Gamend

Open source game server with authentication, users, lobbies, groups, notifications, server scripting and an admin portal

Game + Backend = Gamend

Discord | Guides | API Docs | Elixir Docs | Starter Template

Features

• Auth — Email/password, magic link, OAuth (Discord, Google, Apple, Facebook, Steam), JWT API tokens
• Users — Profiles, metadata, device tokens, account lifecycle
• Lobbies — Host-managed, max users, hidden/locked, passwords, real-time updates
• Groups — Public / private / hidden communities, roles, join requests, invites
• Friends — Requests, accept/reject, blocking
• Notifications — User-to-user + server-wide, read/unread, real-time delivery
• Server Scripting — Elixir hooks on server events (login, lobby created, etc.)
• Admin Portal — Built-in web dashboard for managing all resources

Client SDKs

• JavaScript SDK
• Godot SDK
• Elixir SDK — Stub modules for IDE autocomplete in custom hooks

Quick Start

cp .env.example .env
./start.sh

Visit localhost:4000.

Docker

# Single instance
docker compose up

# Multi-instance (2 apps + nginx + PostgreSQL + Redis)
docker compose -f docker-compose.multi.yml up --scale app=2

Deploy

See the Deployment Tutorial and Starter Template for production deployment on fly.io (~$5/month without Postgres).