Infrared

github.com

What it is

Infrared describes itself as a Minecraft reverse proxy with Layer 7 protection, written in Go.

From github.com's own pages, read 8 Oct 2026.

Data plate

Price: Free to use
Free plan: Yes
Free trial: Not stated
Runs on: api, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Windows
Open source: No
Website: github.com
Antibot: Its antibot checks can use IP lookups, encryption, authentication, protocol, and username checks.
API: An optional JSON HTTP API provides routes to list, retrieve, add, and delete proxy configurations.
Availability: The project documents live upgrades using tableflip that can preserve existing connections during the process swap.
Bot mitigation: Its antibot checks use IP lookups, encryption checks, authentication checks, protocol checks, and username lookups.
Configuration: One configuration file can define multiple domains, and proxy configurations can optionally be fetched from Redis.
Deployment: The README documents Linux kernel 5.8 or later for its recommended mitigation setup and shows running Infrared as a systemd service.
GeoIP: GeoIP lookup uses MaxMind MMDB files, and the README says the required GeoLite2 databases can be downloaded for free by creating an account.
Integrations: The README names Redis, Prometheus, MaxMind MMDB GeoIP databases, the Mojang API, and HAProxy Proxy Protocol among supported integrations or components.
Checked: 8 Oct 2026

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