| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 0 |
| Spec score · Minecraft Server Proxy Software | 7.6 (#9) | 7.0 (#18) |
| License | The GitHub repository lists an MIT license. | YvLink is licensed under AGPL-3.0-only, which the maker says permits personal, corporate, and commercial use subject to the license's source-sharing requirements. |
| Product | Bamboo describes itself as a Minecraft server optimized for minigames. | YvLink is a Rust and Tokio Minecraft Java TCP proxy that routes connections by hostname and transparently forwards later game and mod-loader traffic. |
| Purpose | Bamboo is described as a safe, fast Minecraft server optimized for minigames. | YvLink is a Rust and Tokio Minecraft Java TCP proxy that routes connections by the hostname in the client handshake and relays later game and mod traffic. |
| Security | The project describes Bamboo as safe and secure but does not specify security controls or certifications in the README. | The management API uses a Bearer Token, configuration changes are persisted atomically, and the maker recommends keeping the management listener on loopback and exposing it through HTTPS. |