JsonForge vs Resource Pack Creator

JsonForge is a visual editor for building Minecraft Bedrock JSON UI screens and exporting UI for resource packs. It runs in modern browsers and as a native Electron application on Windows, macOS and Linux. Users can place interface elements on a canvas, adjust their properties, add textures and inspect JSON. The editor includes 10 element types, such as panels, images, labels, buttons, toggles and custom elements. Its workspace has dockable Toolbox, Hierarchy, Canvas, Properties, Textures, Bindings and JSON Preview panels. The canvas uses anchors and the game’s nine-slice texture behavior, with an Edit/Preview toggle. Export targets include form screens, HUD overlays and restyled vanilla scoreboards, with .mcaddon or .mcpack output as applicable. The app includes five ore-UI texture sets and Minecraft fonts. Projects can be saved as .jfproject bundles with an element tree, bindings and textures, or imported and exported as raw Minecraft Bedrock JSON UI .json files. The desktop app can locate worlds on the machine and install exported packs into resource and behavior pack folders. JsonForge is open source under the MIT license. Its guide notes that resource packs cannot create new values that the game does not draw.

Resource Pack Creator is a browser-based visual editor for creating Minecraft resource packs, with exports for Java and Bedrock. It edits built-in blocks, items, mobs, GUI textures, and other assets using pixel-art tools and live 3D previews. Creators can animate textures frame by frame, import GIFs, and replace game sounds. Existing.zip and.mcpack packs can be imported, then exported as.zip for Java or.mcpack for Bedrock. Editing and downloading work without an account, with signed-out work saved on the device. Google or Discord sign-in adds cloud backup and sync, community sharing, and creator follows. Users can publish packs and textures and browse community work. The free plan allows four projects and 1,000 textures per pack, with ads. Creator costs $4.99 a month; Studio costs $9.99 a month. The maker describes it as an independent fan project, not an official Minecraft product.