How to create Java server? Is it free? Does it have to be renewed or something?

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  • Purpur

    Purpur is a drop-in replacement for Paper servers designed for configurability, and new fun and exciting gameplay features.

  • It's completely free. The server software like Paper, Tuinity, Airplane, and Purpur are completely free and open source. There are tons of them out there, and most remain as open source projects. Excluding the hardware and electricity required to run it, the servers are completely free to host.

  • Tuinity

    Discontinued Minecraft server software fork of Paper to improve performance without behavioural changes.

  • It's completely free. The server software like Paper, Tuinity, Airplane, and Purpur are completely free and open source. There are tons of them out there, and most remain as open source projects. Excluding the hardware and electricity required to run it, the servers are completely free to host.

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  • Paper

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

  • It's completely free. The server software like Paper, Tuinity, Airplane, and Purpur are completely free and open source. There are tons of them out there, and most remain as open source projects. Excluding the hardware and electricity required to run it, the servers are completely free to host.

  • Airplane

    A stable, optimized, well supported 1.17.1 Paper fork.

  • It's completely free. The server software like Paper, Tuinity, Airplane, and Purpur are completely free and open source. There are tons of them out there, and most remain as open source projects. Excluding the hardware and electricity required to run it, the servers are completely free to host.

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