Minecraft Server Software

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  1. PaperMC icon
     6 likes

    Paper is a fork of the Spigot server implementation (which is itself a fork of CraftBukkit). Paper strives to bring improved performance, more features, and more APIs for developers to build awesome plugins with.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Minecraft Server
    10 alternatives
  2.  Glowstone icon
     8 likes

    Glowstone is a lightweight, from scratch, open source Minecraft server written in Java that supports plugins written for the Spigot (and Bukkit) API.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Minecraft Server
    • Minecraft
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     Glowstone screenshot 1
    11 alternatives
  3. Minehut icon
     2 likes

    Minehut makes it extremely easy to start up and create your own Minecraft server free of charge! Check out our website and spend just a few minutes to create your very first Minecraft server today.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Minecraft Server
    • Minecraft
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    23 alternatives
  4. Sponge icon
     4 likes

    The purpose of the Sponge project is to create a plugin development framework for Minecraft. Sponge is being created by a global community, and its open-source nature means anyone can participate.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Minecraft Server
    • Minecraft
    9 alternatives
  5. Spigot icon
     11 likes

    Simply put, Spigot is it. Spigot is the most widely-used modded Minecraft server software in the world. It powers many of the top Minecraft server networks around to ensure they can cope with their huge player base and ensure the satisfaction of their players.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Minecraft Server
    • Minecraft
    8 alternatives
  6. With this mod you're able to display a ghost image of a schematic file inside Minecraft to rebuild a structure or export any part of your world (or a server's world) into a schematic file. You're able to export parts of your world, too!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Minecraft Forge
    • Minecraft Server
    • Minecraft
    Ghost Blocks
    6 alternatives
  7. OpenInv icon
     2 likes

    Open anyone's inventory as a chest in real time! Works with offline players! Open ender chest of any player via command! Has read-only permissions for Moderators on your server you don't fully trust! (This is a Minecraft Bukkit Plugin.).

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Minecraft Server
    • Spigot
    • Minecraft
    • OpenJDK
    • Bukkit
    • Java
    OpenInv screenshot 1
    OpenInv screenshot 1
  8. Cuberite icon
     5 likes

    A custom Minecraft compatible game server written in C++. It's a fast, lightweight, and awesome replacement for Vanilla.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Minecraft Server
    • Minecraft
    9 alternatives
  9. TridentSDK icon
     3 likes

    Very flexible and efficient server software for Minecraft server hosting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Minecraft Server
    • Minecraft
    16 alternatives
  10. Stop responding to grief and prevent it instead. Grief Prevention will solve your grief problems without a roster of trained administrators, without 10 different anti-grief plugins, and without disabling any standard game features.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Minecraft Server
    • Spigot
    • Sponge
    • Minecraft
    • OpenJDK
    • Bukkit
  11. The Bukkit World Management Plugin. Multiverse was created at the dawn of Bukkit multiworld support. It has since then grown into a complete world management solution including special treatment of your nether worlds with Multiverse NetherPortals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Minecraft Server
    • Spigot
    • Minecraft
    • Bukkit
    Multiverse-Core screenshot 1
  12. WorldEdit is an easy-to-use in-game Minecraft map editor. Through a combination of commands and "brushes," you can sculpt your world or simply perform numerous terraforming tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Minecraft Forge
    • Minecraft Server
    • Spigot
    • Minecraft
    • OpenJDK
    • Bukkit
    • Java
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    6 alternatives
  13. WorldGuard is a powerful plugin with a large bag of tricks for server owners, server map makers, regular survival servers, and everyone in between!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Minecraft Server
    • Spigot
    • Minecraft
    • OpenJDK
    • Bukkit
    • Java
  14. The main goal of Rift is to provide a mod API capable of extending any aspect of the game while changing the game as little as possible and adding no additional dependencies. Rather than an over-complicated event system, Rift implements a simple, faster, and cleaner...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Minecraft Server
    • Minecraft
    6 alternatives
  15. Minecraft Buzz is a Minecraft Server List dedicated to helping players find amazing servers for Minecraft of all game modes and versions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Minecraft Server
    • Minecraft
    Minecraft Buzz screenshot 1
    2 alternatives