Projects
A collection of useful projects related to Minecraft Beta 1.7.3! This is not an exhaustive list, but it should give you a good starting point if you're looking for clients, servers, libraries, or tools that can be used or referenced.
Any project that's received a commit or update of any kind at the time of writing will be marked as Active. Other projects are marked as Inactive, unless a different status is known, such as the project being Archived.
Clients
Clients that can connect to Minecraft Beta 1.7.3-compatible servers.
| Language | Project | Notes / State | Creator |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | CavEX | Inactive | xtreme8000 |
| Hare | betamine | Inactive | ~sircmpwn |
| C++ | Betrock++ | Active | Pixel Brush & JcbbcEnjoyer |
| Zig | MainCraft | Inactive | Guillaume D. |
| C# | TrueCraft | Archived | ddevault |
| C# | betasharp | ActiveDecomp-based | Fazin85 |
| GDScript | Betadot | Hiatus | Pixel Brush |
Check the Minecraft Wiki for more clients.
Servers
Servers that can accept connections from Minecraft Beta 1.7.3-compatible clients.
| Language | Project | Notes /State | Creator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | retromc | ActiveFork | esora512 (originally by leNicDev) |
| C++ | Betrock++ | Active | Pixel Brush & JcbbcEnjoyer |
| Rust | mc173 | Active | mindstorm38 |
| Zig | Minestalgia | Active | cody-quinn |
| Java | WintyMC | Inactive | DOh1221 |
| C# | TrueCraft | Archived | ddevault |
| C# | betasharp | ActiveDecomp-based | Fazin85 |
| C | Custom-BetaMC-Server | Inactive | dairycultist |
| Swift | comet | Active | mudkip |
| C++ | BetrockServer | Archived | Pixel Brush |
Check the Minecraft Wiki for more servers.
Libraries
NBT
Libraries for working with Minecraft's NBT format.
| Language | Name | Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Java | Adventure | PaperMC |
| Java | ViaNBT | ViaVersion |
| Java | CloudburstMC/NBT | Cloudburst |
| Java | MCStructs | Lenni0451 |
| Java | JNBT | Morlok8k |
| C | cNBT | chmod222 |
| C++ | libnbtplusplus | ljfa |
| C++ | pixnbt | Pixel Brush |
| Rust | simdnbt | Azalea |
| Python | nbtlib | Valentin Berlier |
| Python | twoolie/NBT | twoolie |
| TypeScript | Prismarine NBT | PrismarineJS |
| C# | fNbt | Matvei Stefarov |
| Go | go-mc Unmaintained | Tnze |
| PHP | PocketMine-NBT | PocketMine |
Check the Minecraft Wiki for more libraries.
Tools
Tools for working with Minecraft Beta 1.7.3.
| Name | Purpose | Creator |
|---|---|---|
| RetroMCP-Java | Used to decompile and deobfuscate Minecraft code | MCPHackers |
| BetaPacketPlainTextifier | A python script to simplify the reading of b1.7.3 protocol data via Wireshark captures | Pixel Brush |
| GoldenBase | A ChunkBase-like website for pre-Release Minecraft terrain generation | Pixel Brush |
| Betrock | C++ Application for exploring Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 Worlds | Pixel Brush |