A curated list of awesome frameworks, libraries and software relating to Minecraft. All software listed must be open sourced and available for free. ⭐
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Libraries that aid in the creation of Minecraft commands.
- ACF - Annotation based Java Command Dispatch Framework.
- Brigadier - Brigadier is a command parser & dispatcher, designed and developed for Minecraft: Java Edition.
- Chimera - Command framework that does compile-time annotation processing and code generation for Bukkit plugins.
- Cloud - Command framework & dispatcher for the JVM with support for builders, annotations and a Kotlin DSL.
- CommandAPI - A Bukkit-only API for the command UI introduced in Minecraft 1.13.
- Commodore - Utility for using Minecraft's 1.13 'brigadier' library in Bukkit plugins.
- LiteCommands - Annotation based Command framework for Velocity, Bukkit, Paper, BungeeCord and your other implementations.
Libraries that make it easier to work with configuration files.
- Configurate - A simple configuration library for Java applications providing a node structure, a variety of formats, and tools for transformation.
- cdn - Simple and fast configuration library for JVM based apps, powered by CDN (Configuration Data Notation) format, based on enhanced JSON for Humans standard.
- okaeri-configs - Simple Java/POJO config library written with love and Lombok (with support for Bukkit BungeeCord and Velocity)
Libraries for creating Minecraft GUIs using inventories.
- interfaces - A Java user-interface library with support for Minecraft.
- IF - An inventory framework for managing GUIs.
- InventoryGui - A library for Bukkit plugins to create GUIs with inventories.
- Canvas - Canvas is a java library built for Bukkit to manage custom inventory based menus.
- triumph-gui - Simple lib to create inventory GUIs for Bukkit platforms.
- AnvilGUI - Capture user input in Minecraft through an anvil GUI in under 20 lines of code
Libraries that make it easier to work with messages, text, etc.
- adventure - A serverside user interface library for Minecraft: Java Edition.
- adventure-text-minimessage - Simple library that implements an easy to use textual format to send rich json messages.
- MineDown - A MarkDown inspired markup library for Minecraft chat components.
- PlaceholderAPI - PlaceholderAPI is a plugin for Spigot servers that allows server owners to display information from various plugins with a uniform format.
Libraries for interacting with the minecraft protocol.
- MCProtocolLib - MCProtocolLib is a simple library for communicating with a Minecraft client/server. It aims to allow people to make custom bots, clients, or servers for Minecraft easily.
- PacketWrapper - Packet wrapper classes for ProtocolLib.
- ProtocolLib - Provides read and write access to the Minecraft protocol with Bukkit.
- Protocolize - A lightweight BungeeCord / Velocity protocol framework supporting items.
Utilities that don't particularly belong in any other category.
- adventure-nbt - Library for working with NBT.
- Anvil - A cross-platform database API / ORM / entity framework with useful services for minecraft plugins
- BKCommonLib - An extensive library used in bergerhealer's plugins.
- eco - A plugin framework with many APIs and utilities to simplify development.
- helper - A collection of utilities and extended APIs to support the rapid and easy development of Bukkit plugins.
- HologramLib - Asynchronous, high-performance Minecraft Hologram library for 1.8-1.20.1 servers.
- Item-NBT-API - Add custom NBT tags to Items/Tiles/Entities without NMS.
- mineflayer - Create Minecraft bots with a powerful, stable, and high level JavaScript API.
- ProtocolSidebar - Powerful feature-packed Minecraft scoreboard library.
- SchematicJS - JavaScript library for working with Minecraft schematics.
- SchematicWebViewer - Renders Minecraft schematics into a web canvas.
- scoreboard-library - Powerful packet-level scoreboard library for Paper/Spigot servers.
- SquirrelID - Library for working with Mojang profiles
- Vault - Vault of common APIs for Bukkit Plugins.
Other mods.
- ReplayMod - A Minecraft mod to record game sessions and replay them afterwards from any perspective.
Modding platforms.
- Fabric - Next generation, highly modular and open Minecraft modding API.
- MinecraftForge - Modifications to the Minecraft base files to assist in compatibility between mods.
Mods meant to increase game performance.
- Krypton - A Fabric mod that optimizes the Minecraft networking stack and entity tracker.
- lazy-dfu - Makes Minecraft DataFixerUpper initializatiion lazy.
- lithium-fabric - A Fabric mod designed to improve the general performance of Minecraft without breaking things.
- phosphor-fabric - A Fabric mod designed to dramatically improve the performance of Minecraft's lighting engine while fixing many bugs.
- sodium-fabric - A Fabric mod designed to improve frame rates and reduce micro-stutter.
- GrimAC - GrimAC is an open source Minecraft anticheat designed for 1.20 and supports 1.8-1.20.
- NoCheatPlus - NoCheatPlus attempts to enforce "vanilla Minecraft" mechanics, as well as preventing players from abusing weaknesses in Minecraft or its protocol, making your server more safe.
Plugins that make building easier.
- Builders-Utilities - A collection of a lot of tiny features that help with building.
- Light-Cleaner - Regenerates light levels in chunks or entire worlds to clean up dark spots. Continuation of NoLagg Lighting.
- WorldEdit - Minecraft map editor and mod.
Map viewers.
- BlueMap - A Minecraft mapping tool that creates 3D models of your Minecraft worlds and displays them in a web viewer.
- dynmap - A set of Minecraft mods that provide a real time web-based map system for various Minecraft server implementations.
- Minecraft-Overviewer - Render high-resolution maps of a Minecraft world with a Leaflet powered interface.
- squaremap - squaremap is a minimalistic and lightweight world map viewer for Minecraft servers, using the vanilla map rendering style.
Plugins that don't particularly fit in with any existing category.
- DataSync - A minecraft plugin to synchronize and backup player data to a database
- NuVotifier - A fork of Votifier, with more robust code and vote forwarding.
- OnTime - A cross-platform player time management plugin.
- Plan - Player Analytics plugin for Minecraft Server platforms.
- spark - A performance profiling plugin based on sk89q's WarmRoast profiler.
- Citizens - Plugin and API for creating service side NPCs.
- CraftBook - Plugin that adds many new fun mechanics to the game with extreme levels of customisability.
- EssentialsX - Plugin suite providing essential commands and features, updated for the latest Minecraft versions.
- ProtocolSupport - Support older Minecraft versions.
- ViaVersion - Allows the connection of newer clients to older server versions for Minecraft servers.
- Nucleus - The Ultimate Essentials Plugin for Sponge.
- LimboHub - Get a virtual hub directly on Velocity proxy.
- LimboAuth - Minecraft Auth System for Velocity proxy built in virtual server (Limbo).
- FastMOTD - A MOTD plugin for Velocity that caches network packets.
- LimboFilter - Most powerful bot filtering solution for Minecraft proxies.
- Catalyst - An essentials plugin for Minecraft proxies that will provide your server with a strong baseline; giving you all the useful commands you need.
Plugins for user permission management.
- BungeePerms - Alternative permissions plugin for Minecraft servers.
- LuckPerms - A permissions plugin for Minecraft servers.
Plugins for managing and generating world regions.
- BentoBox - Expandable Minecraft server plugin for island-type games like SkyBlock or AcidIsland.
- Chunky - Plugin for pre-generating chunks.
- GriefPrevention - Prevents all forms of grief - build/break, theft, spam, spawn camping, and more without a database.
- Hyperverse - A lightweight world mangement plugin for Bukkit.
- Multiverse-Core - The original Bukkit Multi-World Plugin.
- PlotSquared - Plot world generator and management plugin with support for schematics.
- Prism-Bukkit - Prism is a rollback/grief management tool for Bukkit.
- WorldGuard - WorldGuard lets you and players guard areas of land against griefers and undesirables, as well as tweak and disable various gameplay features of Minecraft.
- Worlds - A world management system for modern paper servers, supporting only the latest features and mechanics.
Blogs related to Minecraft.
- Me4502 - Me4502's blog with frequent posts relating to Minecraft development and server ownership.
Support Resources for Minecraft.
- HelpChat - Discord: home of PlaceholderAPI and several other plugins, along with general minecraft and programming support.
- M.O.S.S.: home to a ton of open source, minecraft related projects (including factions, essentials, pex, and more).
- PaperMC - Discord, Forums: official home of the paper project, where you can download paper, and receive support.
- Syscraft - Subreddit, Discord community, and online resources for everyone involved in making Minecraft servers, from development to hosting to running servers.
Resources for Minecraft performance tuning.
- Aikar's Flags - G1GC Garbage Collector Flags for Minecraft.
- Krusic22's Flags - Optimized JDK11+ & ZGC flags for Minecraft servers.
- flags.sh - A simple script generator to start your Minecraft servers with optimal flags.
- wiki.vg - Wiki.vg has documented the whole minecraft protocol for java and bedrock edition.
Minecraft server proxy software.
- Geyser - A bridge/proxy allowing you to connect to Minecraft: Java Edition servers with Minecraft: Bedrock edition.
- Velocity - A Minecraft server proxy with unparalleled server support, scalability, and flexibility.
- Waterfall - BungeeCord fork that aims to improve performance and stability.
Minecraft server software.
- Nukkit - Server software for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition.
- Minestom - Minestom is an open-source library that enables developers to create their own Minecraft server software, without any code from Mojang.
- Paper - High performance Spigot fork that aims to fix gameplay and mechanics inconsistencies.
- Sponge - A community-driven open source Minecraft: Java Edition modding platform.
- MultiPaper - Multi-server, single-world papermc implementation.
- Folia - Fork of Paper which adds regionised multithreading to the dedicated server.
- Cuberite - A lightweight, fast and extensible game server for Minecraft.
Miscellaneous tools.
- Blockbench - Blockbench is a free, modern model editor for boxy models and pixel art textures.
- MultiMC - MultiMC is a custom launcher for Minecraft that allows you to easily manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once.
- pakkit - A packet monitor for Minecraft written in Electron.
