# nakama

> Open-source game backend server for multiplayer and social games

Nakama is an open-source distributed backend server designed for multiplayer games and apps. It provides realtime and turn-based multiplayer, matchmaking, chat, leaderboards, user storage, and social features out of the box. Teams can deploy it as a single binary or container alongside CockroachDB and manage it via an embedded web console.

- Source: https://github.com/heroiclabs/nakama
- Homepage: https://heroiclabs.com
- License: Apache-2.0
- Built with: Go 94.7%, Lua 4.3%, Other 1.0%
- Stars: 13606
- Forks: 1517
- Contributors: 87
- Last commit: 2026-10-28
- Latest release: v3.41.0 (2026-09-18)
- Purpose: Developer tools, Databases & backends
- Type: Web, Docker / self-host, CLI
- For: Personal, Enterprise
- Enterprise signals: rbac, commercial support

## Worth score: 79/100

How much DigGitHub recommends it, from activity, adoption, docs, license and security signals.

- Popularity: 21/25
- Momentum: 10/20
- Maintenance: 25/25
- Community: 11/15
- Readiness: 12/15

## Downloads

Latest release: [v3.41.0](https://github.com/heroiclabs/nakama/releases/tag/v3.41.0). Files from the project's GitHub release, not checked by DigGitHub.

Windows:

- [nakama-3.41.0-windows-amd64.tar.gz](https://github.com/heroiclabs/nakama/releases/download/v3.41.0/nakama-3.41.0-windows-amd64.tar.gz) (19 MB, 694 downloads)

macOS:

- [nakama-3.41.0-darwin-amd64.tar.gz](https://github.com/heroiclabs/nakama/releases/download/v3.41.0/nakama-3.41.0-darwin-amd64.tar.gz) (20 MB, 142 downloads)
- [nakama-3.41.0-darwin-arm64.tar.gz](https://github.com/heroiclabs/nakama/releases/download/v3.41.0/nakama-3.41.0-darwin-arm64.tar.gz) (19 MB, 314 downloads)

Linux:

- [nakama-3.41.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz](https://github.com/heroiclabs/nakama/releases/download/v3.41.0/nakama-3.41.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz) (23 MB, 3.2k downloads)
- [nakama-3.41.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz](https://github.com/heroiclabs/nakama/releases/download/v3.41.0/nakama-3.41.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz) (21 MB, 156 downloads)

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Source page: https://diggithub.com/heroiclabs/nakama
Updated: 2026-10-29