Advanced Anti-Cheat vs CheckHacks

Advanced Anti-Cheat vAlpha is a free, self-hosted anti-cheat plugin for PocketMine-MP servers. It is described as defending servers against malicious users through checks for movement, combat and other gameplay behavior. Listed movement protections are Anti Fly and Anti Speed. Combat checks include Anti Aimbot, Anti Reach, Anti Hit Box and Fix Hit Delay. Other listed checks cover Anti Auto-Gap, Anti Dup, Anti Xray and Anti Smallking. The plugin manifest identifies version 0.0.2, author LearXD and API version 2.0.0; the README says APIs at version 2.0.0 or earlier are supported. The project is labeled vAlpha and uses the GPL-3.0 license. The GitHub releases page lists 0.0.2 as latest, dated October 1, with notes about fixing several fly bugs and an anti-auto-clicker issue. The README warns that unchecked feature options may still be in development or testing. It includes a demonstration section identified as a video from the maintainer’s channel. The listed feature set does not include replay analysis.

CheckHacks is a free, server-side Minecraft anticheat that detects client-side mods and hack clients using the Sign Translation Vulnerability. Players do not need to install a client mod: the plugin briefly places signs with special translation keys and checks the client’s response. Administrators can choose METEOR, TRANSLATE, or KEYBIND detection modes for each mod and add custom detections in checkhacks.yml. DoubleCheck repeats scans that return DETECTED or PROTECTED to help reduce false positives. CheckHacks can check players after Grim, Vulcan, Spartan, or Matrix flags them, and supports custom commands and detection alerts. A browser editor running on the game server lets administrators review scan history, look up players, and start checks. Access uses one-time tokens, while scan records are kept in a built-in SQLite database. Named server platforms include Bukkit, Folia, Paper, Purpur, and Spigot, with Minecraft versions 1.21 and later listed. The maker warns that client patches can temporarily block the detection method. The project is MIT-licensed, and donations are optional.