Anuken Mindustry by Anuken

The automation tower defense RTS

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Verdict 74/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 15 days ago

Self-host Anuken Mindustry on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
74 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
27k
3.4k forks

About Anuken Mindustry

From the project's README at github.com/Anuken/Mindustry. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

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If you are a first-time contributor looking for features to implement or bugs to fix, see the issues tagged with 'candidate' in the Mindustry-Suggestions repostiory. Building

Bleeding-edge builds are generated automatically for every commit. You can see them here.

If you'd rather compile on your own, follow these instructions. First, make sure you have JDK 17 installed. Other JDK versions will not work. Open a terminal in the Mindustry directory and run the following commands: Windows

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
99
maturity
85
community
89
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
41

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 27k github.com/Anuken/Mindustry
GitHub forks 3.4k github.com/Anuken/Mindustry

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age9.0 yearssince Apr 2017
Last commit3 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped188last: 15 days ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Ready to self-host Anuken Mindustry?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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