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Mapcrafter

No phone app

6.3No. 5 of 22
in Minecraft World Map Viewers
  • Recognised40% of the score20
  • Phone app26% of the score0
  • Documented20% of the score88
  • Free plan14% of the score100
Free plan
Yes
Runs on
Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
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Summary

Mapcrafter is ranked #5 of 22 in Minecraft world map viewers on Samsung Mobile US Press. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

Mapcrafter plans and pricing

All plans
Mapcrafter Free GPL-licensed software · requires Anvil world format · requires Minecraft 1.6 resource packs mapcrafter.readthedocs.io · 1 Oct 2026

Compared on Minecraft world map viewers

Free plan
Yesgithub.com
Offline viewing
Yesgithub.com
Server map support
Yesgithub.com
Dimension maps
Yesgithub.com
Map view mode
2d_and_3dgithub.com
Markers and waypoints
Yesgithub.com

Facts

Purpose
Mapcrafter is a high-performance Minecraft map renderer written in C++.mapcrafter.readthedocs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Output
It renders Minecraft worlds to images viewable in a web browser using Leaflet.js.mapcrafter.readthedocs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Render views
It provides 2D top-down and 3D isometric render views.mapcrafter.readthedocs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Rotations
It supports four different world rotations.mapcrafter.readthedocs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Render modes
Available render modes include day, night and cave.mapcrafter.readthedocs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Overlays
Overlays can show information such as slime-spawn and nighttime-monster locations.mapcrafter.readthedocs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Customization
Configuration files control which worlds are rendered, render views and other render parameters.mapcrafter.readthedocs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Markers
Markers can be generated automatically from Minecraft world data.mapcrafter.readthedocs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Performance
The documentation lists biome colors, incremental rendering and multithreading among its capabilities.mapcrafter.readthedocs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Operating systems
It runs on Linux and Unix-like systems such as Mac OS, with experimental Windows support.mapcrafter.readthedocs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Build requirements
Building requires a C++ compiler, CMake, make and libraries including libpng, libjpeg and Boost components.mapcrafter.readthedocs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Package support
Debian and Ubuntu packages are provided, and the package repository supplies a public key used to sign packages.mapcrafter.readthedocs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Support
Users can report bugs and feature requests through GitHub issues or contact the maintainer through IRC.mapcrafter.readthedocs.io · 1 Oct 2026
Maintenance
The GitHub README says the maintainer is no longer able to develop new features, though issues and pull requests may still be addressed.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
License
Mapcrafter is free software available under the GPL license.mapcrafter.readthedocs.io · 1 Oct 2026

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