Plugin Comparison

This page provides an objective comparison between Worlds and other world management plugins for Minecraft servers.

Disclaimer

This comparison was researched to the best of our ability.
If you find any inaccuracies, please open an issue so we can correct them.

Major Alternatives

These are the most well-known and actively used world management plugins.

Feature	Worlds	Multiverse-Core	MyWorlds	MultiWorld	PhantomWorlds
Server Software	Paper, Folia	Bukkit, Spigot, Paper	Bukkit, Spigot, Paper	Bukkit, Spigot, Paper	Bukkit, Spigot, Paper
Folia Support	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
MC Versions	1.19 – latest	1.13 – latest	1.8 – latest	1.16 – 1.21.x	1.7 – 1.21.x
World Presets	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
Portal Linking	✅	⚠️ Addon	✅	✅	❌
Import / Export	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Custom Generators	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
World Entry Permissions	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌
Developer API	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌
Open Source	✅ GPL-3.0	✅ BSD-3	✅ MIT	✅ GPL-3.0	✅ AGPL-3.0
Actively Maintained	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
External Dependencies	None	None	BKCommonLib	FacilisCommon	None

Worlds is the only major world management plugin with Folia support and built-in world presets
Multiverse-Core has the largest user base but requires separate addon plugins for portal linking
MyWorlds is feature-rich but requires BKCommonLib as a dependency

These are smaller or less commonly used world management plugins.

Feature	Worlds	Hyperverse	MoreFoWorld	BulMultiverse	LilWorlds	WorldMagic	MultiWorlds999
Server Software	Paper, Folia	Bukkit, Spigot, Paper	Folia	Bukkit, Spigot, Paper	Bukkit, Spigot, Paper	Paper	Bukkit, Spigot, Paper
Folia Support	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
MC Versions	1.19 – latest	1.17 – 1.20.x	recent	varies	1.16 – 1.21.6	1.20.6+	1.21 – 1.21.10
World Presets	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Portal Linking	✅	✅	⚠️ Hacky	⚠️ Addon	❌	❌	✅
Import / Export	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌
Custom Generators	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌
World Entry Permissions	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Developer API	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌
Open Source	✅ GPL-3.0	✅ GPL-3.0	✅ MIT	✅ MIT	✅ MIT	✅ MIT	❌ ARR
Actively Maintained	✅	❌	⚠️	✅	✅	✅	⚠️

Feature	Worlds	SolarSystem	GWorld	WorldManager	WorldMaster	TheGalaxyLimits
Server Software	Paper, Folia	Bukkit, Paper	Spigot	Spigot	Spigot	Paper
Folia Support	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
MC Versions	1.19 – latest	1.19 – 1.19.3	unknown	1.8 – 1.18	1.18 – 1.21	1.8 – 1.21.1
World Presets	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Portal Linking	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Import / Export	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌
Custom Generators	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
World Entry Permissions	✅	❌	❌	⚠️	❌	❌
Developer API	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌
Open Source	✅ GPL-3.0	✅ AGPL-3.0	✅ BSD-3	❌ ARR	❌	❌
Actively Maintained	✅	❌	❌	❌	⚠️	❌

Feature	Worlds	LightWorlds	worldmgr
Server Software	Paper, Folia	unknown	Bukkit
Folia Support	✅	❌	❌
MC Versions	1.19 – latest	unknown	legacy
World Presets	✅	❌	❌
Portal Linking	✅	❌	❌
Import / Export	✅	❌	✅
Custom Generators	✅	❌	❌
World Entry Permissions	✅	❌	❌
Developer API	✅	❌	❌
Open Source	✅ GPL-3.0	✅	✅ MPL-2.0
Actively Maintained	✅	❌	❌

Legend

✅ Supported – ❌ Not supported – ⚠️ Partial or conditional support