# bf-private-server: a Brave Frontier revival server

> bf-private-server recreates a self-hosted server for Brave Frontier client version 2.19.6. Its C++23 service answers the game's HTTP requests, stores saves in SQLite and works with CDN workers and a patcher for the user's Android client; request tables and boot-flow notes document the protocol investigation. The server builds on an earlier emulator fork.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game · Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/joppe2001/bf-private-server>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/joppe2001/bf-private-server/blob/f9d0b5a324ecb517e257d8d0c39413840caa851b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/bf-private-server-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/bf-private-server-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/bf-private-server-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Git and Docker or a native C++23 toolchain are required for the server.
- **Prerequisites:** Game data and a copy of the Android client must be obtained separately.
- **Limits:** Some client requests remain unimplemented and return a not-available response.
- **License:** AGPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/joppe2001/bf-private-server/blob/f9d0b5a324ecb517e257d8d0c39413840caa851b/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/joppe2001/bf-private-server/blob/f9d0b5a324ecb517e257d8d0c39413840caa851b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md>

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