Bedrocken vs bedrockR

Bedrocken is a VS Code extension for Bedrock add-on development. It exports behavior packs, resource packs, and add-ons, and lets you switch projects from a designated projects folder. Open a manifest.json to link behavior and resource packs or add scripts. Autocomplete covers Bedrock identifiers and project content, including components, entity files, recipes, loot tables, localization files, and JSON assets. Commands generate files from presets and provide snippets for simple tasks. Create New Project makes a com.mojang project; its resource pack description defaults to the behavior pack description. Generate supports texture_list.json, sound_definitions.json, item_texture.json, and terrain_texture.json. From block.json, you can choose an item short name or texture path; the chosen path is registered to the item atlas and an item.json is created. Bedrocken is published by Xterionix under GPL-3.0. It is free, with a listed price of free, and requires VS Code compatibility ^1.87.0. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

bedrockR is a free, open-source visual maker for Minecraft Bedrock add-ons. It runs on Windows and Linux and is intended to make add-on creation less confusing and tedious. Windows downloads provide a portable EXE in a ZIP archive and an MSI installer for 64-bit systems. Linux releases include Debian DEB installers and portable builds for ARM64 and AMD64; the maker says Debian builds can be installed on Chromebook. Universal JAR builds require Java 25, and other Java versions are unsupported. The project wiki includes guides for making a basic item, block and recipe, plus a food tutorial video. bedrockR describes itself as alpha, so features and behavior may change. Feedback is requested through Discord and GitHub issues. Since version a2.0, its add-on creation code can be used in other projects through a Maven library on JitPack; earlier releases do not work there and are discouraged as libraries. The project says it is not associated with Mojang AB or Microsoft Corp.