CraftBukkit is a Windows application that allows users to create and maintain multiplayer servers for the popular video game Minecraft. There is support for third-party plugins that can expand basic capabilities.

Server configuration

After downloading the package you are instructed to extract its contents to any directory on the hard drive. The next step is to open the unpacked JAR file using JVM. It is possible to set up servers on machines running the Windows, MacOS X and Linux operating systems.

All Interactions with the app are performed via the command line interface. The full list of included arguments and variables is available on the official website. Users can run the automatically generated BAT file to start the server.

Administrative functionality

You are able to moderate discussions in the internal server chat and ban spam accounts or cheaters. Instruments for quickly switching between the original and modified Minecraft versions are provided.

Official game updates can be easily integrated into the custom server. It is important to mention that some plugins may cause conflicts and errors if used with an unsupported version of the game.

Features

contains instruments for creating and managing a custom Minecraft server;
free to download and use;
it is possible to moderate internal chat discussions and ban spam accounts;
users can apply official game updates to the server;
compatible with all modern versions of Windows.