Free tools for playing with friends

Small, free calculators we use ourselves when setting up a private server. No sign-up. Each page says where its numbers come from.

• Minecraft server RAM and cost calculator

  How much memory a private Minecraft server needs for your group, and what it costs per month.

• Rust wipe calendar

  The next Rust force wipe in your time zone, with a calendar feed you can subscribe to.

• Minecraft Nether portal calculator

  Overworld and Nether coordinates for linked portals (Java Edition).

• Minecraft command generator

  Build /give, /tp, /effect, /fill and other commands without remembering the syntax (Java Edition).

• Minecraft banner maker

  Stack up to 6 layers, preview the banner and copy the Java give command.

• Minecraft enchantment calculator

  The cheapest anvil order for your enchanted books (Java Edition).

• Minecraft server.properties reference and generator

  All 69 keys of the 26.3 file with defaults, friends-server presets, an editor and an import to check your file.

• Minecraft whitelist, op and ban commands

  A command builder for the Java 26.3 admin commands, with permission levels and why you are not whitelisted.

• Minecraft game rules list and old names

  All 59 Java 26.3 game rules with measured defaults, the command to copy and an old-name lookup (keepInventory to keep_inventory).

• Minecraft item IDs and crafting recipes

  Search all 1,657 Java 26.3 item IDs by name, copy the /give command and see every crafting, smelting, stonecutting, smithing and brewing recipe.

• Project Zomboid server settings for a friends server

  Where each servertest.ini and sandbox key lives, what it does, our opinion, and four presets to copy. Build 42, unofficial.

• Palworld server settings and profile generator

  Every Palworld dedicated-server setting with its default value from the official server files and the range the official docs state, five friends profiles that build a full settings file, a merge into your own line and a checker for your PalWorldSettings.ini line. Unofficial.

• Best Minecraft plugins for a friends server

  Paper, Spigot or Purpur, and a sourced list of plugins for a small server.

• Minecraft modpacks for a friends server

  A dated, sourced list of modpacks by purpose, with the Minecraft version and loader of each.

• Best server-side Minecraft mods

  A dated, sourced list of mods and plugins friends do not need to install.