An index of publicly reachable Minecraft servers
Get answers about The Minecraft Registry (TMR) - our mission, data collection practices, server discovery methods, and ethical research approach.
The Minecraft Registry (TMR) is an independent analytics and research platform that passively observes publicly reachable Minecraft servers. It collects historical data such as uptime, player population, server versions, and availability to better understand the Minecraft server ecosystem over time.
No. TMR is not a traditional Minecraft server list, voting site, or promotional directory. Servers cannot submit themselves, pay for placement, or influence ranking.
The purpose of TMR is to document and analyze how publicly reachable Minecraft servers behave in the real world — including uptime reliability, version adoption, and long-term player trends.
TMR is independently developed and operated by mar as a technical, research-driven project. It is not affiliated with Mojang Studios or Microsoft.
Most Minecraft platforms focus on promotion. TMR exists to provide neutral, historical insight into the public Minecraft server ecosystem without advertising bias.
TMR uses a discovery crawler that scans the public internet for Minecraft servers that are openly reachable and respond to standard Minecraft status checks.
Yes. Whitelisted servers are still publicly reachable network services. TMR does not attempt to bypass authentication or access controls — it only checks public server status.
TMR currently operates four crawler types:
If your server appears on TMR, it was publicly reachable during a scan and responded to a standard Minecraft status request.
Yes. Server owners may request removal by contacting TMR via the email or Discord listed on the website. Opt-out requests are respected.
Scan frequency depends on the crawler type:
TMR collects non-invasive, read-only metadata including:
No. TMR never collects usernames, UUIDs, chat messages, or player identities.
No. TMR does not collect personal or identifiable user information.
Yes. TMR performs the same type of status request used by the Minecraft client server list.
A TMR server page is a dedicated analytics page showing:
No. All data is automatically collected and reflects observed reality only.
TMR is not designed as a primary monitoring service, but many server owners use their server page as a public uptime reference.
It indicates the first time the server was publicly reachable and detected by TMR.
It shows the most recent successful scan where the server responded.
TMR reflects server state at scan time. Temporary outages, restarts, or network issues may affect individual data points.
Many servers are online but idle, private, or used for testing. Zero players is common and normal.
Many servers use default hosting templates, modpack presets, or automated setups, resulting in repeated MOTDs across different IPs.
Yes. TMR observes publicly reachable services, similar to search engines or uptime monitors.
Yes. TMR follows passive, non-intrusive data collection and does not bypass security or authentication.
No. Its checks are lightweight and identical to standard Minecraft status pings.
Yes, indirectly. While promotion is not the goal, TMR pages are indexable and may increase discoverability through search engines.
No. TMR does not offer featured placement, ads, or ranking manipulation.
Server names and MOTDs are defined by server owners. TMR does not endorse or modify observed content.
No. TMR presents collected data as-is for transparency and research purposes.
No. The crawlers and infrastructure are currently private.
Contact us through the email or Discord listed on our website for further assistance or server removal requests.
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