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Cuberite vs Pumpkin

Cuberite

cuberite.org

Pumpkin

pumpkinmc.org

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FigureCuberitePumpkin
Price fromFree—
Free planYes—
Free trial——
Open source——
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
AndroidYesYes
APIYes—
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published10
Spec score · Minecraft Server Software8.9 (#1)7.1 (#20)
AudienceThe manual recommends precompiled builds for beginners and says compiling from source is an option for users seeking more speed or control.The maker recommends trying Pumpkin on a test server and keeping backups while the project is in early development.
DownloadsThe download page lists builds for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, and source code.The download page lists Windows x86-64 and ARM64, Linux x86-64 and ARM64, macOS ARM64, and Android ARM64 builds.
PerformanceThe project says Cuberite is designed with performance, configurability, and extensibility in mind.The site says Pumpkin starts in 5 ms and uses about 100 MB of memory with a world loaded.
PurposeCuberite is a free and open-source game server compatible with Minecraft Java Edition.Pumpkin is a Minecraft server written in Rust.
SupportThe project directs users with questions to its forum and Discord server and provides an online user manual.The download page directs users to Discord for help if the server does not start.

Plans

Cuberite

  • CuberiteFree

Cuberite pricing →

Pumpkin

No plans published.

Pumpkin pricing →

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Cuberite

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Pumpkin

Pumpkin has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

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