Bedrock Viz

Bedrock Viz turns Minecraft Bedrock Edition world files into maps, images, movies, and reports. It best suits players who want to inspect their own worlds in detail, rather than a general-purpose map editor. Its breadth of views is compelling for a free tool, but the need to protect save files and verify some results makes care part of using it.

Overview

The software parses Bedrock worlds and creates an offline, two-dimensional browser map for exploring the Overworld and Nether across 256 layers, from bedrock to the build limit. It also produces reports and several types of visual output. That makes it a focused choice for understanding a saved world without relying on a hosted map service.

Bedrock Viz can change world files while it runs, so start from a backup rather than your only save. If you serve generated maps, keep sensitive files out of the directory being served.

Key features

Map exploration

The viewer brings together biome, mob, item, and spawnable-block views with chunk boundaries, elevation shading, and distance measurement. These tools can help players inspect terrain, locate builds, and judge distances across a world. Markers and waypoints are supported, adding a way to identify places of interest during map exploration.

Local-file browser restrictions can hide some details: block information on mouseover and the elevation overlay may not work in Chrome. Firefox works best when opening the viewer locally. Slime chunk finding may also be unreliable, so confirm that slimes actually spawn before investing in a farm or other substantial build.

Images and movies

Image output covers world layers, biomes, block light, block height, and grass color, giving users options beyond the interactive map. The software can also create movies of world layers from bedrock to the build limit; that output requires ffmpeg. The extra formats make Bedrock Viz useful for both inspection and visual documentation, though movie creation has an additional dependency.

Local deployment

Generated maps can be served locally with NGINX in Docker, and the browser viewer is based on OpenLayers. This offers a local serving route for users who prefer a web server to opening a generated viewer directly as a file. Android world backups can be routed through DropSync and Dropbox, but that workflow has only been lightly tested.

Pricing

Bedrock Viz is free: the Free plan costs nothing and is GPL-2.0 licensed for Minecraft Bedrock Edition worlds. There is no paid tier to weigh against the map, image, and movie features. It is a straightforward fit for players who want world inspection without a software charge, provided they are comfortable following the platform-specific installation route and taking backup precautions.

Platforms

Bedrock Viz supports Linux, macOS, Windows, and web-based map viewing. Windows users can download a Windows 10 zip containing bedrock-viz.exe. macOS 10.15 and later are supported through Homebrew. Linux users are directed to download the source and compile it, which makes Linux the less direct installation path. Web access refers to the generated browser viewer; the application also supports offline viewing.

Who it's for

This is a good match for Bedrock players who want to inspect multiple world layers, compare biome or block information, or create images and movies from a save. It is less suitable for anyone who cannot work from a backup, needs every viewer detail to function when opened as a local file, or plans to rely on slime chunk findings without checking them in-game.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Free, offline map viewing spans both dimensions and 256 layers, with terrain and entity-related views, measurement, markers, and waypoints.
• Pros: Multiple image outputs and layer movies serve different inspection and presentation needs.
• Cons: The software can alter world files, making a backup essential before use.
• Cons: Local browser restrictions can remove hover details and elevation shading, while slime chunk results need in-world confirmation.
• Cons: Linux installation requires compiling from source, and movies require ffmpeg.

Alternatives

For broader software discovery, browse Minecraft World Map Viewers. If the task is editing raw file data rather than visualizing a Bedrock world, compare Hex Editors instead.

BinEd is a free option across Android, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows; choose it when that platform spread matters more than Bedrock world maps. dhex is another free option for Linux and macOS. ImHex is a free, open-source hex editor for Linux, macOS, and Windows. REHex offers GPL-2.0 packages for Windows, macOS, and Linux. wxHexEditor is a free hex and disk editor for Linux, macOS, and Windows. wxMEdit combines text, column, and hex editing on those desktop platforms, with hex mode supporting files up to 32GB. Hex Editor Neo is a Windows freemium option with basic editing features in its free plan and limited or no support. Hex Fiend is a free, open-source choice for macOS.

Verdict

Choose Bedrock Viz if you want a free, offline way to inspect Bedrock worlds through layered maps and varied visual outputs. Its strongest reason to choose is the range of map, image, and movie views in one focused tool; its strongest reason to look elsewhere is the care required around save-file changes and features that can be restricted or unreliable.