MCDL

Automatically download minecraft server jars in one line (or one click)

Installation

• Download (Windows, Linux)
• Install via cargo: cargo install mcdl

Examples

• mcdl - download latest server as server.jar
• mcdl -s - download latest snapshot jar
• mcdl -sp - print latest snapshot version
• mcdl -n - download latest server as server-1.17.1.jar
• mcdl -n 1.16.5 - download 1.16.5 as server-1.16.5.jar

Usage

USAGE:
    mcdl.exe [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [--] [VERSION]...

FLAGS:
    -h, --help        Prints help information
    -i, --insecure    Don't check the sha1 for the file
    -l, --latest      Use latest version, snapshot or not
    -n, --named       Use the version as the file name
    -p, --print       Print the version instead of downloading it
    -q, --quiet       Don't print any unnecessary output
    -s, --snapshot    Use the latest snapshot
    -V, --version     Prints version information

OPTIONS:
    -r, --rename <rename>...    Provide a file name (.jar) is appended

ARGS:
    <VERSION>...    Get a specific version

Why?

I thought it would be fun to write in Rust. If you wanted a single line of bash to do it, use one of these (requires jq, curl, and wget):

• Download latest available (snapshot or release) minecraft server.jar

  curl -s $(curl -s "https://launchermeta.mojang.com/mc/game/version_manifest.json" | jq -r ".versions[0].url") | jq -r ".downloads.server.url" | xargs wget
  

• Download latest release minecraft server.jar

  curl -s $(curl -s "https://launchermeta.mojang.com/mc/game/version_manifest.json" | jq -r ".latest.release as \$v | .versions[] | select(.id == \$v) | .url") | jq -r ".downloads.server.url" | xargs wget
  

• Download latest snapshot minecraft server.jar

  curl -s $(curl -s "https://launchermeta.mojang.com/mc/game/version_manifest.json" | jq -r ".latest.snapshot as \$v | .versions[] | select(.id == \$v) | .url") | jq -r ".downloads.server.url" | xargs wget