PocketMine-MP
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What both publish
| Fact | PocketMine-MP | SteelMC |
|---|---|---|
| License | The project is licensed under LGPL-3.0. | SteelMC is free software licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 or later. |
| Project status | The maker says the team will provide no further updates for new Minecraft versions; the repository was archived on July 9, 2026. | Steel is under active development and is described as pre-alpha. |
| Support | The project README directs users to its Discord community and Stack Overflow's pocketmine tag for questions. | The project directs users and contributors to its Discord community and GitHub repository. |
| Supported systems | The project officially tries to support Windows, Linux, and macOS on 64-bit systems. | Steel supports Java Edition TCP networking, Mojang authentication and encryption, Zlib compression, world generation, chunk persistence, block interaction, movement validation, signed chat, inventories, entities and block entities. |
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