Best Minecraft Mod Development Tools in 2026 — page 2

Recaf

Recaf covers inspection and modification across many Java and Android file formats, with search, plugins, and live class redefinition.

mc-publish

mc-publish automates Minecraft project releases through GitHub Actions, with metadata detection and configurable release handling.

SpongePowered Mixin

Mixin provides runtime bytecode weaving and compile-time mapping support for Java projects. Forge projects should account for MixinGradle's ForgeGradle-only support and version-matching requirement.

Neo-Loom

Choose Neo-Loom for Minecraft mod projects using NeoForge or MinecraftForge when you need its Gradle tooling, packaging, and access conversion support.

Tiny Remapper

Tiny Remapper provides mapping-driven JAR transformation with configurable Java API controls and Fabric integrations. It is a focused developer tool, not a general IDE or dependency manager.

Fabric Language Kotlin

Minotaur

Minotaur connects Gradle release tasks with Modrinth publishing, metadata, dependencies, and optional README synchronization.

Architectury Plugin

Enigma

NeoGradle