Top 7 Open-Source Alternatives to Bukkit

The top open-source alternatives to Bukkit are PaperMC, Cuberite, and Sponge. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

PaperMC Landing Page
1

PaperMC

Paper is a fork of the Spigot server implementation (which is itself a fork of CraftBukkit). Paper strives to bring improved performance, more features, and more APIs for developers to build awesome plugins with.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Hosting #Cloud Hosting #Gaming 178 social mentions
Cuberite Landing Page
2

Cuberite

A custom Minecraft compatible game server written in C++.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Hosting #Cloud Hosting #Online Services 7 social mentions
Sponge Landing Page
3

Sponge

The purpose of the Sponge project is to create a plugin development framework for Minecraft.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Hosting #Cloud Hosting #Online Services 5 social mentions
Glowstone Landing Page
4

Glowstone

A fast, customizable and compatible open source Minecraft server.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Hosting #Cloud Hosting #Online Services 3 social mentions
Geyser Landing Page
5

Geyser

A bridge/proxy allowing you to connect to Minecraft: Java Edition servers with Minecraft: Bedrock edition.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Hosting #Cloud Hosting 235 social mentions
Serverspace.io Landing Page
6

Serverspace.io

Serverspace offers automated, simple, and affordable cloud infrastructure to everyone. Get started building your cool digital stuff right now.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- $4.95 / Monthly (1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB SSD, 50 Mbps Bandwidth)
#VPS #Cloud Computing #Cloud Storage 3 social mentions
Pufferpanel Landing Page
7

Pufferpanel

It's made for hosting your Minecraft server. It's open source.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Group Chat & Notifications #Realtime Backend / API 5 social mentions