Tutorial:Programs and editors/Client reimplementations

This is a rather incomplete list of Minecraft clients that users have worked or are working on. This page only lists clients written from scratch; for mods and wrappers, see the Utility List and the Wrapper List.

The column Game Graphics asks if your client displays in-game activity at a graphical level, such as world chunks, people or mobs moving, or any of that sort. If you are simply displaying things as text, that does not count.

To add a client, append it above all others. On the bottom are projects, that are inactive (sorted by date). All active clients are sorted by version. If a client does not support the latest version, put it below the others.

Name	Features	Author(s)	Language	Platform	License	Threaded	Game graphics	Java version	Bedrock version	Development status	Project start date
Rosegold	Bot framework with physics and a beautiful DSL	grepsedawk	Crystal		MIT	Yes	No	1.21.8	N/A	Active	2022-10-15
Azalea	Bot crate with accurate physics, swarms, pathfinding, inventories, and plugin support.	mat			MIT	Yes	No	1.21.6	N/A	Active	2021-12-06
Botcraft	Library to make bots. Mouse/keyboard control, pathfinding, trading, crafting, behaviour tree, signed chat.	adepierre	C++17		GPLv3	Yes		1.12.2–1.21.5	N/A	Active	2019-07-23
SoulFire	Server-stresser tool. Launch bot attacks on your server to measure performance.	AlexProgrammerDE			GPLv3	Yes	No	1.0.0–1.21.4, b1.0–b1.8.1, a1.0.15–a1.2.6, c0.0.15a-1–c0.30	1.20.70	Active	2021-07-18
mineflayer	Create Minecraft bots with a powerful, stable, and high-level API.	PrismarineJS	Node.js		MIT	No	No	1.8–1.21.4	N/A	Active	2011-01-23
MineSharp	Library to make bots. Player stats, events, entity tracking, mine, build, craft, window interaction, attack, move, chat.	psu-de			MIT	Yes	No	1.18.x–1.20.4	N/A	Active	2022-04-05
Minecraft Console Client	Command-line chat client with bot support.	ORelio and the MCC Team			CDDL-1.0	Yes	No	1.4.6–1.20.4	N/A	Active	2013-07-18
mcraft web	Minecraft web client. Connects to servers & loads offline world saves. Fork of prismarine-web-client.	PrismarineJS contributors			MIT	Yes	Three.js	1.8.8–1.21.4	N/A	Active	2023-07-09
Minosoft	A faster work in progress open source client, that supports a ton of versions and is open for all kind of patches. Feel free to take a look at the ReadMe.md	Bixilon, contributors			GPLv3	Yes		13w41b–1.20.4 (including snapshots)	N/A	Active	2020-06-01
go-mc	Collection of libraries for Minecraft clients.	Tnze			MIT	Yes	No	1.15–1.21	N/A	Active	2019-05-01
zig-mcbot	A Minecraft bot with Lua scripting. In development.	niklas	Zig		GPLv3	Yes		1.19.4	N/A	Active	2023-02-03
Leafish	Multiprotocol, fork of Stevenrella.	terrarier2111, other contributors			Apache 2.0, MIT	Yes		1.7.10–1.16.5	N/A	Active	2021-07-30
delta-client	A Minecraft client for MacOS.	stackotter			GPLv3	Yes	Metal	1.16.1	N/A	Active	2020-12-21
Another Minecraft Chat Client	Chat client. Basic movement, inventory handling, automatic chat messages.	Defective4			Apache 2.0	Yes	Swing (entity radar)	1.8–1.19.2, Forge 1.8–1.12.2	N/A	Inactive since 2024-04-11	2021-03-26
Alex	Minecraft client aimed at compatibility with MC:Java & MC:Bedrock.	ConcreteMC			MPL 2.0	Yes		1.18.2	1.19.10	Inactive since 2024-03-05	2016-04-04
prismarine-web-client	Minecraft client in the browser using PrismarineJS modules.	Karang rom1504 AwesomestCode and other contributors	Node.js		MIT	Yes	Three.js	1.8–1.18.1	N/A	On hiatus since 2023-12-31	2021-02-27
webmc	Minecraft client in web browser using mineflayer.	michaljaz	Node.js		MIT	Yes	Three.js	1.16.5	N/A	On hiatus since 2023-09-16	2020-06-07
AltCraft	Work-in-progress client.	LaG1924			Apache 2.0	Yes		1.12.2	N/A	Inactive since 2023-07-08	2017-10-16
Hematite	Render single-player worlds (most blocks supported, no entities).	Piston developers			MIT	No		1.8.8	N/A	Inactive since 2023-01-18	2014-06-28
Stevenarella	Multiprotocol.	Thinkofname, iceiix			Apache 2.0	Yes		1.18.2, 1.18.1, 1.17.1, 1.16.5, 1.16.4, 1.16.3, 1.16.2, 1.16.1, 1.16, 1.15.2, 1.15.1, 1.14.2, 1.14.1, 1.14, 19w02a, 18w50a, 1.13.2, 1.12.2, 1.11.2, 1.11, 1.10.2, 1.9.2, 1.9, 15w39c, 1.8.9, 1.7.10+Forge (FML, FML2)	N/A	Inactive since 2022-12-31	2019-01-12
mcidle	Idling middleware for constant Minecraft connections.	cub			MIT	Yes	No	1.12.2	N/A	Inactive since 2022-12-07	2018-11-16
rust-mc	Minecraft client, very work-in-progress, no rendering.	willemml			GPLv3	Yes	No	1.16.3, 1.15.2	N/A	Inactive since 2022-07-13	2020-10-29
pyCraft	Work-in-progress client, displays chat at the moment.	Ammar Askar, resba			Apache 2.0	Yes	No	1.16.4	N/A	Inactive since 2022-01-02	2012-04-05
redstone-bot2	Wheat farming, supersonic flying speed, general awareness of world, but no documentation.	DavidEGrayson			No	Yes	No	1.6.2	N/A	Inactive since 2021-11-11	2012-07-14
RikerBot	Bot client framework.	nickelpro			zlib	No	No	1.16.5	N/A	Inactive since 2021-07-05	2020-08-07
mineweb	A work-in-progress HTML5 Minecraft client that runs in your browser. Development stopped in favour of prismarine-web-client.	Heath123, TheAlan404, SiebeDW	Node.js		GPLv3	No	noa	1.12.2	N/A	Inactive since 2021-04-13	2020-04-26
hl-mc-kt	API for creating bots/clients, also has a built in CLI for launching instances of the built-in chat bot, also works as a chat CLI supporting multiple servers at once using one or more accounts.	willemml			GPLv3	Yes	No	1.16.3	N/A	Inactive since 2020-12-11	2020-09-22
Litecraft	Work-in-progress, concurrent and multi-Render backend.	Litecraft Team			Apache 2.0	Yes		1.12.2	N/A	Inactive since 2019-01-18	2016-12-12
TrueCraft	Beta 1.7.3 client for Linux and Windows (and OS X, somewhat).	SirCmpwn and others			MIT	Yes	XNA	b1.7.3	N/A	Inactive since 2018-11-19	2014-12-26
CraftProtocol	Open source partial implementation of Minecraft network protocol and NBT.	Toranktto	2.7		MIT	No	No	1.8.x, 1.10.x, 1.12.2	N/A	Inactive since 2018-09-09	2018-08-12
TorchBot	Work-in-progress standalone bot written from scratch, currently supports key features of game (movement, chat, world handling) and plugin system!	woder22			GPLv3	Yes	No	1.12	N/A	Inactive since 2018-04-24	2013-08-24
MinecraftCLI	Command-line client with chat commands.	Xandaros	Haskell		BSD-2-Clause	Yes	No	1.12.2	N/A	Inactive since 2018-04-01	2017-08-14
Charged Miners	Minecraft viewer, can connect to classic servers.	Wallbraker et al.	D		GPLv2	No		1.3.2	N/A	Inactive since 2017-08-20	2011-05-01
steven	Compiles.	Thinkofname			Apache 2.0	Yes		1.10.2	N/A	Inactive since 2017-05-14	2015-09-12
minecraft-opengl	Draw the map, move around, break stuff, gather stuff, etc. Doesn't appear to have networking.	Rohan Bansal, Dmitry Drutskoy, Ajay Roopakalu, Sarah Tang			GPLv2	No		b1.6.6	N/A	Inactive since 2017-02-04	2011-06-10
Osmium	Rendering client.	JavaProphet			GPLv3	Yes		1.9.4	N/A	Inactive since 2016-08-16	2016-03-08
SpockBot	SMP bot framework, based on BarneyGale's protocol implementation.	The SpockBot Project			MIT	No	No	1.8.7	N/A	Inactive since 2016-05-01	2012-12-11
PhaseBot	A bot that can move, interact with blocks, and loads of other things.	Phase			No	No	No	1.8	N/A	Inactive since 2016-02-28	2015-05-25
steven-go	Compiles.	Thinkofname			Apache 2.0	Yes		15w32c	N/A	Inactive since 2015-11-11	2015-03-25
minekraft	Minecraft remade. It will soon have all the features of Minecraft and more.	Phase			MIT	No	No	1.8	N/A	Inactive since 2015-06-13	2015-04-01
Reticle	Advanced Minecraft bot system - Multi-server, API, plugin system, etc.	Encorn			Closed source, binaries MIT	Yes	Yes, using Bundle plugin	1.7–1.8	N/A	Inactive since 2014-10-13	2014-09-26
DarkBot	Bot framework with an easy-to-use API, full world representation, path finding, AI via tasks (mining, farming, combat), and modular protocol handling.	DarkStorm			BSD	Yes	No	1.7.9	N/A	Inactive since 2014-07-02	2013-04-27
BraLa	Minecraft (S)MP-Client, slogan: "Minecraft on a lower (WTF?) level".	Dav1d	D		GPLv3	Yes		1.6.2	N/A	Inactive since 2014-03-03	2012-06-22
Spout (with Vanilla plugin)	Open source, multi-threaded voxel game framework and platform that opens the doors for infinite possibilities. Features infinite height worlds, infinite content, advanced modeling support, and more!	Spout LLC and community			Spout License v1, LGPLv3	Yes	LWJGL	1.5.2	N/A	Inactive since 2013-12-25	2011-05-01
C# Minebot	Work-in-progress standalone bot.	Umby24			MIT	Yes	No	1.6.4	N/A	Inactive since 2013-10-14	2013-01-02
mcbot	Minecraft NPC emulator.	Shagrat	Pascal Delphi XE2		MPL 1.1	Yes		1.5.2	N/A	Inactive since 2013-09-23	2013-04-19
TwistedBot	Bot and proxy. Up-to-date information in the README. Uses Twisted	lukleh	2.7		BSD	No	No	1.5.2	N/A	Inactive since 2013-05-07	2012-07-30
Minecraft PHP Client 2	Complete rewrite of "Minecraft PHP Client". Has events, actions and it is modular. Supports online mode and Spoutcraft.	shoghicp			WTFPL	No	No	1.5.1	N/A	Inactive since 2013-03-22	2012-07-03
mc--c	Draws the map. Can't talk or move.	axus			LGPL	No		1.1	N/A	Inactive since 2012-10-15	2010-11-20
mcclient	Work-in-progress SMP client. Lagging-behind, but fairly light-weighted Minecraft client.	ThibG	with extension		GPLv3	No		b1.7.2	N/A	Inactive since 2012-09-24	2011-05-05
New C++ driven Minecraft client	Partial redstone support.	RevolutionalRedstone			No	Yes		1.3.2	N/A	Inactive since 2012-07-27	2012-01-05
Minecraft PHP Client	"- Superseded by Minecraft PHP Client 2 -" It can move and do other things. Spanish Website.	shoghicp			LGPL	Yes	No	1.2.5	N/A	Inactive since 2012-07-16	2011-12-12
Sharpcraft	Work-in-progress SMP (might add SSP) client.	Vijfhoek and F16Gaming			GPLv3	Yes	XNA	1.2.5	N/A	Inactive since 2012-04-08	2012-01-03
esbot	Dependency gathering and other awesomeness. Uses Twisted.	espes			GPLv3	No	No	b1.8.1	N/A	Inactive since 2011-09-28	2011-02-11
golem	Eventmachine client, acts as a standalone bot or transparent proxy.	zerowidth	1.9		MIT	No	No	b1.4	N/A	Inactive since 2011-04-06	2010-11-04

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