focus is on efficiency by implementing only essential
packets required for client login and maintaining connection (keep-alive) without unnecessary overhead.
While not aiming to replicate every Minecraft server feature, PicoLimbo supports all Minecraft versions from 1.7.2
through 26.2, excluding snapshots.
Features
🎮 Wide Version Compatibility
Supports all Minecraft versions from 1.7.2 to 26.2 natively, no need for ViaVersion or additional compatibility
layers.
⚡ Ultra-Lightweight & Highly Scalable
Uses 0% CPU while idle and handles hundreds of players under 10 MB RAM.
View benchmarks.
👤 Skin Support
Player skins are supported. What else to say about that?
🔀 Built-in Proxy Support
Integrates with all major Minecraft proxies:
- Velocity (Modern Forwarding)
- BungeeCord (Legacy Forwarding)
- BungeeGuard & BungeeGuardPlus authentication
⚙️ Highly Configurable
Customize your server using a simple TOML configuration file, including welcome message, spawn dimension, server list
MOTD, and more. View configuration docs.
🌍 Schematic World (Experimental)
Load a custom world from a schematic file and customize spawn location (1.16+ only).

The screenshot shows just a few of the supported Minecraft versions.
Quick Start
Pterodactyl
Official eggs for Pterodactyl are provided in the pterodactyl directory. More information about PicoLimbo's Pterodactyl eggs.
Docker
shelldocker run --rm -p "25565:25565" ghcr.io/quozul/picolimbo:latest
Java Wrapper
For user wishing to run PicoLimbo inside your Velocity, BungeeCord proxy as a plugin or as a standalone jar file, you can download the Java Wrapper from Modrinth.
Binary / Standalone
Download from GitHub Releases
For more detailed installation and configuration instructions, please refer to
the documentation website.
Documentation
Complete documentation is available at https://picolimbo.quozul.dev/
For detailed installation instructions, configuration options, and usage examples, please visit the documentation
website.
Similar Projects
- Limbo: Supports only one Minecraft version at a time
- NanoLimbo: Actively maintained
(see BoomEaro's fork)
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Contributing
Contributions are welcome! If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvement, please submit an issue or
pull request on GitHub. Make sure to follow the existing code style and include relevant tests.
- Fork the repository.
- Create a new branch
git checkout -b <branch-name>. - Make changes and commit
git commit -m 'Add some feature'. - Push to your fork
git push origin <branch-name>. - Submit a pull request.
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