ContentDB is 5 today

Post Reply
User avatar
rubenwardy
Moderator
Posts: 6972
Joined: Tue Jun 12, 2012 18:11
GitHub: rubenwardy
IRC: rubenwardy
In-game: rubenwardy
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Contact:

ContentDB is 5 today

by rubenwardy » Post

ContentDB was first released to the public 5 years to this day. I created ContentDB in 2018 as coursework for my web tech module at university. This was an awesome opportunity that gave a lot of time to create it that I wouldn't have otherwise had. For more information on ContentDB's history and design decisions, see the blog post about it

Some stats

ContentDB has had over 9 million downloads. As an estimate, that could be around 100TB. There are currently 1942 packages.

865 users have posted 9000 comments and 2800 reviews.

In the last 12 months, ContentDB has received 97.4k clicks from Google Search.
Renewed Tab (my browser add-on) | Donate | Mods | Minetest Modding Book

Hello profile reader

User avatar
TenPlus1
Member
Posts: 3715
Joined: Mon Jul 29, 2013 13:38
In-game: TenPlus1
Contact:

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by TenPlus1 » Post

Congratulations for 5 years running, and thank you for keeping it so :)

User avatar
Rednoob
Member
Posts: 19
Joined: Mon Apr 24, 2023 12:41
In-game: REDNOOB

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by Rednoob » Post

That's nice!
I just logged into ContentDB and saw it!
I like the birthday cakes at the comments.
Hopefully it will exist for another 5 years and longer :)
I'm still new so sorry for mistakes ;-;
If you need a builder for your game/mod/map, ask me.

User avatar
Blockhead
Member
Posts: 1622
Joined: Wed Jul 17, 2019 10:14
GitHub: Montandalar
IRC: Blockhead256
In-game: Blockhead Blockhead256
Location: Land Down Under
Contact:

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by Blockhead » Post

Wow, those are actually some pretty impressive numbers. And the best part - all of it is free of charge, and almost all of it free as in freedom too. It's significantly bigger than the steam workshop for some small game like Colony Survival, too.

And it's not like the authors on ContentDB have to be experts, in fact many people's first (or at least first decent) mods make it onto ContentDB, and that's the first time many of them have used a language like Lua. That's in contrast to Java mods for [big game], which present a bigger barrier to creation. So we are able to punch above our weight in content sharing.

Here's to another 5 🎉
/˳˳_˳˳]_[˳˳_˳˳]_[˳˳_˳˳\ Advtrains enthusiast | My map: Noah's Railyard | My Content on ContentDB ✝️♂

User avatar
Linuxdirk
Member
Posts: 3216
Joined: Wed Sep 17, 2014 11:21
In-game: Linuxdirk
Location: Germany
Contact:

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by Linuxdirk » Post

5 years already? Thanks for maintaining it all the time! Feels like yesterday!

User avatar
Wuzzy
Member
Posts: 4786
Joined: Mon Sep 24, 2012 15:01
GitHub: Wuzzy2
IRC: Wuzzy
In-game: Wuzzy
Contact:

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by Wuzzy » Post

Congrats!

User avatar
aSliceOfCake
New member
Posts: 0
Joined: Sat Jun 25, 2022 14:43
GitHub: singleslice
IRC: CheeseCake
In-game: Alecake
Contact:

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by aSliceOfCake » Post

Congrats and "happy contentBD birthday" :3 hopefully it reaches lots more

User avatar
freshreplicant
Member
Posts: 224
Joined: Sun Aug 09, 2020 10:37
In-game: freshreplicant

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by freshreplicant » Post

Congratulations! Honestly one the best project of its type and serves as a model for how other FOSS games can implement their own content ecosystem. Well done Ruben, thank you for all the work you put into it. Here's to many more!

Nicu
Member
Posts: 98
Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2020 15:21
GitHub: kneekoo

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by Nicu » Post

Happy birthday, and many more! :D

Do you have expansion plans for it? :)

User avatar
Midnight
Member
Posts: 168
Joined: Sun Dec 19, 2021 13:56
GitHub: MidnightPhantom
IRC: Dragon
In-game: Dragon_Abysss
Location: Dehradun, India

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by Midnight » Post

Congrats on ContentDB's 5 year.
And that is pretty nice too for its a free database for one of the best games in history where one can code and let other people see what their surprise code is.
Again Congrats and thanks :)

User avatar
Komodo
Member
Posts: 163
Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2022 13:33
GitHub: MeseCraft
In-game: Komodo
Location: God Bless America
Contact:

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by Komodo » Post

Happy birthday ContentDB. I can't believe it's been 5 years, but you've made a big difference.
🌎 Website | 🌲 MeseCraft Game | 📰 News | 🖌️ ContentDB

User avatar
Blocky_Player
Member
Posts: 14
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2023 09:18
GitHub: Blocky-Player
In-game: mr_block
Location: The present

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by Blocky_Player » Post

ContentDB has made mods alot more accessible to people within the Minetest community that aren't that experienced with sites like Github. Heck, I still don't understand Github entirely and ContentDB has been my main package-sharing website for almost a year now. I'm proud of what the Minetest community has been able to create using Minetest as base and I can't thank the developers and maintainers of Minetest enough for the continued effort and endurance.

Take a bow, Rubenwardy and the Minetest team. You've done excellent :D
Blocky_Player | My prized Minetest packages Epic Combat| More Stones| Happy Land

User avatar
Zughy
Member
Posts: 301
Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2020 18:23
GitHub: belongs_to_microsoft
In-game: Zughy
Location: Italy
Contact:

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by Zughy » Post

Congratulations!

User avatar
LoopyAntenna
Member
Posts: 13
Joined: Thu Apr 27, 2023 15:25
In-game: LoopyAntenna
Location: North America
Contact:

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by LoopyAntenna » Post

Congratulations on 5 years! ContentDB allowed me to fulfill my dream of modding Minecraft (in a way), and I've had a lot of fun doing it. Capture The Flag and HANS have brought me much joy. Minetest is good enough to replace Minecraft, and I hope it doesn't stop anytime soon!

User avatar
Andrey01
Member
Posts: 2574
Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2016 15:18
GitHub: Andrey2470T
In-game: Andrey01
Location: Russia, Moscow

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by Andrey01 » Post

Very impressing stats! There has a great number of various packages been already stored up and it is necessary to take into account it is only ~ 1/3 of all mods/games/texture packs ever published + still maps which are not there. So, actually Minetest has a rich diversity of the content.

User avatar
Mantar
Member
Posts: 584
Joined: Thu Oct 05, 2017 18:46
Contact:

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by Mantar » Post

ContentDB is pretty boss, thanks to Ruben and everybody who made it great!
Lead dev of Exile, git repo: https://codeberg.org/Mantar/Exile

User avatar
56independent_actual
Member
Posts: 452
Joined: Sun May 23, 2021 16:10
IRC: independent56
In-game: 56independent
Location: Girona Province
Contact:

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by 56independent_actual » Post

Wow, you inspire me! So many clicks, mods, and other things, and not a single ad in sight!

I have A-levels after these dumb iGCSEs and then i'll have a non-exam-assessment (AKA: AQA says "program something really cool"), which means i might finally have the time and resources to work on something with similar scope (and if worst comes to worst, i have a GOL program already programmed to use as a drop-in replacement).

Any ideas? I'm currently "working" (dispirate attempts at this point) on a tag-based system to search the web inspired mainly by contentDB's UI.
Last edited by 56independent_actual on Tue May 30, 2023 06:35, edited 1 time in total.
Warnig: Al my laguage ekscept English is bad, includig Hungarian (magyàränoлиски), Spanish (esпagnyoл), and Russian (рÿсскïанöл).

User avatar
mtvisitor
Member
Posts: 157
Joined: Sun Jul 10, 2022 08:54
IRC: mtvisitor
In-game: mtvisitor
Location: East China

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by mtvisitor » Post

Congratulations for the milestone(s) and the efforts.
Crane Zhou | My mt. world, my mt. dream | No money, no happy.

User avatar
cx384
Member
Posts: 653
Joined: Wed Apr 23, 2014 09:38
GitHub: cx384
IRC: cx384

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by cx384 » Post

Happy birthday ContentDB, you are still young and constantly evolving. Thank you for managing our mods, games and texture packs. I hope you will be with us for many more years.

Also thanks to rubenwardy for birth and raise creating and maintaining you. A separate platform, besides the forum, really has its benefits.
Can your read this?

Sokomine
Member
Posts: 4276
Joined: Sun Sep 09, 2012 17:31
GitHub: Sokomine
IRC: Sokomine
In-game: Sokomine

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by Sokomine » Post

A bit late perhaps, but: Congratulations! ContentDB is an extremly helpful site. Thank you for creating it! It makes it a lot easier for modders and users.
A list of my mods can be found here.

User avatar
Nininik
Member
Posts: 520
Joined: Thu Apr 06, 2023 01:55
GitHub: nininik0
IRC: nininik
In-game: nininik
Location: CA, Team thunderstrike headquarters
Contact:

Re: ContentDB is 5 today

by Nininik » Post

HCDBB! (Happy ContentDB Birthday)
:) 😀😃🙂🙃😊😇
↯Glory to Team Thunderstrike!↯
↯T.T.S.↯

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 5 guests