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Mindustry: Automate with Ease

Get a free automation tower defense RTS with Mindustry, for founders and developers.
intermediateโฑ 30 minutes๐Ÿ’ต Free (self-hosted)
28,780 stars3,763 forksJavaGuide quality 8/10Updated 8/30/2026100% free ยท open source
What it is

Build automations like adding new customers to a database and sending welcome emails with a free tower defense game.

Real use case example

"A founder wants to quickly onboard new customers. She uses Mindustry to automate adding new Stripe customers to a Notion database and sends a welcome email via Resend. With Mindustry's ease of use, she completes these tasks in minutes, streamlining her workflow."

Best insideClaude DesktopClaude CodeGPT (ChatGPT)
When to use it
  • โ€ขWhen you need a game to understand and visualize automated systems and tower defense strategies
  • โ€ขWhen you want to learn Java programming through a engaging and interactive game
  • โ€ขWhen you need a free and open-source alternative to commercial tower defense games
Ready-to-paste prompt
java -jar mindustry.jar --map example_map --waves 10 --difficulty hard
Heads up: Make sure you have Java 8 or later installed on your system, as Mindustry requires it to run
Saves to your device
Use with Claude
New

Skip the builder โ€” one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Technical setup

Expect 20โ€“40 minutes in a terminal โ€” or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly โ€” no install
Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/mindustry && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/mindustry/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/mindustry/SKILL.md
Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go โ€” no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)
claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How Mindustry: Automate with Ease works
Codeflow
Free to inspect

Mindustry: Automate with Ease is a very large Java project (~164k lines across 871 code files, plus 10 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, GPL-3.0 license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~164k lines ยท 871 code files ยท days to read โ€” use, don't read
Setup
Developer setup
A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.
Runs on
Java/JVM
No API keys detected
Java 99%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here โ€” what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    core/build.gradle
    Inside core/ โ€” the main logic begins here
What's in each folder
core/Core code โ€” the actual logic3792 files
server/Backend / API7 files
annotations/Folder224 files
tools/Helper scripts48 files
fastlane/Folder47 files
ios/Folder38 files
android/Folder34 files
desktop/Folder8 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksGPL-3.0 licenseUpdated this month
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Details
Creator
Anuken
Language
Java
Category
automation
Published
4/30/2017

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