Spawnpoint, your panel
Console, config, mods, backups and players in one keyboard-friendly place. Crafty keeps the process alive; Spawnpoint is the face you actually use. This is a live-ish replica. The real one runs on your machine.
free · self-hosted · pairs with Crafty
Host it yourself. Without the pain.
Spawnpoint is a control panel you run on your own machine. One command, and it wires itself to Crafty Controller. Every change is boot-tested by a real Minecraft client before your friends ever see it, so a broken pack can never reach them.
- €0
- forever, because it runs on your PC
- 7
- loaders, Vanilla to NeoForge
- 1.20.1+
- every version through 26.2
Y 63 · SURFACE
Runs everything you'd actually play.
1.20.1 → 26.2, seven loaders, one panel, and it knows the difference between them. Item components, the 1.21 structure-folder rename, the Java version each loader demands: handled per version, not guessed.
- Vanilla
- Paper
- Purpur
- Fabric
- Quilt
- Forge
- NeoForge
Y 24 · TOPSOIL
Everything self-hosting needs.
There is no plan tier and no per-player fee. The panel does the tedious parts (mods, config, versions, backups) and then gets out of your way.
Mods and plugins, one click
All of Modrinth and CurseForge, in one search. It picks the right build for your loader and version, pulls the dependencies, and shows plugins on Paper but mods on Fabric, because it knows which one you're running.
- All the Mods 10
- Prominence II
- Create: Astral
- Better MC 4
- + 6,400 more
€0/mo
Costs nothing, forever
There is nothing to subscribe to and nobody counting seats. It runs on the machine you already own, so the only thing you spend is electricity.
A genie in chat
Type a wish in game, like "give everyone a maxed pickaxe", and it writes the commands, runs them over RCON, and reads the world back to verify. It never claims success it can't prove.
Optional · runs on what you already pay for
- Claude
ChatGPT- API key
Backups you'll actually use
Snapshots on a schedule, restored in one click, sitting on your own disk. No billing dispute can ever delete your world.
Friends join from anywhere
No port forwarding, no router fights, no static IP. A playit.gg tunnel gives your server a public address; Tailscale keeps the panel itself private. Your uplink, your rules.
Change version, keep the world
Move a server from 1.20.1 to 26.2, or back. It snapshots first, tells you which mods won't survive, and rolls the whole thing back if you don't like it.
It won't lie to you
Every action is checked against the running server before the panel calls it done. A mod that couldn't be deleted says so. A build that didn't land says so. Silent success is the bug we hunt hardest.
Y 12 · DIAMOND LEVEL
A broken pack can never reach your friends.
Every other panel installs a mod and hopes. Spawnpoint installs it, then proves the whole pack still works: four automatic gates between "Install" and your friends' evening.
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The server dry-boots it
Every install is boot-tested in a sandbox copy first. A missing dependency? The panel reads the loader's own error, installs what it names, and tests again. Still broken means rolled back, not left to crash your next restart.
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A real client boots it
A headless Minecraft client launches the full pack, so client-side crashes are caught on your server before a single friend has downloaded anything.
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It actually joins
The panel clones your server, boots the throwaway copy, and has the test client join it for real, because some mods only break at the exact moment a player connects.
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Failures heal themselves
A join kick names its culprit. The panel quarantines that mod, rebuilds the pack, runs every gate again, and leaves you a note about what it did. No silent loss, no ruined evening.
Friends never manage pack files either: the verified pack syncs into their launcher when they join, performance mods included.
Y 0 · STONE
Pick your ore.
The ore is your hardware, not your invoice: Spawnpoint is free on every one of these. RAM is the only honest limit, so that's what these are. Pull the lever to see what modded does to the numbers.
Vanilla
Moddedeats RAM
Iron
The laptop in the drawer
10players
vanilla or a few plugins
- 4 GB given to the server
- Any laptop from the last decade
- Vanilla, Paper, light plugins
- Big modpacks will struggle
- Backups on your own disk
Gold
A normal desktop
25players
plugins and a busy SMP
- 8 GB given to the server
- The PC already under your desk
- Plugins, small Fabric packs
- Plenty for a friend group
- Backups on your own disk
MOST HOME PCs
Diamond
A gaming PC
60players
ambitious SMPs, no sweat
- 16 GB given to the server
- The machine you game on
- Big modpacks, 300+ mods
- Room to pregen and back up
- The sweet spot, honestly
Netherite
A box that lives in a cupboard
150players
a public server, properly
- 32 GB given to the server
- A machine you bought on purpose
- Several servers at once
- Public SMPs, the heaviest packs
- Now you're just showing off
Every one of these gets the whole panel: both mod sources, the genie, the schematic library, all seven loaders, every version. There is no paid tier, because there is nobody to pay. It runs on your machine. You'll want Crafty Controller underneath it (also free). Short on RAM? Give the server less and drop the view distance. That's the entire negotiation.
Y -24 · TUFF
Why people stop renting.
The machine is already in your house. The only thing you were ever really renting was the panel.
| Spawnpoint · your machine | Rented host | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | €0, forever | €10–35 a month, forever |
| Where the world lives | Your disk, in your house | Their disk, on their terms |
| RAM you get | Whatever your box has | Exactly what you pay for |
| Mods and plugins | Modrinth + CurseForge, one click | One click, or FTP at midnight |
| A broken modpack | Caught by four gates before anyone joins | Your friends find out at 8 p.m. |
| Versions | 1.20.1 → 26.2, switch any time | Whatever they've gotten around to |
| The console | Real RCON, every command | Whatever the panel allows |
| If you stop paying | Nothing happens. It's your PC. | World deleted on a timer |
| Staying up at 3 a.m. | Your PC has to be on | Someone else's problem |
That last row is not a typo. A rented host is on around the clock, has real DDoS scrubbing, and is somebody else's emergency at three in the morning. If that's what you want, go and rent one. Spawnpoint is for people who would rather own the box. It will tell you the truth about what your box can do.
Y -48 · DEEPSLATE
Torch-lit answers.
It gets dark down here. Open a question, light a torch.
Yes, and that's the point. Crafty is what actually starts, stops and supervises the Minecraft process, and it does that well for free. Spawnpoint is the panel on top: install Crafty, point Spawnpoint at it, and every server it already knows about turns up, loader and version detected.
It's free because there is nobody to pay. Spawnpoint runs on your machine, uses your disk and your uplink, and never phones home for a licence. The catch is the honest one: your PC is the server, so it has to be switched on for anyone to play.
A playit.gg tunnel hands your server a public address without you touching the router. It works behind CGNAT, where port forwarding simply isn't available. If you'd rather forward the port yourself, do that instead; the panel doesn't care. Tailscale keeps the panel itself private, so only you can reach the controls.
Yes, and nothing gets moved or converted. Spawnpoint reads whatever Crafty is already managing (the loader, the version, the mods, the world) and simply starts showing it to you properly. Your files stay exactly where they are.
Type a wish in chat and it writes the Minecraft commands, runs them over RCON, and then reads the world back to check they actually worked. It watches the server's own replies, so a command Minecraft rejected can't be reported as a success. If it couldn't do the thing, it says so.
Vanilla, Paper, Purpur, Fabric, Quilt, Forge and NeoForge, from 1.20.1 through 26.2. The panel branches wherever Minecraft did: item NBT before 1.20.5 and components after, the structure folder that was renamed in 1.21, the Java version each loader will and won't tolerate. Old servers aren't an afterthought here.
Nobody pays anything, ever. There are no slots to buy; RAM is the only real limit. Rough guide: 4 GB carries about ten vanilla players, and a heavy modpack wants roughly three times the headroom per person.
Yes. It is the server. That is the honest trade for owning it outright, and it's the one thing a rented host does better. Most people leave the machine on and let it idle: a stopped server costs nothing, and a running one is mostly waiting. Schedule a nightly restart from the panel and forget it exists.
The gates catch it before your friends do. The server dry-boots every change in a sandbox, a real headless client boots the pack, and a test player joins a throwaway copy of your server. If a mod still manages to break the join, the kick message names it: the panel quarantines that mod, rebuilds the pack, re-tests everything, and shows you a note about what it did. You read about the problem after it's already fixed.
Y -64 · BEDROCK
You've hit bedrock.
Nothing below here but the void. The only way left is to build up, on a machine that's already humming away in the next room.
Free · self-hosted · pairs with Crafty Controller · your world never leaves your disk