PaperMC / Paper

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

Minestom / Minestom

26.2 Lightweight Minecraft server

PurpurMC / Purpur

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

EssentialsX / Essentials

The modern Essentials suite for Spigot and Paper.

PaperMC / Velocity

The modern, next-generation Minecraft server proxy.

IzzelAliz / Arclight

A Bukkit(1.20/1.21) server implementation in modding environment using Mixin. ⚡

TiangongCraft / Tenet

Minecraft Forge Hybrid server implementing the Spigot/Bukkit API, formerly known as Thermos/Cauldron/MCPC+

lucko / spark

A performance profiler for Minecraft clients, servers, and proxies.

Winds-Studio / Leaf

A Paper fork focused on finding the balance between performance, vanilla mechanics, and stability

LegacyLands / legacy-lands-library

Enterprise-grade modular framework for Minecraft server development with multi-tier caching, Redis Streams, resilient data processing, and modern Java concurrency. Built on Fairy Framework for production-scale plugin development.

PowerNukkitX / PowerNukkitX

Open-source, feature-rich Minecraft: Bedrock Edition server written in Java. Supports custom items, blocks, entities, full vanilla commands, advanced mob AI, and world generation. Not affiliated with Mojang AB.

sladkoff / minecraft-prometheus-exporter

A Bukkit plugin which exports minecraft server stats to Prometheus

sskaffy / Realistic-Water

A Minecraft mod that adds the realistic waters and sands from Blender animations!

silent-QAQ / develop-minecraft-server-plugin-skill

A skill for a Minecraft plugin that automatically develops AI