Minecraft Server Alternatives

Minecraft Server is described as 'The official Minecraft server software made by Mojang' and is an game in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to Minecraft Server for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and Minecraft Server apps. The best Minecraft Server alternative is Pterodactyl, which is both free and Open Source. Other Minecraft Server like games are Crafty Controller, MCSManager, PaperMC and Glowstone.

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  1. Pterodactyl icon
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    Pterodactyl is the free game server management panel designed by users, for users. Featuring support for Vanilla Minecraft, Spigot, Source Dedicated Servers, BungeeCord, and many more.

    35 Pterodactyl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
    • Pterodactyl is the most popular Web-based, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Minecraft Server.

    • Pterodactyl is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Minecraft Server.

    • Pterodactyl is Free and Open SourceMinecraft Server is Free and Proprietary
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    Crafty is a wrapper for a Minecraft server which runs in the background. It has tons of features, including a slick AdminLTE-based GUI, auto-backups and console commands.

    26 Crafty Controller alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Crafty Controller is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Minecraft Server.

    • Crafty Controller is Free and Open SourceMinecraft Server is Free and Proprietary
  3. PaperMC icon
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    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.

    10 PaperMC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Minecraft Server
     
  4.  Glowstone icon
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    Glowstone is a lightweight, from scratch, open source Minecraft server written in Java that supports plugins written for the Spigot (and Bukkit) API.

    11 Glowstone alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Minecraft Server
    • Minecraft
     
  5. Pyrodactyl icon
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    pyrodactyl is the Pterodactyl-based game server panel that's faster, smaller, safer, and more accessible. It's the world's best Pterodactyl, powered by pyro.host. Runs on Windows!.

    32 Pyrodactyl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Sponge icon
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    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.

    9 Sponge alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Minecraft Server
    • Minecraft
     
  7. Spigot icon
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    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.

    8 Spigot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Minecraft Server
    • Minecraft
     
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    Game Server Watcher, often abbreviated as GSWatcher, is a straightforward application designed to monitor the status of your preferred game servers and remotely manage your personal servers. It incorporates a buddy list feature and has the capability to alert you when a friend...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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    AMP is an easy to install, self-hosted, web-based management panel for game servers. It supports dozens of applications including Minecraft, CS:GO, Rust, 7 Days to Die, Starbound, Factorio and many more. Supports both Windows and Linux.

    25 Application Management Panel (AMP) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Application Management Panel (AMP) is the most popular commercial alternative to Minecraft Server.

    • Application Management Panel (AMP) is Paid and ProprietaryMinecraft Server is Free and Proprietary
  10. LeafMC icon
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    A Paper fork aim to find balance between performance, vanilla and stability.

    10 LeafMC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  11. Pufferpanel icon
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    PufferPanel is an open source game server management panel designed for both small networks and game server providers. PufferPanel supports Minecraft, Spigot, Sponge, Source Dedicated Servers, BungeeCord, PocketMine and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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