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<h1>Choosing an Implementation<a class="headerlink" href="#choosing-an-implementation" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>Something that runs Sponge plugins is called an <em>implementation</em>. As long as a plugin is correctly made using the
SpongeAPI, it should run correctly on any sufficiently-complete implementation.</p>
<p>Minecraft can’t run Sponge plugins out of the box, but you can modify it to do so.</p>
<p>The Sponge API itself is an <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeAPI">open standard</a>.</p>
<div class="section" id="available-implementations">
<h2>Available Implementations<a class="headerlink" href="#available-implementations" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>There are currently two implementations:</p>
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<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Name</th>
<th class="head">Based on</th>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="spongeforge.html"><span class="doc">SpongeForge</span></a></td>
<td>Mojang’s “vanilla” Minecraft and Minecraft Forge</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="spongevanilla.html"><span class="doc">SpongeVanilla</span></a></td>
<td>Mojang’s “vanilla” Minecraft</td>
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<div class="section" id="which-do-i-choose">
<h3>Which do I choose?<a class="headerlink" href="#which-do-i-choose" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>If you want to run MinecraftForge mods or you prefer to use Sponge in singleplayer, then choose <a class="reference internal" href="spongeforge.html"><span class="doc">SpongeForge</span></a>.</p>
<p>If you only want to run a Mincraft server with plugins on it (but no mods), then you can choose <a class="reference internal" href="spongeforge.html"><span class="doc">SpongeForge</span></a> or
<a class="reference internal" href="spongevanilla.html"><span class="doc">SpongeVanilla</span></a>. SpongeForge supports vanilla clients, as long as you don’t install Forge mods which require
clientside mods. If you prefer to run a server without Forge, then SpongeVanilla is your preferred option.</p>
<p>SpongeVanilla and SpongeForge (without mods) behave the same, so the decision between the two is a matter of preference,
not a choice of functionality or features.</p>
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