Downloading Jars

Rather than hunting down a download page for every server platform, we recommend MCJars. It indexes builds for all of the popular server software directly from their official sources, so you always get the upstream file - it just saves you the trip. It’s open source, has no ads, and offers a web UI, a REST API and a CLI.

MCJars Download server jars, or reverse lookup an existing one, via mcjars.app

Supported Platforms

Each platform has its own versions page listing every indexed build with a direct download link.

Platform	Versions Page
Vanilla	Browse builds
Paper	Browse builds
Purpur	Browse builds
Spigot	Browse builds
Pufferfish	Browse builds
Folia	Browse builds
Leaves	Browse builds
Canvas	Browse builds
Velocity	Browse builds
BungeeCord	Browse builds
Waterfall DEPRECATED	Browse builds
Fabric	Browse builds
Forge	Browse builds
NeoForge	Browse builds
Quilt EXPERIMENTAL	Browse builds
Sponge	Browse builds
Mohist	Browse builds
Arclight	Browse builds

Download via CLI

Pick your server software and version below and we’ll generate a curl and wget command that downloads the jar straight from its official source. Versions are pulled live from MCJars, so the list always reflects what’s currently available.

Server software Version

Run whichever command suits your server in the folder you want the jar to live in. The --content-disposition flag on wget prevents the downloaded file being an extension-less file called download.

To confirm the file has downloaded correctly you can use the ls -al command to display the contents of your current folder. Windows users can usually tell by the size of the jar.

...

root@vps:~/minecraft-server-folder# ls -al
total 41348
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 Jul  9 16:59 .
drwx------ 7 root root     4096 Jul  9 16:59 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42329978 Jul  9 08:07 server.jar

...

Alternative Server Jars

If you are looking for alternative server jars outside of MCJars, you can use this link to view a list of popular server jars along with their download links.