PasswordProtect vs ProtocolSupport

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PasswordProtect		ProtocolSupport
	Project
4	Mentions	2
12	Stars	528
-	Growth	0.2%
6.3	Activity	0.0
4 days ago	Latest Commit	8 months ago
Java	Language	Java
MIT License	License	GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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.

PasswordProtect

Posts with mentions or reviews of PasswordProtect. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-29.

A few months ago our house burned down. To take our minds off it my family started a Minecraft server together. Today a griefer burned it down.
1 project | /r/Minecraft | 30 May 2023

You can use this to implement such a thing - https://github.com/timbru31/PasswordProtect.
Password plugin?
2 projects | /r/admincraft | 29 Nov 2022
Controlled Access Plugin Suggestions?
1 project | /r/admincraft | 1 Nov 2022

Are you doing it by IP, passwords, or something else?
What's the best Minecraft docker?
2 projects | /r/unRAID | 7 Jan 2022

Run a different version (Spigot/PaperMC) and get a mod that allows you to password protect your server with a mod like Password Protect

ProtocolSupport

Posts with mentions or reviews of ProtocolSupport. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-28.

Everything you know about bedrock only servers?
3 projects | /r/admincraft | 28 Dec 2022

My memory is a bit hazy, but as far I know they use (or had used?) a private fork of ProtocolSupport that had Minecraft Bedrock support. They hired the lead developer to maintain it. This was before Geyser existed.
ProtocolSupport Beta 1.7.3 Version Jar
1 project | /r/GoldenAgeMinecraft | 30 Oct 2021

So, i didnt knew this but theres working(as RK_01(The creator of ViaVersion) said) beta 1.7.3 ProtocolSupport plugin for 1.15.2 servers. So, i cant test it because i cant compile it! It just gives me a bunch of errors! if somebody can please compile this https://github.com/ProtocolSupport/ProtocolSupport/tree/beta_1_7_3 and send in the comments

What are some alternatives?

When comparing PasswordProtect and ProtocolSupport you can also consider the following projects:

Slime-World-Manager - A Spigot plugin that implements the Slime Region Format.

eZProtector - Securing your server the easy way!

AdminMenu - A simple to use in-game administration menu.

Paper - The most widely used, high performance Minecraft server that aims to fix gameplay and mechanics inconsistencies

RainManNG - Spigot plugin for controlling rain frequency and length.

BedWars - Simple BedWars minigame plugin for Spigot version 1.8.8 - 1.20.4

VotingPlugin - Plugin on SpigotMC

java2bedrock.sh - Converts 2D and 3D item predicates from Minecraft Java Edition to Minecraft Bedrock Edition

password-manager-java - First personal project. Feel free to practice by contributing. See README for ideas.

PlotSquared - PlotSquared - Reinventing the plotworld

Skript - Skript is a Bukkit plugin which allows server admins to customize their server easily, but without the hassle of programming a plugin or asking/paying someone to program a plugin for them.

Waterdog - Fork of Waterdog proxy with support from WDPE team. Currently protocol updates only.