Pumpkin is a high-performance Minecraft game server implementation designed to host shared virtual worlds. It is specifically built to support multiple client editions, allowing different game versions to interact within a single world.
The project distinguishes itself through a flexible plugin architecture that supports extensions written in Go and Python. These extensions are loaded as portable binary modules, enabling developers to implement custom game logic and modify server behavior without altering the core codebase.
The server covers a broad range of operational capabilities, including procedural terrain generation, chunk-based world management, and network protocol implementation. It includes systems for packet compression and encryption, proxy integration for distributed networks, and a comprehensive command system with permission management and autocompletion. Administrative tools provide remote server management and account authenticity verification.
The server can be deployed within containerized environments using Docker to simplify hosting across different platforms.
