CraftLink - multiplayer, social network, voicechat!

# ⛏️ CraftLink LAN

**Open to LAN, press F8, and your friends are in.** No public IP, no port forwarding, no Hamachi or Radmin VPN.

CraftLink LAN is the in-game companion of [CraftLink](https://github.com/PixelNetStudy/CraftLink-Java-multiplayer), an open-source (MIT) multiplayer hub for Minecraft: Java Edition. The mod connects your "Open to LAN" world to CraftLink and protects it with **CraftGuard**, an anticheat that runs on the host.

✨ Features

🌍 Host your LAN world

• Open to LAN as usual: CraftLink detects the port, world name and exact game version
• **F8** opens the CraftLink window anywhere in the game
• A **CraftLink** button on the title, pause and "Open to LAN" screens: start, logs, settings

🛡️ CraftGuard anticheat (checks guests only)

🔐 LAN account check switch

An optional **"LAN account check (online-mode)"** switch in the CraftLink window, the same setting a dedicated server has in `server.properties`. **On by default**: your world behaves exactly like vanilla until you change it.

🌐 Languages

English, Русский, Українська, Қазақша (follows your Minecraft language).

📦 Installation

1. Install Fabric Loader 0.16+ for Minecraft **26.1 or newer**
2. Put the jar into your `mods` folder
3. Install the **CraftLink app** from its [GitHub page](https://github.com/PixelNetStudy/CraftLink-Java-multiplayer/releases) (Windows 10 / 11)
4. Start the game and press the **CraftLink** button or **F8**: the mod finds the app and starts it

**Fabric API is not required.**

🔒 Downloads and privacy

**This mod never downloads or installs anything by itself.** The "Get CraftLink" button only opens the GitHub page in your browser.

**Client self-check:** the mod writes a local file with the list of loaded mods for the CraftLink app on the same PC. The file never leaves your computer as is: the app only reports matches with the cheat signature list when you join a CraftLink world.

⚠️ Good to know

• The CraftLink app runs on **Windows 10 / 11**. The mod itself loads on any OS
• **Incompatible** with e4mc and e4all (they use the same "Open to LAN" hooks)
• Only the host needs the mod

🔗 Links

[Source code](https://github.com/PixelNetStudy/CraftLink-Java-multiplayer) · [Issues](https://github.com/PixelNetStudy/CraftLink-Java-multiplayer/issues)

🎥 For creators and communities

🌐 The official network

The CraftLink app connects to the official network farm.pixelnet.kz out of the box: accounts, friends, hosting, voice chat and the social feed work right away, nothing to set up.

🏠 Run your own community server

CraftLink is fully self-hostable, so you can start a community for your region, school, clan or server team:

• run start-server.bat on your PC: it starts the CraftLink API and a Cloudflare Tunnel, no public IP or port forwarding needed
• connect your own domain for a permanent address and point your players' client to it in client/server.json
• your own accounts, moderation, invites, bans and verification badges
• signed updates for your players, published only from the local admin panel on the server PC

Every community server runs on its own: you decide the rules for your players.

🛠️ Modify it and contribute

• The whole project is open source under the MIT license: fork it and adapt it to your community
• The mod builds with a plain JDK 17+ (mod/build.cmd), no Gradle and no Minecraft jars needed
• Have an idea or found a bug? Open an issue or send a pull request: the best community features make it into the official release
• Found a security problem? Please report it to the maintainers privately instead of opening a public issue

CraftLink is not an official Minecraft product and is not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft.