No. 15 of 31 ·Minecraft Mod Development Tools

Minecraft Development

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Two barsScore 6.2

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely0 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Minecraft Development is ranked #15 of 31 in Minecraft mod development tools on Freedom251. It runs on Browser extension. There is a free plan.

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Minecraft Development Free IntelliJ IDEA plugin · work in progress; bugs and missing features may occur mcdev.io · 5 Oct 2026

Compared on Minecraft mod development tools

Supported loaders: Spigot, Paper, Sponge, Forge, NeoForge, Fabric, Architectury, Mixins, BungeeCord, Waterfall, Velocity

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The record

Product: Minecraft Dev is an open source IntelliJ plugin for Minecraft mod development.
Supported IDEs: The plugin is compatible with IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate or Community Edition.
Project types: The project generator groups supported targets as mods, plugins, and proxies.
Build systems and languages: Depending on the selected platform, project creation offers Gradle or Maven and Java or Kotlin.
Minecraft platforms: The site lists support for Spigot, Paper, Sponge, Forge, NeoForge, Fabric, Architectury, Mixins, BungeeCord, Waterfall, and Velocity.
Additional support: The plugin also provides in-depth support for Access Transformers, Access Wideners, and NBT files.
Project detection: Minecraft Dev detects applicable modules by checking their libraries and lets users register its facet manually if detection fails.
Custom templates: Users can configure template repositories, with built-in, remote ZIP, local directory, and ZIP archive providers.
Installation: The plugin can be installed from the IDE’s plugin browser, and the site also describes separate nightly build channels.
Support: The FAQ directs users to the issue tracker for bug reports and feature requests and says the maintainers try to address bugs quickly.
Security disclosure: The FAQ warns that exception reports submitted through IntelliJ may include package names or source code and will be publicly searchable in the issue tracker.
Limit: The website labels the plugin a work in progress and says users should expect bugs and missing features.
Audience: The plugin is for developers creating Java Minecraft projects across supported mod, server plugin, and proxy platforms.
Price from: Free

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mcdev.io/docs/· checked 5 Oct 2026
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