Choosing a server software

There are a lot of different Minecraft server softwares. The two I'd recommend are:

• Purpur, based on Paper - compatible with all Bukkit plugins and very well optimised.
• Fabric, for fully vanilla behaviour and loading Fabric mods, but Fabric is not as well optimised.

This guide mainly focuses on Purpur. Almost all information in this guide will also be compatible with regular Paper and likely Bukkit/Spigot - perhaps with the exception of certain optimisation guides.