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| Original author(s) | Perttu Ahola |
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| Developer(s) | Minetest team |
| Initial release | 0.0.1 / November 2, 2010 |
| Stable release | 5.8.0[1] 
/ 4 December 2023 |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | C++, Lua |
| Engine | Irrlicht (Irrlicht-MT fork) |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Android |
| Type | Sandbox, survival |
| License | 2013: LGPL-2.1-or-later[2][3] 2010: GPL-2.0-or-later[4][5] Original: Proprietary[6] |
| Website | https://www.minetest.net/ |
 | This article may be too technical for most readers to understand. (June 2024) |
Minetest is a free and open-source voxel game creation system. It is written primarily in C++ and makes use of the Irrlicht Engine. Minetest provides a Lua API allowing users to write their own games and mods. It is cross-platform, being available for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, some BSD descendants, some GNU variants and Android.[7]
An in-game browser lets users download games and modifications from the ContentDB website.[8] The five most popular games by downloads are VoxeLibre, Minetest Game, NodeCore, Tutorial and Subway Miner.[9]
Over a decade of active development Minetest has garnered critical acclaim and gained in popularity; the games, mods and texturepacks on ContentDB have over 12 million downloads combined,[10] and the Android version of Minetest has over a million downloads on the Google Play store.[11]
- ^ "5.8.0".
- ^ "LICENSE.txt". GitHub. October 25, 2021. Archived from the original on January 3, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "Remove doc/gpl-2.0.txt, add doc/lgpl-2.1.txt". GitHub. September 28, 2013. Archived from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "Switch the license to be LGPLv2/later, with small parts still remaining as GPLv2/later, by agreement of major contributors". GitHub. June 5, 2012. Archived from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "Working version before block send priorization update". GitHub. November 27, 2010. Archived from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "Initial files". GitHub. November 26, 2010. Archived from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "Minetest". December 11, 2023. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
- ^ "Content Flags". December 11, 2023. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
- ^ "Games". ContentDB. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
- ^ "Welcome". ContentDB. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
CDB has 2368 packages, with a total of 12788497 downloads.
- ^ "minetest - Android Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved May 28, 2024.