Pl3xMap vs Prismarine Viewer
Pl3xMap
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| Figure | Pl3xMap | Prismarine Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Minecraft World Map Viewers | 7.7 (#9) | 7.5 (#13) |
| Integrations | The project lists integrations including VanishNoPacket, ChunkyBorder, and HuskHomes for hiding vanished players, showing world borders, and displaying public homes and warps. | The README provides examples involving Mineflayer, a proxy, an Electron app, a Python script, and a WebSocket proxy. |
| License | The Modrinth listing identifies Pl3xMap as MIT licensed. | GitHub identifies the repository license as MIT. |
| Purpose | Pl3xMap is a lightweight world map viewer for Minecraft servers using the vanilla Minecraft rendering style. | Prismarine Viewer is a web based viewer for Minecraft servers and bots. |
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In their own words
Pl3xMap
Pl3xMap is a free, MIT-licensed world map viewer for Minecraft servers, using the game's vanilla rendering style. It presents a top-down 2D map designed for navigation, with live updates, dimension maps, and markers or waypoints. Player markers can show yaw rotation, health and armor. Built-in render types include basic, night, biomes, inhabited and flowermap, and the browser interface uses Leaflet. The project lists CraftBukkit, Spigot, Paper, Purpur and Fabric as supported server platforms; Fabric requires Fabric API. Additional compatibility listings include Bukkit, Folia, Forge and Quilt. Pl3xMap installs as a jar in the server's plugins or mods directory and includes an internal web server that defaults to port 8080. Some server hosts restrict ports, so setup may depend on what the host permits. Integrations can hide vanished players, show world borders, or display public homes and warps. Addons can show claim areas, banners, signs, loaded mobs and player death spots, though addon support is not guaranteed. Developers can import the Pl3xMap API through Gradle or Maven; the project directs users to Discord for help.
Prismarine Viewer
Prismarine Viewer is a free, web-based viewer for Minecraft servers and bots, available through API, self-hosted, and web use. Mineflayer mode serves a page showing a bot’s surroundings in first or third person and provides drawing functions; lines and displayed primitives can be replaced or erased by ID. Standalone mode visualizes a world without a bot, while headless mode renders a bot’s view for streaming to a file or over TCP. The project lists Minecraft support from 1.8.8 through 1.21.4; other versions in the same major use textures and models from the closest supported version. Online-mode servers can show wide or slim skins and capes when skin data is sent. Examples connect Mineflayer with proxies, Electron, Python, and WebSocket proxies, and export world areas as screenshots or 3D models. Server maps, live updates, and a 3D map view are supported. Install with `npm install prismarine-viewer`; the repository uses the MIT license. Mineflayer and standalone default to six chunks and port 3000.