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Minecraft Development

Minecraft Development

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The essential extension for Minecraft development. Create and manage Plugins, Mods, and more.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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🎮 Minecraft Development

The essential extension for Minecraft development. Create and manage Plugins, Mods, and more with an intuitive UI and professional project structures.

Features

Multi-Platform Support

  • Plugins: Full support for Spigot and Paper API.
  • Fabric: Create modern mods with automatic fabric.mod.json, mixins, and entrypoint generation.
  • Forge: Support for both Legacy (1.8 - 1.12.2) and Modern (1.13+) Forge mods.

Professional Tools

  • New Project Wizard: A dynamic, reactive UI to scaffold projects in seconds.
  • Content Generators:
    • Fabric: Auto-generate and auto-register Items, Blocks, Entities, and Recipes.
    • Plugins: Interactive tools for creating Commands, Listeners, and Config files.
  • Smart Explorer: Real-time project structure view with automatic file type detection (Main Class, Mixins, etc.).
  • Metadata Management: Easily define descriptions, licenses, authors, and more.
  • Real-time Fetching: Minecraft versions are fetched live from official APIs (Fabric Meta, Forge Maven, Spigot Nexus).
  • Kotlin & Java: Full parity for both languages across all platforms.
  • Gradle & Maven: Choose your preferred build system (Gradle Groovy/Kotlin DSL or Maven).

Installation

  1. Open VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Trae, etc.
  2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X).
  3. Search for "Minecraft Development" and click Install.

Quick Start

  1. Press Ctrl+Shift+P.
  2. Type "New Minecraft Project".
  3. Select your platform (Plugin, Fabric, or Forge).
  4. Fill in the dynamic form and click "Create Project".

Requirements

  • Java JDK: Appropriate version for your target Minecraft release (8, 11, 17, 21, etc.).

Contributing

Contributions are what make the open-source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

Please check out our CONTRIBUTING.md to get started.

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.


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