No. 4 of 31 ·Minecraft Mod Development Tools

Quilt Loom

Windows · Mac · Linux

Freedom report

Three barsScore 6.6

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Quilt Loom is ranked #4 of 31 in Minecraft mod development tools on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

Quilt Loom plans and pricing

All plans

Quilt Loom Free MIT-licensed software github.com · 4 Oct 2026

Quilt Loom Free Free software under the MIT License github.com · 5 Oct 2026

Compared on Minecraft mod development tools

Free plan: Yes
Supported loaders: Quilt
Dependency management: Yes

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The record

Product: Quilt Loom is a Gradle plugin based on Loom with support for the quilt.mod.json specification.
Use case: Quilt says it makes tools for Minecraft modding, including Quilt Loom.
Quilt releases: The repository says Quilt Loom automatically adds the Quilt Releases repository to projects.
Mod metadata: The repository says Quilt Loom reads quilt.mod.json metadata, enabling features such as JiJ, transitive access wideners, and interface injection.
Decompiler: The repository says Quilt Loom uses Quiltflower by default via loom-quiltflower by Juuxel.
Mappings: The repository says Quilt Loom automatically applies the Quilt Mappings on Loom plugin.
License: The repository includes an MIT License granting permission to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and sell copies of the software subject to its stated conditions.
Support: The repository suggests asking questions on the Quilt Discord or opening an issue.
Contributors: The repository explains that contributors should work in the patched-quilt-loom subproject and submit changes as new patches.
Security: The repository links to a security policy, but the policy page opened resolved back to the repository and did not show policy details.
Maker: Quilt says it started in 2021 and builds tools for Minecraft modding.
Not official Minecraft product: Quilt states that it is not an official Minecraft product and is not approved by or associated with Mojang Studios.
Purpose: Quilt Loom adds Quilt support to the Fabric Loom Gradle plugin.
Build tooling: The repository provides Gradle wrapper scripts for running its build tasks.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on Freedom251

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Sources

quiltmc.org/en/about/· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/QuiltMC/quilt-loom· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/QuiltMC/quilt-loom/blob/dev/1.15/LICENS· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/QuiltMC/quilt-loom/releases· checked 5 Oct 2026