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Architectury Loom

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Spec score 8.5 #5 of 35 in Minecraft Mod Development Tools

What it is

Architectury Loom is a free Gradle plugin for setting up development environments for Minecraft mods. It supports Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, and Quilt, and is described as a ForgeGradle replacement based on FabricMC Loom. Developers can choose Yarn, Official Mojang Mappings, or MCP mappings. Loom uses Fernflower and CFR to generate source code with comments. The documented IDE support is IntelliJ IDEA and Visual Studio Code; other IDEs are not tested or supported. The project requires Gradle 8.1 or newer and runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Its documentation labels the project experimental and says issues may arise, with reports directed to the issue tracker. The repository uses the MIT license, and community discussion is available through Discord. The latest listed release is 1.17, which includes an API for converting access wideners to access transformers for Forge and NeoForge.

Spec sheet

Purpose
Architectury Loom is a Gradle plugin for setting up environments for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, and Quilt Minecraft modding.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com
Intended users
The Architectury organization describes itself as a project enabling development across multiple mod loaders.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com
License
The repository includes an MIT License.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com
Community support
The repository README invites users to talk with the project on Discord.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com
Current release
The GitHub releases page lists Architectury Loom 1.17 as the latest release.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com
Decompiler support
The README says it uses the Fernflower and CFR decompilers to generate source code with comments.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com
Decompilers
The README says Loom uses Fernflower and CFR to generate source code with comments.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com
Development environment
The project describes Loom as a plugin for setting up a deobfuscated development environment for Minecraft mods.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com
Experimental status
The documentation describes Architectury Loom as experimental and says issues may arise, directing users to report them to the issue tracker.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.architectury.dev
Forge support
Architectury Loom is a fork based on Fabric Loom that supports the Forge modding toolchain.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com
ForgeGradle replacement
The documentation describes it as a replacement plugin for ForgeGradle based on FabricMC Loom.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.architectury.dev
Gradle requirement
The documentation says Architectury Loom supports Gradle 8.1 and up.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.architectury.dev
IDE support
The documentation lists IntelliJ IDEA and Visual Studio Code as supported IDEs; other IDEs are not tested or supported.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.architectury.dev
Latest release
The GitHub releases page lists Architectury Loom 1.17 as the latest release.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com
Mappings
The documentation says Loom supports Yarn or Official Mojang mappings, and also supports MCP.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.architectury.dev
Modding audience
The Architectury organization describes itself as a project to enable multi-modloaders development.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com
Project status
The documentation describes Architectury Loom as an experimental project and says issues may arise, with reports directed to its issue tracker.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.architectury.dev
Release capability
Version 1.17 lists a new API for converting access wideners to access transformers for Forge and NeoForge.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Plans and prices

Architectury Loom Free Experimental project · Gradle 8.1 or newer · IntelliJ IDEA and Visual Studio Code supported Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.architectury.dev

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Supports Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, and Quilt
  • Yarn, Mojang, and MCP mapping options
  • Fernflower and CFR source generation
  • Runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows
  • MIT-licensed and free

Limits

  • Documentation describes the project as experimental
  • Requires Gradle 8.1 or newer
  • Other IDEs are not tested or supported

Who it suits

Loom suits Minecraft mod developers working across Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, or Quilt. It is relevant to developers using Gradle 8.1 or newer with IntelliJ IDEA or Visual Studio Code.

Verdict

Architectury Loom brings multiple mod loaders and mapping options into a Gradle-based development setup. Its experimental status and limited documented IDE support are worth considering.

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