Advanced Anti-Cheat vs ReducedX-Anti Cheat

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.

ReducedX-Anti Cheat is a free, self-hosted anti-cheat plugin for Minecraft Java Edition servers using Paper or Spigot. The listing specifies Minecraft 1.21.x compatibility. Combat checks look for KillAura, attacks beyond 3.2 blocks, AutoClicker, AntiKnockback, and hitbox exploits. Movement checks cover Speed, Fly, NoFall, Jesus, Step, and Scaffold, with lag compensation and a TPS-based safe mode. World checks use mining paths and ore rates to identify XRay and also detect FastPlace. PacketFlood, JoinFlood, and ReconnectSpam protections address packet-spam and bot attacks. Staff can use the /punish GUI to issue warnings, kicks, mutes, and bans, including permanent and IP bans; button access is permission-based, and alert levels can be configured. The config.yml and lang.yml files allow changes to messages, sensitivity, thresholds, per-world checks, and bypass permissions. Violation decay and combination detection are also included. Listed commands cover information, logs, alerts, spectating, and reloading. The listing names ReducedG as author and identifies the license as MIT.