mcstatus

Small Go library for querying Minecraft Java and Bedrock server status.

Features

• Java status ping
• Java full query
• Bedrock RakNet ping
• Bedrock full query
• Optional SRV lookup
• Simple MOTD cleanup helper

Install

go get github.com/VexoraDevelopment/mcstatus

CLI

The repository also ships a small CLI in cmd/mcstatus.

Build locally:

go build -o mcstatus ./cmd/mcstatus

Examples:

mcstatus mc.hypixel.net
mcstatus java -json mc.hypixel.net
mcstatus bedrock -query play.example.com:19132
mcstatus auto -pretty localhost
mcstatus java -motd-raw mc.hypixel.net

If you prefer prebuilt binaries, use the files attached to GitHub Releases.

Quick Start

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"time"

	"github.com/VexoraDevelopment/mcstatus"
)

func main() {
	client := mcstatus.NewAll(3 * time.Second)

	info, err := client.Java.Connect("hypixel.net", 25565)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(info.Edition)
	fmt.Println(info.Address, info.Port)
	fmt.Println(info.Version)
	fmt.Println(info.Online, "/", info.Slots)
	fmt.Println(info.MOTD)
}

Packages

• github.com/VexoraDevelopment/mcstatus
• github.com/VexoraDevelopment/mcstatus/java
• github.com/VexoraDevelopment/mcstatus/bedrock
• github.com/VexoraDevelopment/mcstatus/text

Releases

Pushing a tag like v1.0.1 triggers GitHub Actions and publishes release archives for:

• Windows
• Linux
• macOS

using the mcstatus CLI binary from cmd/mcstatus.

Notes

• ServerInfo is a plain struct and can be stored however you want.