Runtimes

Runtime Tier Content tab Notes
Vanilla Stable Datapacks Mojang manifest, SHA-1 verified
Paper Stable Plugins PaperMC Fill API, SHA-256 verified
Purpur Stable Plugins Upstream publishes no checksum; TLS only (logged)
Folia Experimental Plugins Only plugins tagged for Folia are offered
Fabric Stable Mods Server-side and both-side mods only
Quilt Stable Mods Official installer, Fabric mods work too
NeoForge Stable Mods Official installer; Minecraft 1.20.2+
Forge Experimental Mods Official installer; Minecraft 1.12.2 and newer (Java 8 for 1.16.5 and older)
Velocity Stable Proxy plugins
Custom command Experimental – Admin-only; explicit argv, reduced management
Simulated Dev only – Fake server for demos and tests

A runtime is only offered as installable when it works end to end. Spigot (BuildTools) is intentionally not offered: it cannot be redistributed, use Paper. The Forge, NeoForge and Quilt installers run the official installer jar in the server directory with a cleared environment and a time limit; they are not sandboxed (see Security model).