MLSAC vs NoCheatPlus

MLSAC is a neural-network anti-cheat plugin for Minecraft servers. It examines combat camera movement and surrounding packets for patterns associated with KillAura, TriggerBot, AimAssist, Reach, and hits through walls. The plugin sends combat camera and body movement, hit details, and player names and UUIDs to MLSAC's cloud for model scoring; it does not send chat or inventory data. The maker says this remote analysis does not use the Minecraft server's CPU or TPS for detection. Setup involves installing the plugin, entering a licence key, and choosing a preset configured on the website. No client mod is required, and PacketEvents is included in the plugin jar. Server owners can configure responses including damage reduction, kicks, and bans. The dashboard provides licences, keys, presets, statistics, and player dossiers. The free Beginner plan includes the Mini model; Pro and Pulse require paid plans, and Pulse also requires project verification. Ultra is early access for plugin 2.0 and cannot run alongside other models. When a plan's daily request limit is reached, checks pause until the next day.

NoCheatPlus is a free anti-cheat plugin for Minecraft Bukkit, Spigot, and CraftBukkit servers. It is designed to enforce vanilla mechanics and prevent abuse of Minecraft or its protocol. Checks cover movement, fighting, block breaking and placing, inventory behavior, chat and command spam, captcha use, enderpearl abuse, and other malicious activity. Movement checks include flying, speed, excessive packets, fall damage, no-clipping, and vehicle movement. Fight checks address fake critical hits, out-of-reach attacks, excessive hit rates, and invulnerability. Administrators can configure checks and apply actions such as cancellation, logging, server commands, bans, kicks, or denying login. The plugin offers API hooks for exemptions and violation processing. Installation consists of placing its JAR in the server plugins folder and starting Spigot or CraftBukkit. ProtocolLib is required for some network checks, including attack-frequency monitoring. Supported Minecraft versions listed range from 1.7.10 through 1.12.2. The project is GPL-3.0 licensed.