Better MC

Better MC for NeoForge: hundreds of mods for new biomes, structures, mobs and quality of life.

Created and started on Playkeeper 0.4.4 on 28 Sep 2026: ready in 13 seconds, with nothing failing to load.

What it installs

The modpack version the template pins, as it installed when we started it. What the Better MC server needs.

The same server by hand

With Docker and the itzg image Playkeeper runs servers in, sized the way Playkeeper sizes it and with the pinned versions. Open TCP 25565 in your provider's firewall.

# Better MC: Better MC [NEOFORGE] BMC5 v31 on Java 21, 8 GB in all
docker run -d --name better-mc -p 25565:25565 \
  --memory 8G --memory-swap 8G \
  -e EULA=TRUE -e MEMORY=5854M -e USE_AIKAR_FLAGS=TRUE \
  -e TYPE=MODRINTH -e MODRINTH_MODPACK=better-mc-neoforge-bmc5 -e MODRINTH_VERSION=Mo8ro6Ra \
  -e MAX_PLAYERS=10 \
  -v better-mc-data:/data itzg/minecraft-server:java21

Your server is one command away.

Free and open source. Friends can be playing tonight.

curl -fsSL https://playkeeper.io/install | sudo sh
Try the live demo