bedrockR vs Snowstorm

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.

Snowstorm is a custom editor and generator for Minecraft Bedrock Edition particle files. Its web app is available at snowstorm.app, and a Visual Studio Code extension provides another way to edit particle files; that extension requires the name pattern *.particle.json. A Quick Setup tab offers preset particle motions and appearances to get a project started. Files can be added to Minecraft Bedrock resource packs and used in experiences. The project repository identifies JannisX11 as owner, lists a GPL-3.0 license, and says the web app can be hosted locally using a preferred local server. Snowstorm is free, with a listed free version at free. The supplied platform listings include Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, Windows, and extension. Snowstorm is also described as a decentralized microproxy network, with client and volunteer-peer uses for censorship circumvention. Microsoft Learn says it is provided by external contributors, not Mojang or Microsoft.