Fabric SMP

Fabric for friends: Lithium, FerriteCore, Krypton and ScalableLux keep the server light, with pre-generation and proximity voice chat.

  • SMP
  • Pre-generation
  • Proximity voice

Created and started on Playkeeper 0.4.4 on 28 Sep 2026: ready in 3 seconds, with nothing failing to load.

What it installs

The versions the template pins, as they installed when we started it, so your dashboard installs the same.

Before your first session

GuideHow to make a Minecraft SMP serverSet up a Minecraft SMP for friends: Paper 26.2 with Chunky, CoreProtect and Simple Voice Chat, 4 GB, as a one-click template started on a real server.Read the guide

The same server by hand

With Docker and the itzg image Playkeeper runs servers in, sized the way Playkeeper sizes it and with the pinned versions. Open TCP 25565 in your provider's firewall.

# Fabric SMP: Fabric 26.2 on Java 25, 4 GB in all
docker run -d --name fabric-smp -p 25565:25565 -p 24454:24454/udp \
  --memory 4G --memory-swap 4G \
  -e EULA=TRUE -e TYPE=FABRIC -e VERSION=26.2 -e MEMORY=3G -e USE_AIKAR_FLAGS=TRUE \
  -e DIFFICULTY=normal -e PVP=false -e MAX_PLAYERS=10 \
  -e MODRINTH_PROJECTS=fabric-api:ewUK83HI,lithium:f7vZ0VWU,ferrite-core:d5ddUdiB,krypton:5WeL0Nkz,scalablelux:FuGn0NlI,chunky:4Eotm6ov,simple-voice-chat:DKSq5wO6 \
  -v fabric-smp-data:/data itzg/minecraft-server:java25

Your server is one command away.

Free and open source. Friends can be playing tonight.

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