Paper
The most widely used, high performance Minecraft server that aims to fix gameplay and mechanics inconsistencies (by PaperMC)
Leafish
A minecraft-like multi version client implemented in Rust. (by Lea-fish)
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| Paper | Leafish | |
|---|---|---|
| 338 | 18 | |
| 8,780 | 751 | |
| 4.7% | 5.3% | |
| 9.8 | 8.8 | |
| 6 days ago | 11 days ago | |
| Java | Rust | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | Apache License 2.0 |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Paper
Posts with mentions or reviews of Paper.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-10.
- PaperMC/Paper: The most widely used, high performance Minecraft server
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How to Setup a Minecraft Server on Ubuntu: A Step-by-Step Guide
We will be downloading the Minecraft server files into this directory. To preface, there are numerous variations of server JARs that can be used (e.g. Spigot, Paper, Purpur each touting their own benefits). For this tutorial, we will be working with Paper, a fork of Spigot that is optimized for performance.
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Create a personal server for a deleted game
PaperMC, a minecraft server has over a quarter million lines of code Github link
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"Private crash exploit" (container interaction packet abuse) lagging/crashing server
Paper fixed it here: https://github.com/PaperMC/Paper/commit/8493340be4fa69fa9369719272e5dff1b7a2f455
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Can't connect to server after new motherboard
G:\DedicatedServers\test>java -Xms10G -Xmx10G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch -XX:G1NewSizePercent=30 -XX:G1MaxNewSizePercent=40 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=8M -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:G1HeapWastePercent=5 -XX:G1MixedGCCountTarget=4 -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=15 -XX:G1MixedGCLiveThresholdPercent=90 -XX:G1RSetUpdatingPauseTimePercent=5 -XX:SurvivorRatio=32 -XX:+PerfDisableSharedMem -XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=1 -Dusing.aikars.flags=https://mcflags.emc.gs -Daikars.new.flags=true -jar paper-1.20.2-291.jar --nogui Starting org.bukkit.craftbukkit.Main System Info: Java 17 (OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 17.0.2+8-86) Host: Windows 10 10.0 (amd64) Loading libraries, please wait... [13:37:15 INFO]: Environment: Environment[accountsHost=https://api.mojang.com, sessionHost=https://sessionserver.mojang.com, servicesHost=https://api.minecraftservices.com, name=PROD] [13:37:15 INFO]: Found new data pack file/bukkit, loading it automatically [13:37:16 INFO]: Loaded 7 recipes [13:37:16 INFO]: Starting minecraft server version 1.20.2 [13:37:16 INFO]: Loading properties [13:37:16 INFO]: This server is running Paper version git-Paper-291 (MC: 1.20.2) (Implementing API version 1.20.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT) (Git: ce7f068) [13:37:17 INFO]: Using 4 threads for Netty based IO [13:37:17 INFO]: Server Ping Player Sample Count: 12 [13:37:17 INFO]: [ChunkTaskScheduler] Chunk system is using 1 I/O threads, 6 worker threads, and gen parallelism of 6 threads [13:37:17 WARN]: [!] The timings profiler has been enabled but has been scheduled for removal from Paper in the future. We recommend installing the spark profiler as a replacement: https://spark.lucko.me/ For more information please visit: https://github.com/PaperMC/Paper/issues/8948 [13:37:18 INFO]: Default game type: SURVIVAL [13:37:18 INFO]: Generating keypair [13:37:18 INFO]: Starting Minecraft server on *:25555 [13:37:18 INFO]: Using default channel type [13:37:18 INFO]: Paper: Using Java compression from Velocity. [13:37:18 INFO]: Paper: Using Java cipher from Velocity. [13:37:18 INFO]: Preparing level "world" [13:37:22 INFO]: Preparing start region for dimension minecraft:overworld [13:37:22 INFO]: Time elapsed: 52 ms [13:37:22 INFO]: Preparing start region for dimension minecraft:the_nether [13:37:22 INFO]: Time elapsed: 29 ms [13:37:22 INFO]: Preparing start region for dimension minecraft:the_end [13:37:22 INFO]: Time elapsed: 28 ms [13:37:22 INFO]: Running delayed init tasks [13:37:22 INFO]: Done (6.045s)! For help, type "help" [13:37:22 INFO]: Timings Reset
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Server crash
For more information please visit: https://github.com/PaperMC/Paper/issues/8948
- Tnt duper not working [java] [1.20]
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[java] How do you host multiple Minecraft servers on the same IP?
Go to papermc.io and download Waterfall or Velocity
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Has this been happening to you guys ?
This is actually a known issue which was mostly ignored: https://github.com/PaperMC/Paper/issues/3110
- Breaking the Limits: How Folia Made 1k Player Minecraft Server a Reality
Leafish
Posts with mentions or reviews of Leafish.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-07.
- Bedrock needs a rewrite and real cross-platform support, who’s with me?
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What would you rewrite in Rust?
There has been some work... feather mc server and piston's hematite client This client also seems to be in active development: Leafish
- Minecraft - Rust Edition
- Minecraft in Minecraft… powered by Rust.
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Stevenarella: Multi-protocol Minecraft-compatible client written in Rust
and https://github.com/Lea-fish/Leafish a fork of it
- [Media] Announcing Valence: A Rust Framework for Building Minecraft Servers
- I see the light at the end of the tunnel
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Minosoft: My 3rd party minecraft reimplmentation. Almost playable :)
This isn't the first project like this so I'm guessing it's fine. https://github.com/Lea-fish/Leafish
- Minecraft Written in C Code (Java to C Code)
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Minecraft devs use Ubuntu
Check out Leafish if you have an issue with that like I do
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Paper and Leafish you can also consider the following projects:
Purpur - Purpur is a drop-in replacement for Paper servers designed for configurability, and new fun and exciting gameplay features.
stevenarella - Multi-protocol Minecraft-compatible client written in Rust
Arclight - A Bukkit(1.19/1.20) server implementation on Forge using Mixin. ⚡ ⚡⚡⚡⚡
cuberite - A lightweight, fast and extensible game server for Minecraft
fabric - Essential hooks for modding with Fabric.
TrueCraft - Minecraft for hipsters
Waterfall - BungeeCord fork that aims to improve performance and stability.
valence - A Rust framework for building Minecraft servers. [Moved to: https://github.com/valence-rs/valence]
Airplane - A stable, optimized, well supported 1.17.1 Paper fork.
xboxlive-auth - A program to retrieve a Minecraft account's access token based on the new Microsoft authentication scheme.
Pufferfish - A high-performance fork of Paper designed for large servers.
mcsoft-auth - Authenticate to Minecraft using the Microsoft Authentication Scheme from Rust.