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Architectury Loom comparisons

Free#1 of 35 in Minecraft Mod Development Tools

Architectury Loom is compared head-to-head with Minecraft Development, ModDevGradle and ForgeGradle and more: 7 head-to-heads in Minecraft Mod Development Tools, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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Architectury Loom head-to-head

Architectury Loom vs each of them

#ToolFree planPaid fromSupported loadersDependency managementMinecraft versionsArtifact packagingScore
1Architectury LoomYesFreeFabric, Forge, NeoForge, QuiltYes1.14.4+Yes9.4
2Minecraft DevelopmentFreeSpigot, Paper, Sponge, Forge, NeoForge, Fabric, Architectury, Mixins, BungeeCord, Waterfall, Velocity9.2
3ModDevGradleYesFreeNeoForge; Minecraft ForgeYes1.17–1.20.1; 1.21.1; 26.1.2; 26.2; 26.3Yes9.1
4ForgeGradleYesFreeForge, FMLYes1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19, 1.19.4Yes9.0
5NeoGradleFreeNeoForge, FMLYes1.20.2, 26.1Yes8.9
6MCreatorFree8.8
7Minecraft ForgeYesFree8.7
8NeoForgeYesFree8.6

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