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Minecraftle
Open-source (AGPL) daily Wordle-style game about Minecraft crafting recipes. Started as a 2022 university project; Next.js + Postgres, self-hostable (Nix module included). Included as the open-source reference: no general open-source daily puzzle framework was found.
Repo pushed 2026-10-21 (gh api); site minecraftle.zachmanson.com reachable 2026-10-25. (checked 2026-10-25)
In Daily puzzle games
Where it stands apart
- How is the main thing licensed? copyleft or source-available with restrictions (10% of 21 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? yes (5% of 21 others)
- Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? Wordle's format (guess a hidden answer in a few tries, with feedback each guess) (19% of 21 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (95% of 21 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (52% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? non-developers (100% of 21 others)
- How do players share a result? copyable result text (emoji grid or score line, maybe with a link) (76% of 17 others)
- Where can you play it? web only (57% of 21 others)
- Which languages is it offered in? English only (70% of 20 others)
Not documented
The public sources we read don't say:
- How does it make money? Pick the first that applies.
Nearest neighbors
- Dozenal 70% of 10 shared answers match
- CowBull 64% of 11 shared answers match
- Jigsaw Haiku 60% of 10 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | stands apart copyleft or source-available with restrictions AGPL-3.0. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | individual side project, no revenue Hosted by Zach Manson, open source AGPL, no ads or donations found. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | stands apart yes README setup: clone, npm install, Postgres. Nix module included. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account v4: from the map's own 'accounts' question. Scores are tied to an anonymous user id; no sign-up found in code. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Who is it for? | non-developers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | stands apart Wordle's format (guess a hidden answer in a few tries, with feedback each guess) Wordle-style daily about crafting recipes. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does everyone get the same puzzle each day? | yes, a shared daily puzzle plus extra or unlimited play Daily mode plus a Random mode. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How does it make money? Pick the first that applies. | Not documented No ads or payments found in the repo. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How do players share a result? | copyable result text (emoji grid or score line, maybe with a link) | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can players rank against other players? | yes, a leaderboard or rating Scoreboard with ranks: src/server/routers/game.ts. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where can you play it? | web only | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which languages is it offered in? | English only | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/zachpmanson/minecraftle · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · minecraftle.zachmanson.com · read 2026-10-25
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