What is matdoes.dev?

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matdoes.dev is the personal website, blog, and project portfolio of a developer who goes by "mat." It is a single-page hub that links out to dozens of independent projects rather than a hosted platform or product. You'll find it useful if you want to browse mat's open-source work—especially Minecraft tooling, search engines, archives, and developer utilities—or reach the author directly. The site itself is a directory of links; the actual tools live on their own subdomains or repositories.

What the site contains

The homepage is organized into a few sections: Projects, Links, Contact, Buttons :3, and Blog. The Projects list is the main content, with each entry showing a name, an active date range, and a one-line description. The "Buttons :3" section is a collection of 88x31-style web buttons, consistent with the site's personal, old-web aesthetic.

The projects, grouped by theme

The project list spans 2018 to the present. Grouping them makes the scope easier to judge:

Theme Examples What they do
Minecraft tooling Azalea, simdnbt, matscan, msdsmchr, mat's packet debugger Rust crates for bots/clients, an optimized NBT implementation, a server scanner, a head-rendering API, and a protocol packet inspector
Search metasearch2, metasearch v1 Metasearch engines (v2 described as "cute and efficient")
Archives seized.fyi, Minecraft UUID archives, x227f Government website-seizure banners, Minecraft player UUIDs and metadata, and a crawler for 88x31 buttons
Developer utilities Web Utils, matdoesdev-protocols A site of developer utilities; mirrors of this website over SSH, Telnet, Gemini, Gopher, and others
Games / reverse engineering Internet Roadtrip Pathfinder, Azalea Burger (fork) Reverse-engineering a web game and Google Street View for pathfinding; automated reverse-engineering of Minecraft versions
Retired / older work SkyBlock Stats, i.matdoes.dev, 4bit, Repldex, Repl Talk API A Hypixel SkyBlock web interface, image hosts, a Discord bot, a Replit wiki, and a Replit forum API wrapper

Several projects are marked "now," meaning they are actively maintained; others show end dates (for example, SkyBlock Stats ran 2019–2024, and Variance 2023–2025).

How to use it

  1. Open matdoes.dev and scan the Projects list for the area you care about (Minecraft, search, archives, or utilities).
  2. Click a project name to reach its own page or repository—descriptions on the homepage are one line only, so details live at the destination.
  3. Use Contact if you want to reach mat; the site lists contact info as a dedicated section.
  4. Check Blog for written posts, and Links for related sites.

What to expect and what not to

  • Expect a link hub, not a service. There is no account system or unified dashboard; each project is separate.
  • Expect a personal, informal tone. The homepage greets visitors with "welcome to mat's site!!!" and "hii, thanks for stopping by."
  • Don't assume pricing. The site references "purchase" among its keywords, but no pricing page or payment details are listed, so treat cost and access terms as unknown until you check an individual project.
  • Don't expect a single tech stack. Projects range from Rust (Azalea, simdnbt) to web frontends and Python wrappers, reflecting years of varied work.

If your interest is Minecraft automation or protocol work, start with Azalea, simdnbt, and the packet debugger. If you want a lightweight search alternative, look at metasearch2. If you're researching web history or archiving, seized.fyi and the UUID archives are the relevant entries.