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Pufferfish

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Plans

PlanBilled and limitsPrice
Dedicated Server$32.00/m · 2 dedicated logical cores (9950x) · burst up to 4 cores · 8GB DDR5 memory · 100GB SSD storage · 2 extra server splits$32 a month

As github.com lists them, read 7 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Facts from Pufferfish's own pages

Asynchronous processing
Pufferfish partially moves heavy work to other threads where possible while aiming to preserve stability. · github.com, 7 Oct 2026
Async processing
It partially moves heavy work to other threads while aiming to preserve stability. · github.com, 7 Oct 2026
Audience
The project says it is designed for large servers seeking performance, stability, and enterprise features. · github.com, 7 Oct 2026
Downloads
The downloads page lists server JAR builds for Minecraft versions 1.21.8, 1.20.4, 1.19.4, 1.18.2, and 1.17.1. · pufferfish.host, 7 Oct 2026
Entity performance
The project says it improves entity performance by skipping unnecessary work and making changes it describes as barely noticeable. · github.com, 7 Oct 2026
Founded
2021 · github.com, 28 Sept 2026
Hosting support
The project says Pufferfish Host provides tailored performance support to its customers. · github.com, 7 Oct 2026
Integration
Pufferfish integrates with Sentry to track server errors in detail. · github.com, 7 Oct 2026
License
The repository says patches are licensed under GPL-3.0 and all other files under MIT. · github.com, 7 Oct 2026
Maintainer
The GitHub organization identifies itself as Pufferfish Studios LLC and lists the United States of America as its location. · github.com, 7 Oct 2026
Map rendering
The project describes map rendering as 8x faster and says it reduces or eliminates lag spikes from plugins such as ImageOnMap or ImageMaps. · github.com, 7 Oct 2026
Open source
The downloads page describes Pufferfish as open source software and links to its GitHub repository. · pufferfish.host, 7 Oct 2026
Other optimizations
The project lists faster hoppers, raytracing, crafting, entity and block ticking, and reduced chunk loading and garbage collection as optimizations. · github.com, 7 Oct 2026
Plugin compatibility
The project says Pufferfish is completely compatible with plugins compatible with Paper. · github.com, 7 Oct 2026
Product
Pufferfish is a high-performance fork of Paper designed for large Minecraft servers. · github.com, 7 Oct 2026
Profiler
Pufferfish includes a profiler that the project describes as having no performance hit and providing readable metrics for server owners and developers. · github.com, 7 Oct 2026
Security
GitHub reports that the repository has no security policy detected and no published security advisories. · github.com, 7 Oct 2026
Support
The project says Pufferfish Host offers customers tailored performance support, and its site provides a Discord support channel. · github.com, 7 Oct 2026
Use case
The maker recommends considering Pufferfish for servers seeking an optimal player experience and says it aims to keep gameplay as close to vanilla as possible. · pufferfish.host, 7 Oct 2026
What it is
Pufferfish is an open source, high-performance fork of Paper designed for large Minecraft servers. · github.com, 7 Oct 2026

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