Artemis AntiCheat vs ExploitShield
Artemis AntiCheat
github.comExploitShield
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| Figure | Artemis AntiCheat | ExploitShield |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Minecraft Anti-Cheat Plugins | 7.8 (#7) | 7.6 (#13) |
| Spec score · Minecraft anti-cheat plugins | 7.2 (#28) | 7.7 (#13) |
| Configuration | Artemis includes a GUI and a configuration system for checks that the README describes as extensive and easy to use. | Administrators can customize packet limits, punishments, protection modules, alert messages, thresholds, and rate limits. |
| Purpose | Artemis is an anticheat for Minecraft servers intended to detect cheating when server staff are not online. | ExploitShield is an open-source Minecraft server plugin for protection against packet exploits, crash attempts, invalid NBT data, malicious payloads, and duplication methods. |
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In their own words
Artemis AntiCheat
Artemis AntiCheat has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
ExploitShield
ExploitShield is a free, open-source Minecraft server plugin that guards against packet exploits, crash attempts, invalid NBT data, malicious payloads, and duplication methods. It filters and validates packets, limits their rate, detects malformed traffic, and checks payloads and plugin messages. NBT checks cover oversized content, invalid UTF-8, illegal characters, and invalid stack sizes. Listed crash protections address books, signs, payloads, chat overflow, TabComplete, and invalid packet cancellation. Duplication defenses cover inventory, creative, hoppers, containers, pistons, minecarts, boats, and vehicles, alongside chunk detection and item signature tracking. Administrators can configure protection modules, thresholds, packet and rate limits, alert messages, and punishments. Responses include alerts, cancellations, kicks, bans, IP bans, and custom commands. It supports Minecraft 1.17.x–1.21.x on Paper, Spigot, and Folia, and requires Java 17+, PacketEvents 2.13.0+, and ProtocolLib 5.4.0+. The license is GPL-3.0; modified distributions or projects incorporating its source must use that license and publish their complete source code.