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Top 11 Open-Source Alternatives to Spigot

PaperMC Pterodactyl Glowstone Cuberite Sponge Pufferpanel Geyser Serverspace.io Linux Game Server Managers Magma Forge

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Spigot are PaperMC, Pterodactyl, and Glowstone. 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.
  1. 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

  2. Pterodactyl is the free game server management panel designed by users, for users.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Gaming #Game Servers #Server Management 148 social mentions

  3. A fast, customizable and compatible open source Minecraft server.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Hosting #Cloud Hosting #Online Services 3 social mentions

  4. A custom Minecraft compatible game server written in C++.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Hosting #Cloud Hosting #Online Services 7 social mentions

  5. 5
    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

  6. 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

  7. 7
    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

  8. 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

  9. The command line tool for quick, simple deployment and management of dedicated game servers.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Gaming #Group Chat & Notifications #Realtime Backend / API 31 social mentions

  10. Magma combines the functionality of both PaperMC and Minecraft Forge, allowing for the use of boths plugins and mods on one single server.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Hosting #Group Chat & Notifications #Cloud Hosting 3 social mentions

  11. AMP is an easy to install, self-hosted, web-based management panel for game servers. It supports dozens of applications including Minecraft, CS:GO, Rust, 7 Days to Die, Starbound, Factorio and many more. Supports both Windows and Linux.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Group Chat & Notifications #Realtime Backend / API #VPS 2 social mentions

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