MC Seed View vs Amidst

MC Seed View7.5Visit AAmidst6.2Visit

Higher score MC Seed View #7 in Minecraft Seed Map Tools 7.5/10 Free · no account needed Free plan✓ 4 of 5 features Open MC Seed View

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A Amidst #8 in Minecraft Seed Map Tools 6.2/10 Free · open source (GPLv3) Free plan✓ 2 of 5 features Get Amidst

• MC Seed View fits best

  Browsing seeds on a phone or tablet

• Amidst fits best

  Mapping old Java worlds from 1.17 or earlier

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Side by side

Feature	MC Seed View 7.5/10 Visit ↗	AAmidst 6.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.5	6.2
Ranking	#7 in Minecraft Seed Map Tools	#8 in Minecraft Seed Map Tools
Best for	Browsing seeds on a phone or tablet	Mapping old Java worlds from 1.17 or earlier
Pricing model	Free	Free
Starting price	Free · no account needed	Free · open source (GPLv3)
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Features MC Seed View 4/5 · Amidst 2/5
Java Edition	✓	✓
Bedrock Edition	✓ (best)	—
Seed finder	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Nether & End maps	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Open source	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Runs on	Browser	Windows, Any OS with Java
Newest Java version	26.3	1.17
Our review
Pros	Runs cubiomes locally through WebAssembly, so seeds never leave the device Loads level.dat to detect the seed, version and spawn automatically Grades each seed from S to F and compares two seeds side by side	Reads seeds from save games and exports the map as an image Shows slime chunks, End islands and more than a dozen structure types Maps very old beta-era worlds that most tools skip
Cons	Its pages disagree on version coverage, from 1.21 to 26.3 A one-developer project that only began in 2025 Bedrock biome accuracy is described as still improving	Support stops at Minecraft 1.17, before the 1.18 terrain overhaul The last release, 4.7, dates from June 2021 The project is looking for a new maintainer
Our verdict	MC Seed View is an independent project started in 2025 by a developer who goes by Satoru, and it is designed around phones as much as desktops. The cubiomes library is compiled to WebAssembly and runs in web workers, so the map is drawn… Read the review →	Amidst, short for Advanced Minecraft Interface and Data/Structure Tracking, is one of the oldest seed viewers still available, and its biome colours live on in several newer tools that credit it. It renders an overview of a Java Edition… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• MC Seed View — where it wins

  • Runs cubiomes locally through WebAssembly, so seeds never leave the device
  • Loads level.dat to detect the seed, version and spawn automatically
  • Grades each seed from S to F and compares two seeds side by side

  Where it doesn't

  • Its pages disagree on version coverage, from 1.21 to 26.3
  • A one-developer project that only began in 2025
  • Bedrock biome accuracy is described as still improving

• Amidst — where it wins

  • Reads seeds from save games and exports the map as an image
  • Shows slime chunks, End islands and more than a dozen structure types
  • Maps very old beta-era worlds that most tools skip

  Where it doesn't

  • Support stops at Minecraft 1.17, before the 1.18 terrain overhaul
  • The last release, 4.7, dates from June 2021
  • The project is looking for a new maintainer

• MC Seed View7.5/10 · Free · no account needed

  A phone-first seed map that computes everything in the browser, grades seeds S to F and installs as an app.

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• AAmidst6.2/10 · Free · open source (GPLv3)

  The classic desktop seed viewer, still useful for pre-1.18 Java worlds but frozen at Minecraft 1.17.

  Get AmidstFull verdict →