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Minetest is a computer game inspired by Minecraft, Infiniminer, and others. It's licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1, with artwork generally covered by Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0.

There are two major parts to the system, the first being a core engine written in C++, the second being a modding API that exposes useful functions to a Lua environment.

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Develop the core engine Learn about its structure Read an overview of the architecture Learn about the basic data structures Help make a release

Develop a mod Get introduced to the mod API Learn about the global Minetest object that enables most modding features See the lists of methods, objects, and types that are available for use

Document, translate, and create Help with the engine documentation Help complete this wiki by checking out the contributors page Help translate Minetest into other languages Create artwork to help Minetest grow, following our visual style

Be an excellent community member Learn about how we communicate Check out an explanation of our use of GitHub Find out how you can start contributing like a pro

Content Index

This wiki is aimed mainly at developers and advanced users of the Minetest Core and Mods. Before you start, you should look at the terminology.

You can access the old API site here, and the old developer wiki here.

API Intro Methods Objects Types Misc articles

Core Index Compiling Minetest Basic data structures Core Architecture Classes/functions Network Protocol

Community Community Git Guidelines Proposals

Contribute to wiki Style guide Articles without examples Incomplete articles Articles to be written