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Minecraft Server Type Picker

Paper, Purpur, Spigot, Vanilla, Forge or Fabric. Answer a few questions and get a straight answer, plus what your players will need to install.

What are you building?
Will your players install mods to join?

Plugins run only on the server. Mods have to be installed by every player as well.

Do Bedrock edition players need to join?
Do you rely on plugins that only work on Spigot?
How much do you want to tune?
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Paper

Paper, the right answer for most servers.

Players need to install

None. Players join with an unmodified Minecraft client.

Add-ons come from

Bukkit, Spigot and Paper plugins.

Why this one

  • 1For a public survival server, Paper gives you the economy, land claiming and anti-grief plugins you will want on day one.
  • 2Paper is the best performing option in the plugin stack and is compatible with the entire Spigot plugin library.
  • 3Plugins are server-side only, so there is nothing for your players to download.

Want the longer version? Read Minecraft server software explained, or work out sizing with the RAM calculator.

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Minecraft trials start on the latest Paper build. If you picked Forge or Fabric, switch it in the panel’s Version Manager: how to change server software.

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