You normally have to buy minecraft first. There are cracked clients but those wont work with normal servers. I think there is a way to allow them in server settings but it means player skins wont be loaded and everyone would have the same skin. Idk if there are any other differences.
DdCno1@beehaw.org 7 hours ago
Wouldn’t it be more in the spirit of this community to use a free and open source alternative to Minecraft like Classicube?
github.com/ClassiCube/ClassiCube
I discovered this one recently. As the name implies, it’s a reverse-engineered clone of early versions of the game. It has extremely low hardware requirements, which allow the client to run on virtually anything.
Here’s a list of supported server software:
www.classicube.net/server/host/
If you use MCGalaxy, then players will even be able to join your servers through their web browser.
Gamers_mate@beehaw.org 6 hours ago
Awesome a will have a look into it. I chose minehut so I didnt have to host the server on my pc. I will check out the server software as well since classicube looks interesting.