📝 A curated list of awesome Minecraft-related things
- Wikis & Docs
- Shader Loaders
- Mod Loaders
- Server Wrappers
- Third-party Servers
- Hybrid Servers
- Bedrock Servers
- Proxies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Minecraft Wiki | Unofficial Minecraft Wiki maintained by community. |
| Official Feed The Beast Wiki | Official wiki for mods, modpacks, and maps related to FTB related to FTB. |
| wiki.vg | A wiki which stored technical documentation on reverse engineering efforts for the popular Minecraft game. |
| Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Creator Documentation | Learn how to mod Minecraft with Add-Ons. Create skins, design unique experiences, discover the latest features, and develop your skills as a Minecraft creator. |
| bedrock.dev | A technical Minecraft: Bedrock Edition documentation. |
| Bedrock Wiki | A knowledge-sharing website for Technical Bedrock, containing documentation, tutorials, and general how-to information. |
| Minecraft CreepyPasta Wiki | A wiki for Minecraft Creepypastas. |
| Name | Description | Platforms | Status | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OptiFine | A Minecraft optimization mod. | Forge | ✅ | download docs |
| Iris | A modern shaders mod for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing OptiFine shader packs. | Fabric | 🚧 | installer modrinth docs |
| Canvas | Shader-Based Minecraft Renderer for Fabric. | Fabric | 🚧 | modrinth curseforge wiki |
Mod Loaders allow you to load mods that can change Minecraft's game content in some way, such as to make minor adjustments to the game's mechanics or implement entirely new features.
| Name | Description | Status | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minecraft Forge | Modifications to the Minecraft base files to assist in compatibility between mods. | ✅ | download docs |
| Fabric | A lightweight, experimental modding toolchain for Minecraft. | ✅ | download wiki |
| Quilt | A modding toolchain developed primarily for Minecraft that has been forked from The Fabric Project. | 🚧 | install |
Servers that implement (based on) vanilla Minecraft server.
| Name | Description | Status | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spigot | High performance Minecraft server implementation. | ✅ | usage wiki |
| Paper | High performance Spigot fork that aims to fix gameplay and mechanics inconsistencies. | ✅ | download docs |
| Purpur | A drop-in replacement for Paper servers designed for configurability and new, fun, exciting gameplay features. | ✅ | download docs |
| Pufferfish | A high-performance fork of Paper designed for large servers. | ✅ | download docs |
| Sponge Vanilla | The implementation of the Sponge API on top of Vanilla Minecraft. | download docs | |
| Folia | Fork of Paper which adds regionised multithreading to the dedicated server. | docs |
Minecraft's servers that have written from scratch.
| Name | Description | Languages | Status | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glowstone | A fast, customizable and compatible open source server for Minecraft: Java Edition. | Java | ✅ | download docs |
| Cuberite | A lightweight, fast and extensible game server for Minecraft. | C++ | ✅ | download manual |
| Limbo | Standalone Limbo Minecraft Server. | Java | ✅ | download |
| NanoLimbo | The lightweight, high performance Minecraft limbo server. | Java | ✅ | download |
| Krypton | A fast, lightweight Minecraft server written in Kotlin. | Kotlin | 🚧 | download wiki |
| MCHPRS | A multithreaded Minecraft server built for redstone. | Rust | 🚧 | usage |
| Obsidian | A C# implementation of the Minecraft server protocol. | C# | 🚧 | usage |
| feather | A Minecraft server implementation in Rust. | Rust | 🚧 | download |
Hybrid servers allow loading both mods and plugins in the same server.
| Name | Description | Status | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sponge Forge | The implementation of the Sponge API on the Minecraft Forge platform. | ✅ | download docs |
| Magma | the most powerful Forge server providing you with mods and Plugins using Spigot and Paper for Performance and Stability. | ✅ | download wiki |
| Mohist | Minecraft Forge Hybrid server implementing the Spigot/Bukkit API, formerly known as Thermos/Cauldron/MCPC1+. | ✅ | download wiki |
| CatServer | A high-performance Bukkit and Forge hybrid minecraft server. | ✅ | download docs |
| Arclight | A Bukkit(1.16/1.18/1.19) server implementation on Forge using Mixin. | ✅ | download wiki |
Server software for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition.
| Name | Description | Languages | Status | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nukkit | Nuclear-Powered Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Server Software. | Java | ✅ | download wiki |
| PowerNukkit | A Nukkit fork which supports new Minecraft Bedrock features. | Java | ✅ | download usage |
| PowerNukkitX | High-performance, feature-rich, fully open source MCBE2 server software. | Java | ✅ | download docs |
| PocketMine-MP | The highly customisable, open source server software for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition written in PHP. | PHP | ✅ | download docs |
| Dragonfly | The heavily asynchronous server software for Minecraft Bedrock Edition written in Go. | Go | ✅ | usage wiki |
| JSPrismarine | Dedicated Minecraft Bedrock Edition server written in TypeScript. | TypeScript | 🚧 | download docs |
Proxies allow linking together multiple Minecraft servers, so they may appear as one.
| Name | Description | Languages | Status | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Velocity | The modern, next-generation Minecraft server proxy. | Java | ✅ | download docs |
| BungeeCord | Efficiently proxies and maintains connections and transport between multiple Minecraft servers. | Java | ✅ | download wiki |
| Waterfall | BungeeCord fork that aims to improve performance and stability. | Java | ✅ | download docs |
| Gate | An extensible lightweight high-performance Minecraft reverse proxy with flexibility & excellent server version support - ready for the cloud! | Go | ✅ | download guide |
| VIAaaS | A Minecraft proxy that allows you to connect to servers that use different versions of the game. | Java | ✅ | download usage |
| Geyser3 | A proxy that allows Minecraft: Bedrock Edition clients to connect to Minecraft: Java Edition servers. | Java | ✅ | download wiki |
- Sodium (Fabric) — Modern rendering engine and client-side optimization mod for Minecraft.
- Lithium (Fabric) — No-compromises game logic/server optimization mod.
- Phosphor (Fabric) — No-compromises lighting engine optimization mod.
- Iris Shaders (Fabric) — A modern shaders mod for Minecraft intended to be compatible with
- FerriteCore — Memory usage optimizations. existing OptiFine shader packs.
- OptiFine — A Minecraft optimization mod.
- OptiFabric — A mod that can be used to run OptiFine on the Fabric Mod Loader.
- JourneyMap — Real-time mapping in game or in a web browser as you explore.
- Xaero's Minimap — Displays the nearby world terrain, players, mobs, entities in the corner of your screen.
- Storage Drawers (Forge) — Interactive compartment storage for your workshops.
- Refined Storage (Forge) — An elegant solution to your hoarding problem.
- Applied Energistics 2 — AE2: A popular automation and storage mod.
- Just Enough Items — JEI: View Items and Recipes.
- Mouse Tweaks — Enhances inventory management by adding various functions to the mouse buttons.
- AppleSkin — Food/hunger-related HUD improvements.
- Carry On — Allows you to pick up Tile Entities and Mobs and carry them around.
- Controlling — Adds a search bar to the Key-Bindings menu.
- CraftTweaker — Allows modpacks and servers to customize the game.
