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Paper Note - PaperMC server alt Spigot

High-performance Minecraft server software

Game Servers ★ 12.6k stars Medium setup GPL-3.0

Paper is a high-performance fork of the Spigot Minecraft server that significantly improves server performance and stability while maintaining plugin compatibility. It is one of the most widely used self-hosted Minecraft server platforms.

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Key features

  • Optimized Minecraft performance
  • Bukkit/Spigot plugin support
  • Async chunk loading
  • Configurable game mechanics

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Excellent performance
  • Massive plugin ecosystem

Trade-offs

  • Requires Java tuning
  • Mojang license caveats

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