Case study
GMDprivateServer: a Geometry Dash server emulator
GMDprivateServer implements a PHP server emulator for Geometry Dash versions 1.0 through 2.2. It uses a MySQL or MariaDB database and requires redirecting the game's executable to the replacement endpoints; its code includes account, messaging and game-specific hash handling.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Stars
- 491
- Last commit
- 2026-08-11
- Language
- PHP
- License (GitHub)
- GPL-3.0
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Requirements & limits
- Prerequisites: A web server, PHP 5.5 or later, and a MySQL or MariaDB database are required.
- Prerequisites: The links in GeometryDash.exe must be changed; some are Base64 encoded in version 2.1 and later.
- Limits: The untested branch contains breaking changes and has virtually no support.
- License: GNU GPL v3.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{gmdprivateserver-geometry-dash-case,
title = {{GMDprivateServer: a Geometry Dash server emulator}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Cvolton/GMDprivateServer}},
url = {https://github.com/Cvolton/GMDprivateServer},
urldate = {2026-11-06},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/gmdprivateserver-geometry-dash-case/}}
}Plain text
GMDprivateServer: a Geometry Dash server emulator. https://github.com/Cvolton/GMDprivateServer (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/gmdprivateserver-geometry-dash-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · Cvolton/GMDprivateServer · Revision 65f0085
- _updates/README.md GitHub · Cvolton/GMDprivateServer · Revision 65f0085
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