leafserver (Rebuild for Go >= 1.20)

A rebuilt Leaf game server project compatible with modern Go versions
(Go Modules, new protobuf, no deprecated dependencies)

• Original Project: https://github.com/chenglongcl/leafserver
• Framework: Leaf
• Go Version: Go 1.20+ (tested on modern Go toolchain)

✨ Project Introduction

This project is a modernized rebuild of the original leafserver project.

Main improvements:

• ✅ Compatible with Go Modules
• ✅ Works with modern Go versions (Go ≥ 1.20)
• ✅ Removed deprecated / broken dependencies (e.g. lexkong/log)
• ✅ Updated protobuf generation workflow
• ✅ Clean project structure, suitable for learning and extension

This project is suitable for:

• Learning the Leaf game server framework
• Building a simple TCP / game server
• Understanding client-server message handling

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📁 Project Structure

leafserver/
├── server/           # Server main logic
├── client/           # Simple client for testing
├── conf/             # Configuration & initialization
├── msg/              # Protobuf generated messages
├── config/           # YAML configuration files
├── go.mod
├── go.sum
└── main.go

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🛠 Requirements

Make sure you have the following installed:

Go ≥ 1.20

• go version

protoc (Protocol Buffers compiler)

• protoc --version

protoc-gen-go

• go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go@latest

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🚀 How to Run the Project

1️⃣ Clone the repository

  git clone https://github.com/juinnlau2/leafserver.git

 cd leafserver

2️⃣ Initialize dependencies

 go mod tidy

3️⃣ Start the server

go run main.go

If successful, you should see logs similar to:

[INFO] logger initialized
[release] Leaf 1.1.3 starting up

4️⃣ Run the client (optional)

In another terminal:

cd client/ping
go run ping.go

The client will connect to the server and print received messages.