Hi there!

I need some advices about Minecraft, please. 😅

I can see in the 'Apps' section that there's multiple Dockers of Minecraft.

I don't know a lot about this game but as I see my nephew playing and loving this game, I was interested to test it at home on my own.

But:

• which docker version I have to try (binhex-minecraftbedrockserver or binhex-minecraftserver or an another one)?

• how can I download a client for free, as I don't intend to buy a client if the game isn't pleasant to play with?

• is there some tutorials about how to configure the client to connect with a Lan Server (if I can download one)?

Hope you can help me! 👍

Thanks a lot

Best Regards,

CB.

The game itself is not free, you can get a free trial but you still have to pay for it if you intend to keep playing

Unrelated, but can you make your forum signature more reasonable in size ?

On 11/3/2025 at 9:24 PM, ChatNoir said:

Unrelated, but can you make your forum signature more reasonable in size ?

I deleted it.

On 11/3/2025 at 8:07 PM, Michael_P said:

The game itself is not free, you can get a free trial but you still have to pay for it if you intend to keep playing

Hi Michael_P,

thanks for your reply.

Maybe you can help me to choose between the different versions of Minecraft Server: as I don't know the game, and want to test it, which server should I install?

Thanks a lot

Regards

Edited November 6, 2025Nov 6 by cbeitel

1 hour ago, cbeitel said:

Hi Michael_P,

thanks for your reply.

Maybe you can help me to choose between the different versions of Minecraft Server: as I don't know the game, and want to test it, which server should I install?

Thanks a lot

Regards,

CB.

No idea, I watched my son play it once and couldn't see the point of it

21 hours ago, Michael_P said:

No idea, I watched my son play it once and couldn't see the point of it

yeah I know what you mean 😁

I'm just curious to try the game at home and how install it.

Thanks a lot for your time and have a nice day 👍

Best Regards

If you are just wanting to try out minecraft single player, just get the client on whatever PC you'd be playing it on. Servers are only necessary for non-lan multiplayer. If you like it and want to do non-lan multiplayer, I'm sure whichever of those docker containers will do the trick, you'll just need to make sure your client and server use the same version. You can get pretty deep into just minecraft server stuff, but installing the client is the only thing necessary to try it out. I'm not sure if you can use the client for free, but it is necessary to play the game.

Have fun!