Every Minecraft version, every build, every requirement.

A reference for the Minecraft software ecosystem: what exists, what it runs on, and where the official download is. Nothing here is mirrored or repackaged.

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Try26.2 Paper Fabric Java 25

Minecraft versions: 903Minecraft versions
projects tracked: 239.6kprojects tracked
server builds: 18.4kserver builds
compatibility facts: 1.4Mcompatibility facts

Browse the ecosystem

Minecraft versions

903 versions

102 releases plus every snapshot, across both numbering eras

Server software

29 projects

Paper, Purpur, Folia, Velocity and more

Mod loaders

5 loaders

Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt

Java runtimes

13 versions

Which runtime each release needs

Mods, plugins and packs

Filter any of these by Minecraft version and loader, and the answer comes from the author’s own release metadata rather than a list somebody keeps by hand.

Mods

64.8k

Which mods work on my Minecraft version?

Plugins

111.5k

Which plugins run on my server software?

Modpacks

17.8k

Which modpack should I run, and what does it need?

Resource packs

31.1k

Which resource packs work on my Minecraft version?

Shader packs

741

Which shaders work with Iris or OptiFine?

Data packs

13.5k

Which data packs work without installing anything?

Most followed right now

Ranked by followers rather than downloads, because a modpack hands its download count to every mod inside it and nobody follows a project by accident.

Server software

Build coverage straight from each project's own API.

All software

Published recently

The newest builds across everything we track.

Purpurbuild 261726.25 h ago
DivineMCbuild 326.28 h ago
Canvasbuild 88326.213 h ago
Spongebuild 11.21.5-pre214 h ago
Spongebuild 125w08a14 h ago
Spongebuild 11.21.6-pre314 h ago
Spongebuild 11.21.6-rc114 h ago
Spongebuild 11.21.6-pre114 h ago

Questions this site answers

Every answer is built from synced metadata, not written by hand.

Mod loaders

Which loaders have caught up with the newest Minecraft release.

All loaders

Java runtimes

Long-term support releases that Minecraft actually targets.

All Java versions

Recently released

Chronological order from Mojang's manifest.

Full history

Version	Type	Java	Released
26.2	Release	Java 25+	16 Jun 2026
26.1.2	Release	Java 25+	9 Apr 2026
26.1.1	Release	Java 25+	1 Apr 2026
26.1	Release	Java 25+	24 Mar 2026
1.21.11	Release	Java 21+	9 Dec 2025
1.21.10	Release	Java 21+	7 Oct 2025
1.21.9	Release	Java 21+	30 Sept 2025
1.21.8	Release	Java 21+	17 Jul 2025

Guides

38 written from the same data as the rest of the site.

All guides

Backing up a Minecraft server before an update
World conversion is one way. Once a world opens on a newer version it will not open on the old one again, which makes the backup the only way back.
Bedrock and Java version numbers: why they never match
Two editions, two numbering schemes, two release cadences. Which number means what, and why a matching number does not mean the same features.
Can you downgrade a Minecraft world to an older version?
Not with the game. Conversion is one way and there is no built-in path back. What actually happens, what the workarounds cost, and the one thing that always works.
Every Minecraft April Fools version
Mojang ships a joke version most years, from 15w14a in 2015 to 26w14a. Release dates, what each one did, and the official downloads.
Fabric, NeoForge or Quilt: which mod loader should you use?
Three loaders, three ecosystems, and mods that only work on one of them. What each loader is good at, how fast each updates, and how to pick before you install anything.