Minus Games
★ 47MIT LicenseSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintNo external DB2 contributors
About
Minus Games is a suite of five applications built to distribute games from a server to clients. It is intended for use on a home server and centers on a server/client workflow, with supporting GUI,...
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Features
- game distribution
- game running
- game sync
- client app
- GUI app
- updater
- finder
Details
- Last Updated
- Sep 26, 2026
- Created
- Jul 18, 2024
- Runtime / Stack
- Rust
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud Required
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓Single Container — minimal hosting footprintsingle container
Run Minus Games with Docker Compose
Compose file from the Minus Games project repository.
1 service
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (1 volume)
compose.yml · @ 74e3d1c · scanned Sep 24, 2026
version: "3"
services:
minus_games_server:
build: .
volumes:
- /var/lib/minus_games_server/:/var/lib/minus_games_server/
ports:
- "8415:8415"
environment:
DATA_FOLDER: /var/lib/minus_games_server/data/
GAMES_FOLDER: /var/lib/minus_games_server/games/
IP: 0.0.0.0
This file may be out of date. Check the Minus Games documentation for current setup steps.
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