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Minecraft server software marketshare is tracked with bstats. Paper (58.3%) is a fork of Spigot (21.3%) and is more open to contributions and has a lot more performance enhancements. Spigot continues CraftBukkit which implements the Bukkit API. Spigot only really exists to update to the latest game version and no longer receives performance enhancements. Purpur (10.1%) also exists and forks paper, and add gameplay features that couldn't be forked into Paper.

The largest non-bukkit competitor is Fabric, which is nice because by default it changes no gameplay behavior. Spigot and all forks change gameplay behavior to improve performance and make implementing the API easier in subtle ways. Paper is more suitable for a public server as it patches exploits by default while Fabric is better for a more technical or private server as it doesn't break vanilla behavior .

Bukkit-based servers can be made compatible with Bedrock edition with the Geyser plugin

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kosma|2 years ago

Note that bstats only tracks Bukkit-compatible servers. It doesn't track Vanilla/Fabric/Forge/etc. installations, so take these numbers with a grain of salt.