Mapcrafter is free, GPL-licensed software that renders Minecraft worlds into images for viewing in a web browser with Leaflet.js. It provides top-down 2D and isometric 3D views, four world rotations, and day, night and cave rendering modes. Overlays can display information such as slime-spawn and nighttime-monster locations, and markers can be generated from world data. Configuration files control which worlds are rendered, the views and other rendering parameters. Listed capabilities include biome colors, incremental rendering and multithreading. Mapcrafter runs on Linux and Unix-like systems such as Mac OS; Windows support is experimental. Debian and Ubuntu packages are available. Building from source requires a C++ compiler, CMake, make and libraries including libpng, libjpeg and Boost components. The software requires Anvil world format and Minecraft 1.6 resource packs. It supports offline viewing, server maps and dimension maps. The maintainer says new feature development is no longer possible, though issues and pull requests may still be addressed.
Who it is for
Mapcrafter suits Minecraft players who want browser-viewable maps of worlds, servers or dimensions. It is a better fit for users comfortable with its required world format and resource packs, or building requirements.
What is good
- Free software under the GPL license
- Offers top-down 2D and isometric 3D views
- Supports four rotations and three render modes
- Markers can be generated from world data
- Debian and Ubuntu packages are provided
What to know first
- Windows support is experimental
- Requires Anvil world format and Minecraft 1.6 resource packs
- Building requires a compiler, tools and libraries
- Maintainer cannot develop new features
Verdict
Mapcrafter offers configurable browser maps with multiple views and render modes. Its format requirements, experimental Windows support and limited future feature development are important constraints.
Mapcrafter plans and pricing
All plansCompared on Minecraft world map viewers
- Free plan
- Yes
- Offline viewing
- Yes
- Server map support
- Yes
- Dimension maps
- Yes
- Map view mode
- 2d_and_3d
- Markers and waypoints
- Yes
