Crafty Controller
Minecraft launcher and manager that allows users to start and administer Minecraft servers from a user-friendly interface.
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Still maintained? Yes: 77 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v4.11.0 (Sep 2026).
At a glance
Crafty Controller quick facts
- Health score
- 90/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 255
- Last commit
- 1 month ago (Sep 2026)
- Latest release
- v4.11.0, Sep 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Crafty Controller scores 90/100, #6 of 20 in Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels: 77 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v4.11.0, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 255 stars add 9.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 10.4 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitLab API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
77 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v4.11.0 released 1 month ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 9.6 / 20
255 stars on GitLab (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 77
- Last 90 days
- 276
- Last 12 months
- 1 month ago
- Last push
Ranked #6 of 20 tools in Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels by health , between Ownfoil (#5) and GameVault (#7) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Python |
| Latest release | v4.11.0 · 1 month ago |
| Stars | 255 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | gitlab.com/crafty-controller/crafty-4 ↗ |
Crafty Controller vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Crafty Controller (Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelican Panel | 94 | 2.4k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Calagopus | 92 | 860 | MIT | yesterday |
| Crafty Controller (this tool) | 90 | 255 | GPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
| GameVault | 90 | 328 | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 | yesterday |
| GameAP | 89 | 152 | MIT | 12 days ago |
| LinuxGSM | 85 | 4.9k | MIT | 7 days ago |
Crafty Controller: common questions
Is Crafty Controller still maintained?
Crafty Controller had 77 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 1 month ago; the latest tagged release, v4.11.0, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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