Get started
Install Foton and start your world.
Foton is pre-alpha. Use it for testing, not yet for a server you rely on.
1. Install
Open a terminal in the folder where you want the server, then run one command. Foton installs in that folder.
$ curl -fsSL https://foton.zeffut.fr/install.sh | sh> irm https://foton.zeffut.fr/install.ps1 | iexThe installer asks for the server name, port, player limit, authentication and difficulty, then creates the configuration files.
On Linux it installs the glibc build when your system has glibc 2.35 or newer (Debian 12, Ubuntu 22.04, Raspberry Pi OS bookworm). That build is the only one that can run Bukkit/Paper plugins. Alpine and other systems without a suitable glibc get a static musl build, which runs the server but not plugins.
2. Start and join
Join
In Minecraft Java Edition, open Multiplayer, add a server, then enter localhost when the server runs on the same machine.
If you chose another port during installation, enter localhost:port.
Start
$ ./foton> .\foton.exeUpdate
Stop the server, then run the command for your system from its folder. Your worlds and settings stay in place.
$ curl -fsSL https://foton.zeffut.fr/install.sh | sh -s -- --update> iex "& { $(irm https://foton.zeffut.fr/install.ps1) } -Update"