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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 Browse the source code Engine overview Help make a release

Develop a mod Get introduced to the mod API Check out the Lua API Documentation

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

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