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PistonDevelopers/hematite has 1,922 GitHub stars and 106 forks. GitHot measured 0 stars in 24 hours. Last checked 2026-11-08 00:18 UTC. Last push 2026-10-11.

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A simple Minecraft written in Rust with the Piston game engine

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hematite Build Status

[DEPRECATED]

A simple Minecraft written in Rust with the Piston game engine

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How To Open a World

This method is only for personal use. Never distribute copyrighted content from Minecraft.

  • In the Minecraft Launcher, click the button “New Profile”

  • In the drop down "use version", select 1.8.8

  • Click “Save Profile”

  • Click “Play” (this will download the snapshot)

  • Quit Minecraft

  • Copy your world save to to the hematite directory (It may corrupt your world)

  • Save Locations:

    • Windows: %appdata%\.minecraft\saves\
    • OSX: ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/saves/
    • Linux/Other: ~/.minecraft/saves/

  • Run hematite with: cargo run --release -- -p "./<WORLD_NAME>"

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