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See popular topicsGetting started with Nakama
Nakama is an open source online and multiplayer framework consisting of a extensible server framework and various client SDKs to add powerful features to your game:
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Nakama Enterprise
Nakama Enterprise extends Nakama Open Source with industry-leading clustering technology to horizontally scale your game to millions of players.
Nakama Enterprise is available as a private cloud deployment to exclusive partners or to all through our managed hybrid Heroic Cloud running on Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services.
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Learn how to monitor, manage and scale your games on Nakama Enterprise running on Heroic Cloud.
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Getting Started 3 Videos
A 3 part quickstart series to discover Nakama’s features, learn how to install Nakama with Docker on Digital Ocean and make your first API calls.



Server Runtime Setup 3 Videos
A 3 part series showing you how to setup Nakama’s Server Runtime Environments to write authoritative server code in TypeScript, Go or Lua.



What's new
- Learn about the latest Nakama releaseSee the latest updates and improvements to Nakama.
- Creating a Lobby SystemLearn how to use server runtime code to add a lobby system for multiplayer matches.
- Multiplayer engineNew expanded section detailing the multiplayer functionality available in Nakama
- Chat filteringUse server runtime code to filter offensive and abusive content in real-time chat channels.
- Leaderboard best practicesLearn how leaderboards are modeled in Nakama and how to best use them in a project.
Popular topics
- Docker install guideThe quickest way to get started developing with Nakama.
- Nakama configurationSee the available configuration options for Nakama server.
- Server Framework basicsLearn the basics of Nakama’s runtime framework for server-side game logic.
- Pirate Panic tutorialComplete Unity project demonstrating the use of all core Nakama features.
