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Guides, tutorials, and the latest news about Minecraft servers and skins
Building Custom Bedrock Servers with PocketMine-MP
PocketMine-MP is free, open-source server software for creating custom Minecraft Bedrock servers with plugins. It supports 100+ players, multi-world management, and flexible permission systems, making it ideal for creative, RPG, and mini-games servers. Learn how to set it up and what you should know before starting.
Alex Maftei
Adventure: Rich Text Messages for Minecraft Servers
Adventure is a Java library that simplifies building rich text messages and UI components for Minecraft servers. Instead of wrestling with JSON and color codes, developers use a clean API to create formatted text with colors, hover events, and clickable interactions.
Alex Maftei
MinecraftDev: The Plugin That Changed Minecraft Modding in IntelliJ
MinecraftDev is an IntelliJ IDEA plugin that streamlines Minecraft mod development with templates, code generation, and built-in framework support. It's built for developers who want to create mods without drowning in setup friction.
Alex Maftei
Fabric-loom: Building Minecraft Mods Without the Setup Headache
fabric-loom is a Gradle plugin that automates Minecraft mod development setup, handling deobfuscation, code mapping, and IDE integration. If you're building Fabric mods, this tool saves hours of tedious configuration work.
Alex Maftei
Portablemc: A CLI Launcher for Minecraft That Actually Works
portablemc is a command-line Minecraft launcher written in Rust that installs and launches Minecraft with mod loaders like Fabric, Forge, and NeoForge. Learn how to use it for version management, server testing, and automation.
Alex Maftei
HMCL: The Cross-Platform Minecraft Launcher for Modding and Game Management
HMCL is a free, open-source Minecraft launcher that manages multiple game instances, modloaders, and modpacks across Windows, Linux, macOS, and more. Perfect if you juggle vanilla survival, modded packs, and different Java versions without the chaos.
Alex Maftei
Monocraft: How to Use the Minecraft Font for Coding
Monocraft is a free monospaced programming font inspired by Minecraft's iconic typeface. With over 1500 custom glyphs, programming ligatures, and even enchantment language support, it brings Minecraft's aesthetic to your code editor. Learn how to install and use it.
Alex Maftei
Terra: Custom Minecraft World Generation That Actually Works
Terra is a Java-based world generation modding platform that lets you completely customize Minecraft terrain. Supports Fabric and Bukkit servers with configurable biomes, terrain rules, and an extensible addon system. Perfect for servers needing specific world generation, from realistic geography to thematic landscapes.
Alex Maftei
PlotSquared: Building Worlds on Your Minecraft Server
PlotSquared is a Minecraft server plugin that divides your world into protected plots so multiple players can build freely without griefing each other. It's the standard choice for plot servers, creative communities, and large survival servers that need land management at scale.
Alex Maftei
Building Enterprise Minecraft Plugins with Legacy-Lands-Library
Legacy-Lands-Library is a Java framework for building production-grade Minecraft server plugins with enterprise infrastructure (distributed caching, data management, AOP, Redis). Ideal for developers managing large servers or complex plugin architectures.
Alex Maftei
Minecraft Holy Client: Load Test Your Server
Minecraft Holy Client is a high-performance C# framework for stress-testing Minecraft servers with hundreds of bot players. Server admins use it to verify infrastructure can handle peak loads before scaling up.
Alex Maftei
JG RTX: Bringing Photorealistic Textures to Your Minecraft World
JG RTX is a free, open-source PBR resource pack for Minecraft Java and Bedrock that brings photorealistic textures and material depth to your builds. Works immediately with any PBR-compatible shader. Includes multiple resolution options (32x-256x) and shader presets.
Alex Maftei