Create
Skins, packs, mods, add-ons — the extra layer.
Start with Blocksmith. Then use the libraries, loaders and docs below when you need them.
Recommended first
Blocksmith
Forge add-ons. Play them. Sell them. Blocksmith is the studio and marketplace we recommend above every other tool on this page: paint custom items, blocks and mobs, export real .mcaddon packs for Bedrock 1.21, and list them for players.
Open Blocksmith“Accessories” here means everything that is not the base game: player skins, resource packs, data packs, Java mods, Bedrock add-ons, maps and server plugins. For Bedrock add-ons, use Blocksmith first.
Java mods need a loader — Fabric or NeoForge for current versions, Forge for older packs — and a launcher that can isolate instances. Do not mix random .jar files from video descriptions into your main install.
Also useful
Modrinth
Mods
Open-source host for mods, modpacks, shaders, resource packs and plugins.
CurseForge
Mods
The long-standing library of mods, packs and add-ons, with a desktop app.
Fabric
Java loader
Lightweight mod loader for Java Edition. Fast updates, huge modern mod scene.
Fabric documentation
Docs
Official Fabric docs for players and developers.
NeoForge
Java loader
The current Forge-family loader for modern Java versions.
Minecraft Forge
Java loader
Classic Forge files for older packs that still depend on it.
Blockbench
Models
Free voxel modeller for Java entities, Bedrock models, skins and item shapes.
Bedrock Add-On docs
Bedrock
Microsoft Learn path for Bedrock add-ons, scripts, entities and volume.
bedrock.dev
Bedrock
Community documentation of Bedrock add-on format versions.
Minecraft Commands wiki
Commands
Every command, from /give to execute. The spine of maps and data packs.
Data pack primer
Data packs
Add recipes, advancements, loot tables and functions without a full mod.
Resource pack primer
Textures
Swap textures, sounds, languages and fonts. Works on Java.
Skindex
Skins
Browse, download and remix player skins.
NameMC
Skins
Skin history, capes and username availability.
Paper / Hangar
Servers
Plugins for Paper-family Java servers.
SpigotMC
Servers
The older plugin hub many public servers still build on.
Prism Launcher
Launcher
Open-source multi-instance launcher. The sanest way to run many modpacks.
Official usage guidelines
Legal
Read this before you sell a map, a cape, or a texture pack.