Game-Hangout · Minecraft
Play Minecraft with friends — without renting a server
Java Edition, Fabric mods from Modrinth, and the world lives on whoever's PC is on. No Realms, no rented box.
Free. No account. Server files: ~235 MB, once, on the host's PC.
How it works with Minecraft
Somebody hosts
The app downloads the Minecraft server files (~235 MB), starts the server on their PC and opens an encrypted tunnel to your friends. No port forwarding, no router settings.
Friends join
From the app or through an invite link. They see the world card, press join, and they are in — with the same mods as everybody else, automatically.
The world follows
When the host logs off, the next one to start picks the world up right where it was. An always-on PC of your own can hold it overnight. Optional.
Mods on Minecraft
Fabric loader, mods from Modrinth. You pick them in the app, the list is shared in the session, and everyone runs the same set — nobody sends jar files around in Discord.
Missing dependencies (Fabric API, Cloth Config, the usual suspects) are spotted before the start. If a mod still breaks the server, the built-in bisect finds it instead of you removing mods one at a time.
What it costs you
Nothing hidden — this is the trade:
- Somebody's PC is the server. When they go to bed, the game goes with them — until the next one starts it. Your ping is your internet.
- Everyone needs the app and their own copy of Minecraft. The host also needs the server files — ~235 MB on disk.
- The first start asks for admin rights. It creates a real network adapter — that's the price of never touching port forwarding.
Common Minecraft problems
The server says a mod is missing a dependency
Most Fabric mods need Fabric API, many need a config library on top. The app reads each mod's requirements from Modrinth and tells you what is missing before the server even starts — one button adds them.
My friends can't connect to my Minecraft server
Usually a port forwarding or firewall story. With Game-Hangout there is nothing to forward: the app opens an encrypted tunnel between your PCs and the server answers on an address inside it. Your friends join from the app, not from an IP you paste.
The server crashes after adding mods
One of forty mods broke it, and nobody knows which. The app's bisect starts the server with half the list, then half of that, until it names the one — you read a sentence instead of a log.
Get your evenings back
Every release is signed, and the app keeps itself up to date from then on.
Download for Windows