Getting started
. To build the program for 32-bit or 64-bit Windows, visit the Download Files page, download the Windows build kit, and follow the instructions in mxe-minetest.txt. Note: The build kits have been tested, so far, on Debian 8, Fedora 28 and 29, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Laclin (OldCoder's Linux distro). Trusted Windows (PC) download minetest 5.1. Virus-free and 100% clean download. Get minetest alternative downloads.
Are you a new user? Have a look at our Getting Started, FAQ, and Tutorials pages on our wiki.
Otherwise, feel free to look at the changelog.
You may also want to look at some games. Games provide basic game play for the engine to run using Lua scripts. Different games have different objectives, such as survival, building or Player vs Player. Usually Minetest comes with Minetest Game, to supply the default items and blocks. You can then add mods on top of a game in order to customize your experience further.
Windows
Works on Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10. May work on older versions, but not officially supported.
Stuck? See help on getting Minetest on Windows.
You can also get the latest development version of Minetest from builds made by community members. These builds are more recent than the officially released builds and contain new features (at the cost of stability).
Android
Android 4.0 or later is recommended.
Alternatively, install from F-Droid .
Note: We advise not to use unofficial builds commonly found on the Play Store. They may contain excessive advertisements or spyware, or be distributed under proprietary terms.
Linux
Packages
Those may be out of date at times. If they are too out of date, you can build from source.
- Flatpak (all distributions) - Stable
- Snap (all distributions) - Stable
- Debian - Stable
- Ubuntu - Stable
- Ubuntu / Linux Mint (PPA) - Stable, Unstable
- Fedora - Stable
- openSUSE - Stable
- Mageia - Stable
- Arch Linux - Stable, Unstable
- Gentoo - Stable
- Void Linux - Stable
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FreeBSD
Package manager
On FreeBSD 9.1 and newer, you can use the official pre-built packages: pkg install minetest minetest_game
Compile using ports
You can compile Minetest and choose build options easily using the FreeBSD port dialogs.
macOS
macOS 10.10 or later is recommended.
- Use Homebrew to get the stable version:
brew install minetest
Source code
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Get the latest stable or development source code from GitHub.
You will probably want Minetest Game as well. Put the game in your games directory.
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See README.md for details on how to compile Minetest from source.