Chunkmap vs Worldlens
Chunkmap
chunkmap.voctal.devWorldlens
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| Figure | Chunkmap | Worldlens |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Minecraft World Map Viewers | 7.8 (#6) | 7.1 (#20) |
| Maker | Voctal describes itself as a team of developers creating applications and tools. | The repository is published under the Ding-Ding-Projects GitHub organization; the opened pages do not state a headquarters or founding date. |
| Purpose | Chunkmap generates a top-down 2D map of a Minecraft world from its region (.mca) files. | Worldlens is a TypeScript port of BlueMap for rendering Minecraft worlds into 3D maps and browsing them. |
Plans
In their own words
Chunkmap
Chunkmap generates top-down 2D maps of Minecraft worlds from region (.mca) files. Its web viewer lets users upload their own region files, and it covers the Overworld, Nether, and End. The Windows CLI can render individual region files or combine rendered images into a single map. Its rendering modes include textures, heightmap, biomes, temperature, downfall, and inhabited views. The CLI is open source under the MIT license on GitHub, and the product is free. Chunkmap supports offline viewing and links to a Discord community. The project is labeled beta and under development, so it may not work as expected. The beta has only been tested with Minecraft 1.21.x worlds; modded worlds and chunks generated before 1.18 are unsupported. The project README also notes that Nether generation is slower than generation for the Overworld and End. The web version is for uploading and viewing region files, while the CLI provides rendering and map-merging options.
Worldlens
Worldlens is a TypeScript port of BlueMap for rendering Minecraft worlds into 3D maps and browsing them. The project describes a Windows desktop app, two container images, and a separate Wharf desktop app for deploying a container locally or over SSH. The desktop app can render local worlds offline using BlueMap’s Java renderer, which requires Java, or connect to remote BlueMap servers through a token-gated proxy. A standalone CLI renders and serves the map web app, with a watch mode for map updates. Rendering can also run on another machine over SSH, in Docker, or through GitHub Actions. Documented integrations include Docker, SSH, GitHub Actions, GitHub Pages, remote BlueMap servers, and Home Assistant boolean entities for scheduled settings. The stated target world versions range from Minecraft 1.12.2 through 26.x. The repository is MIT licensed. Its public 1.0 compatibility contract is Windows-only, and Windows releases are unsigned and may prompt a SmartScreen unknown-publisher warning. An add-on system, static export, and multi-server dashboard are listed as future work.