Mapcrafter vs MapRend
Mapcrafter
github.comMapRend
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| Figure | Mapcrafter | MapRend |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Minecraft World Map Viewers | 8.2 (#3) | 7.0 (#21) |
| Customization | Configuration files control which worlds are rendered, render views and other render parameters. | The README says MapRend is easy to update and customize. |
| Purpose | Mapcrafter is a high-performance Minecraft map renderer written in C++. | MapRend renders top-down maps of Minecraft worlds saved in MCAnvil format. |
| Support | Users can report bugs and feature requests through GitHub issues or contact the maintainer through IRC. | The maintainer invites users with questions to ask in the project's GitHub issue thread. |
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In their own words
Mapcrafter
Mapcrafter is free, GPL-licensed software that renders Minecraft worlds as images for viewing in a web browser with Leaflet.js. It offers top-down 2D and isometric 3D views, four world rotations, and day, night, and cave render modes. Overlays can display details such as slime-spawn and nighttime-monster locations, and markers can be generated from world data. Configuration files control which worlds are rendered, the views, and other rendering parameters. Listed capabilities include biome colors, incremental rendering, and multithreading.
Mapcrafter runs on Linux and Unix-like systems such as Mac OS; Windows support is experimental. Building it requires a C++ compiler, CMake, make, and libraries including libpng, libjpeg, and Boost components. Debian and Ubuntu packages are available. It supports offline viewing, server maps, and dimension maps, and requires Anvil world format and Minecraft 1.6 resource packs. The maintainer says new feature development is no longer possible, although issues and pull requests may still be addressed.