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Flying Jib
Fully decentralized peer-to-peer Minecraft — no master servers, ever.
Flying Jib is a Bare/Pear app that runs Flying Squid inside Bare (via bare-node-runtime), bound only to 127.0.0.1. Friends join through encrypted Holepunch tunnels. Worlds stay private (capability invites) or enroll into a federated mesh of linked regions.
End users do not install Node.js. CI ships single standalone executables (bare-build --standalone) plus Pear P2P OTA.
Phase 0 complete: architecture and documentation are in place (including ADR-0013). Application runtime arrives in Phase 1.
Why “Flying Jib”?
A flying jib is a sail that works with the main sail — not above it as a master. Each peer runs its own server; the mesh is coordination among equals.
Architecture (one paragraph)
Java Edition always connects to localhost. The Bare app owns Squid’s lifecycle and a HyperDHT tunnel for remote peers. Mesh membership uses Autobase; borders use session migration, not a global voxel database. Runtime: Bare + pear-runtime only. Stack: Hyperswarm, HyperDHT, Protomux, Corestore — see living_docs/ARCHITECTURE_OVERVIEW.md.
Documentation
| Tree | Audience |
|---|---|
| living_docs/ | Current status, roadmap, progress, open questions |
| developer_docs/ | Setup, deep architecture, modules, protocol, release |
| user_docs/ | End-user guides (features marked Planned until shipped) |
| agent/ | Rules for humans & AI agents, ADRs, security |
Start here: living_docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md · ADR-0013
Non-negotiables
- No central/master game servers
- Minecraft TCP only on
127.0.0.1 - Bare/Pear only — no system Node.js for the product; no Node child for Squid
- CI: single standalone executables + Pear OTA
- Documentation updated with every significant change
- ADRs before architecture changes
- Apache-2.0 — no AGPL hard dependencies
Roadmap (summary)
| Phase | Focus | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Research, ADRs, full docs/agent scaffold | Done |
| 1 | hello-pear-bare + Squid on Bare | Not started |
| 2 | Private worlds via HyperDHT tunnel | Not started |
| 3 | Presence + chat | Not started |
| 4 | Mesh registry + border migration | Not started |
| 5 | Security polish + bare-build CI/release | Not started |
Development
# Phase 1+ (Bare)
npm install # dev machine only
npm start # bare bin.mjs --no-updates
# Minecraft Java → 127.0.0.1:25565
See developer_docs/SETUP.md and developer_docs/CONTRIBUTING.md.