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Top 23 Minecraft Open-Source Projects
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Project mention: Generate any location from the real world in Minecraft with high level of detail | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-20
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Paper
The most widely used, high performance Minecraft server that aims to fix gameplay and mechanics inconsistencies
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PrismLauncher
A custom launcher for Minecraft that allows you to easily manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once (Fork of MultiMC)
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MinecraftForge
Modifications to the Minecraft base files to assist in compatibility between mods. New Discord: https://discord.minecraftforge.net/
Project mention: Building Maintainable Software Systems: Lessons from Open-Source Engineering | dev.to | 2025-12-30Minecraft Forge (modding framework): https://github.com/MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge
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Project mention: Giving OpenClaw a Body: How I Turned an AI Agent into a Minecraft Survival Expert ⛏️🤖 | dev.to | 2026-04-24
Bot Engine: Mineflayer + pathfinder, pvp, collectblock
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Geyser
A bridge/proxy allowing you to connect to Minecraft: Java Edition servers with Minecraft: Bedrock Edition.
Project mention: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-10Regarding the Minecraft issue:
If a Minecraft Java server has the special Geyser plugin ( https://geysermc.org/ ), Minecraft Bedrock clients can connect to it, so you can stick to Minecraft Java on Linux and still play together with your kids who are on Minecraft Bedrock on their iPads.
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sodium
A high-performance rendering engine replacement for Minecraft, which greatly improves frame rates and reduces micro-stutter
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MCSManager
Quick deployment, distributed, multi-user, modern management panel for Minecraft and Steam game servers / 快速安装,分布式架构,多用户销售,现代化的 Minecraft 和 Steam 游戏服务器管理面板
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Launcher
A custom launcher for Minecraft that allows you to easily manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once
Project mention: usefulmods VS Launcher - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/NordicGamerFE/usefulmods | 2025-08-29QWQ
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Iris
A modern shaders mod for Minecraft compatible with existing OptiFine shader packs (by IrisShaders)
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Minecraft discussion
Minecraft related posts
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Predicting Stronghold locations with Bayesian statistics (2021) [pdf]
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A Wayland Compositor in Minecraft
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WaylandCraft – Wayland Compositor in Minecraft
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1024000^2 Blocks, 2b2T Minecraft Server World Download Project, and Discoveries
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Setting up Archipelago used to take an hour. Now it's three clicks.
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Hear your agent suffer through your code
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Archipelago – Multiworld multi-game randomizer
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Minecraft projects? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | arnis | 15,930 |
| 2 | Paper | 12,354 |
| 3 | Craft | 10,985 |
| 4 | Monocraft | 10,885 |
| 5 | PrismLauncher | 9,538 |
| 6 | HMCL | 9,348 |
| 7 | baritone | 8,915 |
| 8 | Pumpkin | 7,725 |
| 9 | MinecraftForge | 7,644 |
| 10 | mineflayer | 7,082 |
| 11 | Voyager | 6,780 |
| 12 | Geyser | 5,602 |
| 13 | sodium | 5,585 |
| 14 | blockbench | 5,546 |
| 15 | cuberite | 5,397 |
| 16 | MCSManager | 4,775 |
| 17 | Launcher | 4,631 |
| 18 | mcaselector | 4,513 |
| 19 | minegrub-theme | 4,490 |
| 20 | Create | 4,260 |
| 21 | Folia | 4,256 |
| 22 | Iris | 3,741 |
| 23 | PocketMine-MP | 3,526 |