MCStatus

A command-line tool for viewing the current status of a Minecraft server, compatible with Windows and Unix-based systems.

Building:

Makefile (unix only)

sudo apt install libcjson-dev # or equivalent for your distro
make
sudo make install

CMake

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..

Usage:

mcstatus <hostname>

Replace <hostname> with the server IP or domain name.

The -e option lets you select between different editions of Minecraft. Possible values are:

• java (Modern Java Edition servers, 1.7 and above)
• legacy-java (Legacy Java Edition servers, 1.6 and below)
• bedrock (Bedrock Edition - Not implemented yet)

For programmatic use, the -j option will print the raw JSON data.