A free Minehut alternative

What people want from a Minehut alternative

The usual reasons: more memory than the small free tier, mods (Fabric, Forge, NeoForge) as well as plugins, and prices in dollars rather than in-site credits.

Minehut's limits and plans change, so check its own site for the current numbers.

What you get on Jump

• Your own address. Friends join yourname.play.jumphosting.cloud directly. You can also use your own domain.
• 2 GB free, and player slots you choose. No card. It sleeps after 15 minutes alone and wakes when someone joins.
• Plugins and mods. Paper, Purpur and Spigot plugins, or Fabric, Quilt, Forge and NeoForge mods, from a catalog or uploaded yourself.
• Bedrock players too. Geyser lets phones, consoles and Windows players join a Java server.
• Simple paid plans. From $4.99 a month (or $1.39 a week) for an always-on server with backups, and your first month is 25% off.

Moving a Minehut server

1. In Minehut's panel, download your world folder (and any plugin configs you want to keep) from the file manager.
2. Create a free server on Jump with the same edition.
3. Stop it, then Upload world in Files. Upload plugin config folders into plugins/ in Files or over SFTP.
4. Install the plugins themselves from Plugins & mods, start the server and join.

When Minehut might suit you better

If you want strangers to discover your server, Minehut's shared lobby is a real advantage. Jump servers are private by default: people join because you gave them the address.

Questions