Minecraft Compiler Collection

What Minecraft Compiler Collection is

Minecraft Compiler Collection (MCC) is a free, open-source toolchain that turns high-level code into Minecraft commands. Its documented workflow has three stages: compiling source files, linking the resulting code, and packing it into a Minecraft datapack. The toolchain includes Command Block Language (CBL), a language inspired by C++, an assembly language with instructions similar to x86, a partial C compiler, Command IR, and a datapack packer.

The C compiler implements most language features and includes a preprocessor. It has one built-in type, `int`, represented as a 32-bit signed integer in a scoreboard objective. Command IR allows CBL, C, assembly, and IR code to be linked into one program. The packer uses a datapack definition file to create the datapack. MCC accepts `.cbl`, `.c`, `.asm`, `.ir`, `.o`, and `.dpd` files, and its command line exposes optimization levels 0 and 1.

MCC is implemented in Python and must be run with a Python interpreter; it is not bundled as an executable. Running it requires Python and the Lark package unless standalone parsers have been generated. The project identifies its license as MIT. Its demo page provides controls to load an example, build, reset, and create a new file.

Who it suits

MCC suits developers who want to write code that compiles into Minecraft commands and combine CBL, C, assembly, or IR in one program. It is a fit for people comfortable running a Python-based toolchain and supplying a datapack definition file for packaging.

Limits

The C compiler has one built-in type, `int`, stored as a 32-bit signed integer in a scoreboard objective. Running MCC requires Python and Lark unless standalone parsers have been generated, and the tool is not bundled as an executable.

Getting started

1. Open the MCC project repository on GitHub.
2. Install Python and the Lark package, unless standalone parsers have been generated.
3. On Windows, run the Python commands in the parser build script from the project root.
4. Invoke MCC with a Python interpreter and provide source files such as `.cbl`, `.c`, `.asm`, or `.ir`.
5. Compile and link the code, then pack it with a datapack definition file.
6. Use the demo page to load an example, build, reset, or create a new file.

Verdict

Choose MCC if you want to compile and link several kinds of code into Minecraft commands and package the result as a datapack. Look elsewhere if you need a bundled executable or a C compiler with built-in types beyond `int`.