A web dashboard, scheduled backups, mod management, and a live 3D map — installed together, on hardware you already have.
curl -fsSL https://beacon-mc.io/bootstrap.sh | sudo bashVantage — the map every Beacon ships with
Docker, the Beacon CLI, the Minecraft server, and a working HTTPS certificate, set up in one pass. There is no config file to edit and no port to open.
On any Ubuntu machine you control: a spare desktop, a cheap VPS, a home server.
The installer prints a one-time admin link. Open it and the dashboard is yours, over HTTPS, with no domain to configure.
Anyone you give it to joins from the launcher, which sorts out the version, the loader, and the mods for them.
Console, players, backups, mods, and the map, on one page over HTTPS. Nothing to install beside it, and no in-game plugin to keep up to date.
Every chunk anyone has explored, drawn in 3D in the browser. Drag across it to cut the terrain away and see what is underneath.
Overworld, Nether, and End. The Nether renders with its roof taken off.
Chunks re-bake as they change, so the map matches the world you are standing in.
The camera lives in the URL. Send someone the exact spot you meant.
It reads the world files. Vanilla servers get the same map modded ones do.
They install the launcher, sign in with the Minecraft account they already have, and pick your server. It fetches the right game version, the right loader, and the right mods before it opens.
The server's mod list is the source of truth. Change it and everyone has the update on their next launch.
Every mod is checked against its published hash and installed into one folder, which you can delete.
Prefer your own launcher? Export the modpack as a .mrpack, or just use the server address.
A server is private until you list it. Once you do, it shows up here and in the launcher's server browser, with a live player count and a page of its own.
Beacon makes a self-hosted server about as easy to run as a rented one. It does not make it a rented one: the hardware, the world files, and the decisions are still yours.
The world runs on hardware you picked. No monthly bill, and no one else holding your save file.
World files, accounts, chat, and admin actions stay on your machine. Listing it publicly is opt-in and reversible.
Underneath it is a Docker stack and a folder of world files. Take a backup and leave whenever you want.
Upgrade from the dashboard or the CLI, and roll back if a release does not work out.
The server, the dashboard, the backups, the mods, and the map install together. List it publicly when you want to, or never.
curl -fsSL https://beacon-mc.io/bootstrap.sh | sudo bash