| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 0 |
| Spec score · Minecraft Server Software | 7.8 (#11) | 7.1 (#21) |
| Audience | The documentation describes Leaf as designed for large-scale networks in high-load environments. | Steel is documented for server administrators seeking performance and reliability and for developers contributing to server software. |
| License | The project license page says Leaf binaries are licensed under GPL-3.0-only, while patches generally use MIT unless otherwise indicated. | SteelMC is free software licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 or later. |
| Product | Leaf is high-performance Minecraft server software built on Paper, designed to balance performance, vanilla behavior, and stability. | Steel is a Minecraft Java Edition server implementation written in Rust targeting Minecraft 26.2. |
| Support | The docs direct users to the Leaf Discord server for contact and support. | The project directs users and contributors to its Discord community and GitHub repository. |