Kore vs MCDatapacker
Kore
kore.ayfri.comMCDatapacker
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| Figure | Kore | MCDatapacker |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Minecraft Datapack Generators | 7.7 (#6) | 7.7 (#7) |
| License | The site links the project’s GPL-3.0 license. | The repository is licensed under the Apache License 2.0, which grants a perpetual, worldwide, no-charge, royalty-free copyright license subject to its conditions. |
| Purpose | Kore is a Kotlin library that generates regular Minecraft datapacks. | MCDatapacker is a Minecraft datapack creator and editor. |
| Support | The maker points users to Discord, Slack, documentation, GitHub issues, and an email contact. | The maker directs issue reports and feature suggestions to GitHub Issues, questions and general suggestions to Discussions, and also provides an anonymous form. |
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In their own words
Kore
Kore is a Kotlin library for generating Minecraft datapacks from code. It runs during the build and produces ordinary datapack files, so the server does not need Kore or a Kore plugin. Its typed game data can catch errors in items, blocks, sounds, and commands before a datapack is reloaded. The site lists 65+ typed commands, 50+ JSON resource types, and 80+ generated registries. Kore supports commands, recipes, loot tables, advancements, custom dimensions, functions, and predicates; Kotlin functions, loops, and variables can also generate repeated content. If its typed DSL does not cover a command, function bodies can include raw command lines. Existing datapacks can be moved over gradually, with handwritten parts continuing to run alongside generated ones. Kore is available as a Maven Central dependency, and the maker recommends a JDK and Kotlin IDE. An optional Gradle plugin can build, link, and reload a datapack on save. A browser playground can generate a datapack ZIP. The project is free and open source.
MCDatapacker
MCDatapacker is a Minecraft datapack creator and editor for Linux and Windows. It supports datapacks from Minecraft 1.15 through 1.21.4, with partial support for 1.20.6 through 1.21.4. From its multi-tab interface, users can create or open datapacks, manage files, and edit content. The code editor offers syntax highlighting, error checking for function and JSON files, smart completion for function files, namespaced-ID navigation, and user-defined command syntaxes. Visual editors cover recipes, predicates, loot tables, and item modifiers. Other tools include file and command-usage statistics, raw JSON editing, an advancement-tree viewer, and embedded vanilla datapack files for offline viewing. Dark mode can detect Windows settings automatically. The program is free, with no paid tier required for its core job. Windows users run it from an extracted zip; Linux users run an executable AppImage. The README warns that the program may contain errors and should be used at the user's own risk.