WorldEdit vs WorldGuard

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WorldEdit		WorldGuard
	Project
8	Mentions	5
2,989	Stars	796
1.1%	Growth	0.5%
8.8	Activity	5.0
5 days ago	Latest Commit	22 days ago
Java	Language	Java
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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.

WorldEdit

Posts with mentions or reviews of WorldEdit. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-10.

Admins. What's your go to server software/plugins?
7 projects | /r/admincraft | 10 May 2023

WorldEdit + WETS.
My favorite Minecraft statue I've EVER built! Was inspired by a black granite statue in Victor's Way, a spiritual museum in Roundwood, Ireland. SUPER Happy with the result. What do you guys think?
1 project | /r/gaming | 26 Jan 2023

Import that into Minecraft with the WorldEdit plugin.
What are the most important points, when creating Server-Side mod for Fabric Server?
1 project | /r/Minecraft | 5 Oct 2022

It sure is: Git Link
HOW IS THIS NOT APPRECIATED
1 project | /r/feedthebeast | 8 Mar 2022

Just by looking at the source code you'll see that they package both the forge and fabric code together.
Worledit is breaking my game?
1 project | /r/Minecraft | 28 Feb 2022

Check their issues list and see if yours is there. If not, post it. https://github.com/enginehub/worldedit/issues
How come I can’t put the mod (WorldEdit) onto my Minecraft
1 project | /r/Minecraft | 29 Jan 2022

https://github.com/enginehub/WorldEdit is far more complicated than a Resource Pack. You need additional software to use it.
is WorldEdit safe to use?
1 project | /r/Minecraft | 20 Oct 2021

Yes it is. WorldEdit has been trusted by millions, and if u want to double check the source code, it is available on GitHub. There's also FastAsyncWorldEdit (FAWE), which is a fork of WorldEdit (it's a plugin not a mod) that aims to be faster than WorldEdit.
When i try to use world edit to copy my house, the red word shows up. Plz help me 😭
1 project | /r/Minecraft | 28 Jul 2021

This could be caused by a lot of things, such as other plugins, etc. If possible, test this on a Paper 1.17.1 server, software, with world edit installed. Then try and do the exact same thing on that test server. Report this on WorldEdit's GitHub Issue Tracker if u think this is an bug

WorldGuard

Posts with mentions or reviews of WorldGuard. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

How to protect an area on a server (not spawn)
1 project | /r/MinecraftServer | 18 Jun 2023

Few different ways you could do this you could use WorldGuard and create a region that disallows interactions and then add yourself as a member. This would proably be of the most complicated solutions.
Small server for my kids and their friends, mod to protect player builds?
1 project | /r/admincraft | 29 Oct 2022

For admin managed maybe worldguard https://enginehub.org/worldguard
(WorldEdit, GriefPrevention) How to make only certain block types claimable?
1 project | /r/admincraft | 29 Aug 2022

World Guard might work. You can define a region and enable flags to prevent things like block breaking, trampling, etc
is there a worldgard 1.18
1 project | /r/admincraft | 3 Dec 2021
Any mods that adds crafting and functionality to sponges?
1 project | /r/GoldenAgeMinecraft | 22 Sep 2021

https://github.com/EngineHub/WorldGuard (You may have to build it yourself if CB1185 isn't for Beta 1.7.3 ... I think it was)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing WorldEdit and WorldGuard you can also consider the following projects:

Geyser - A bridge/proxy allowing you to connect to Minecraft: Java Edition servers with Minecraft: Bedrock Edition.

Iris - World Generation through a new Iris

baritone - google maps for block game

Magma-1.15.x - Minecraft Forge Hybrid server implementing the Spigot/Bukkit API (Cauldron for 1.15)

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

ViaVersion - Allows the connection of newer clients to older server versions for Minecraft servers.

MinecraftForge - Modifications to the Minecraft base files to assist in compatibility between mods. New Discord: https://discord.minecraftforge.net/

FarPlaneTwo - Level-of-Detail renderer in Minecraft. Allows for render distances of millions of blocks. (Cubic Chunks-compatible) (WIP)

NationKit - A unified nation-state gamemode.

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.

fastasyncvoxelsniper - Voxel Sniper fork for modern Minecraft versions utilizing the improvements of FastAsyncWorldEdit