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Buildprint - Schematics & Printer (Litematica Alternative)

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Buildprint - Schematics & Printer (Litematica Alternative)

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Load any schematic as a ghost in your world, see what's missing, and build it with easy place or the printer. Opens .litematic, .schem, .schematic, .nbt and Axiom .bp. A client-side alternative to Litematica.

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Description

BuildPrint: Load a schematic, see it in your world, and build it.

Website Wiki Discord Ko-fi


Load a schematic, put it where you want it, and build it.
A see-through ghost of the build shows every block, what's missing and what to gather.

A schematic shown as a ghost in the world


Any schematic: Opens .litematic, .schem, .nbt and Axiom .bp. Put it anywhere: Drop it, drag it and turn it with the mouse. See what is left: Missing and wrong blocks, in color. Easy place: Right-click the ghost to place the block. The printer: Builds it around you as you move. Layer by layer: Build it one layer at a time.



Put it where you want

Press G, pick Place, click the ground, and the build lands on it.
With Move, drag the arrows to slide it and the arcs to turn it. Your player stays put while the camera flies.

The editor around a house: Magic select taking the roof, then the selection box, then the gizmo that moves and turns it



See what is left

Missing, wrong and turned blocks each get their own color.
The material list counts what you still need to bring, most first, and Gather keeps it on screen while you go out for it.

Missing, wrong, turned and extra blocks, each in its own color

Gather pressed in the material list, the card filling in as logs are picked up, then what to make at a crafting table



Build it faster

Easy place: right-click the ghost and the right block goes down, facing the right way.
The printer: it places the missing blocks around you while you move.
From your boxes: both take blocks out of the bundles you carry. With "Take from carried boxes" on, they take blocks out of shulker boxes and backpacks too. On a server with nothing for it, BuildPrint sets the shulker box down next to you, takes the blocks out and breaks it again. Where a server offers a quicker way (VoxelSprout Policy, Take It Out, Quick Shulker, AxShulkers and others), that one is used.

Easy place filling in pixel art block by block

The printer building a house

On servers: easy place, placing in mid-air, the printer and taking from boxes are off by default. Many servers count them as cheating, so check the rules first.



Faster than Litematica

Two to four times Litematica's frame rate in side-by-side tests.
Three big builds showed up in 2.4 seconds, against 43 seconds in Litematica. It opens your .litematic files and brings over your placements.

10 big builds in one spot: BuildPrint on the left at 199 fps, Litematica on the right at 47 fps, F3 screen open in both

Features side by side

BuildPrintLitematica
Opens .litematic files✅✅
Easy place✅✅
Material list✅✅
Shows what goes inside containers✅ Also fills them from your inventory✅
Printer✅ Built inAdd-ons by other developers
Build together in sync sessions✅ Nothing to install on the serverSyncmatica add-on, on the server and every client
Easy break (breaks only wrong and extra blocks)✅❌
Swap materials from the material list✅❌
Marketplace in game✅❌
3D preview while picking a file✅❌
Builds only show in the world you placed them in, on servers with several worlds✅❌
Axiom .bp blueprints✅❌
Paste a build in creative✅ Also on servers without operator status, through VoxelSprout Policy✅ Needs operator commands on a server
Fill or replace an area with one block❌✅
Schematic projects (saved versions of a build)❌✅

Compared with Litematica 0.29.1 on Minecraft 26.3, September 2026.

Frame rate in four tests

The frame rate Minecraft's F3 screen showed, with the same builds from the same spot. Higher is better.

TestBuildPrintLitematica
Venice district, 568k blocks258 fps121 fps
3 big builds in a row, 1M blocks272 fps90 fps
24 builds side by side, 640k blocks229 fps95 fps
10 big builds in one spot, 3.6M blocks199 fps47 fps

How this was tested

  • MacBook Pro, Apple M4 Max, 36 GB, macOS. Minecraft 26.3 with Fabric, no other performance mods. BuildPrint 0.1.11, Litematica 0.29.1 with MaLiLib 0.30.2.
  • One game with both mods installed. Each test loaded the same builds into BuildPrint, then into Litematica, in the same world and from the same spot. Only one mod had builds loaded at a time. The order was BuildPrint, Litematica, Litematica, BuildPrint, so heat affects both the same.
  • 1920 × 1080, render distance 24, VSync and the frame rate cap off, a flat world. Both mods on default settings, except BuildPrint's lag guard, which was off: it lowers detail when the frame rate drops.
  • Real player builds, loaded one at a time. Each test waited until the mod had finished building its meshes, recorded 10 seconds, then took the screenshot with the F3 screen on.

One machine, one run. Your numbers will be different.



And there is more
  • Auto align: a build that is partly standing? It finds where and lines the ghost up.
  • Layer view: one layer at a time, and easy place and the printer stay in it.
  • Containers: chests and hoppers show the items they need, and fill from your inventory.
  • Swap materials: build it out of something else, from the material list.
  • Paste in creative: in one go, with undo. Also on servers, through VoxelSprout Policy, Axiom or WorldEdit.
  • Save your own: click what you want with Magic select, or draw a box, and save it as a .litematic. Any size, also past your render distance.
  • Marketplace: community builds in the menu, placed in one click. No account needed.
  • Build together: share a session code and everyone sees the same builds. Nothing on the server.
  • Shader packs: the ghost shows under Iris packs such as Complementary, BSL and Photon.

See them in action

!A half-built house with its ghost off to the side, then lined up on the house

!The layer view building a tower up layer by layer

!An item sorter's hoppers and chests showing the items they need, then being filled

!The same house in different materials

!A house shown as a ghost, pasted into the world, undone and pasted again

!The Local tab with a 3D preview of a schematic



Questions

Can I use it on any server?
Yes, it only runs on your client. Whether easy place and the printer are allowed is up to the server.

Can I keep using my Litematica files?
Yes. It opens and saves .litematic, and offers to bring over your placements. Your files aren't changed.

Which versions and loaders?
Minecraft 26.1 to 26.3 and 1.21.1 to 1.21.11, on Fabric (with Fabric API) and NeoForge.

Do I need an account?
No. Only to vote on or publish builds on the marketplace.

More answers in the FAQ and the wiki. Something broken? /buildprint report in game, or the Discord.


Keys

KeyAction
BOpen the BuildPrint menu (old: M, up to 0.1.25)
NTurn easy place on or off
GOpen the editor (old: B, up to 0.1.25)
KShow only the block in your hand
JOpen the materials list of the build you're in
. / ,Layer view up / down
not setTurn the layer view on or off
not set (hold)Show what goes inside a container that already matched
Pick Block (middle click)On a ghost: take its block into your hand
not setPick only the ghost's block
not setTurn easy break on or off
not setTurn the printer on or off
not setSwitch between what's left to place, wrong blocks and extra blocks
not setStatus panel: auto, full, compact or hidden
not setShow or hide all builds
not setShow or hide the build you're in
TJump to the search field in a list (the chat key, so it follows yours)

Change them in Options → Controls, under BuildPrint, or in the walkthrough (/buildprint onboarding).

In the editor

KeyTool
1 / 2 / 3 / 4Select · Magic select · Resize · Save
5 / 6 / 7 / 8Place · Move · Auto align · Paste (where pasting works)
Q / E or Alt + wheelPrevious / next tool
WheelWorks on the tool in your hand: the toolbar says what it does
Wheel sideways, or Shift + wheel on a MacMoves left or right of where you face
Middle clickThe side across from the lit one (Select, Resize)
Ctrl + wheelCamera speed
Alt (hold)Place freely instead of landing on the ground
NMake the next box a new region
[ / ]Previous / next region
P / RTurn around the block you aim at / back to the middle (Move)
CSwitch between the free camera and editing from where you stand
DeleteDelete the selected region
Ctrl + ZUndo the selection
HShow or hide the controls

Requirements and compatibility

  • Minecraft 26.1, 26.2 or 26.3 (NeoForge: 26.1.2 and up), or 1.21.1 to 1.21.11 (NeoForge: 1.21.1, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.8, 1.21.10 and 1.21.11).
  • Fabric: Fabric Loader 0.16+ and Fabric API. Mod Menu is optional.
  • NeoForge: nothing else.
  • Client-side only. Works with Sodium and Iris. With Sorted, the material list counts what's in your chests. With Bobby, saves reach the chunks it remembers.
  • In English, Dutch, German, French, Russian, Ukrainian and Polish (the Russian translation by a member of the community, the Ukrainian one by Winord).
  • For mod developers: an API for editor tools, loaded builds and formats, on the wiki.

Modpacks and videos: use BuildPrint in any modpack and show it in any video, monetized or not. No need to ask.

More from VoxelSprout

VoxelSprout: client-side mods and free tools for builders

Sorted: inventory sorting, Quick Stack, and a memory of every chest you've opened. VoxelSprout Policy: for server admins: choose which BuildPrint and Sorted features players can use on your server, and let the server do the paste. Marketplace: community builds you can look at in 3D before you download them.

Bugs, ideas and early builds: Discord · Enjoying the mods? Support on Ko-fi

BuildPrint: Load a schematic, see it in your world, and build it.

Website Wiki Discord Ko-fi


Load a schematic, put it where you want it, and build it.
A see-through ghost of the build shows every block, what's missing and what to gather.

A schematic shown as a ghost in the world


Any schematic: Opens .litematic, .schem, .nbt and Axiom .bp. Put it anywhere: Drop it, drag it and turn it with the mouse. See what is left: Missing and wrong blocks, in color. Easy place: Right-click the ghost to place the block. The printer: Builds it around you as you move. Layer by layer: Build it one layer at a time.



Put it where you want

Press G, pick Place, click the ground, and the build lands on it.
With Move, drag the arrows to slide it and the arcs to turn it. Your player stays put while the camera flies.

The editor around a house: Magic select taking the roof, then the selection box, then the gizmo that moves and turns it



See what is left

Missing, wrong and turned blocks each get their own color.
The material list counts what you still need to bring, most first, and Gather keeps it on screen while you go out for it.

Missing, wrong, turned and extra blocks, each in its own color

Gather pressed in the material list, the card filling in as logs are picked up, then what to make at a crafting table



Build it faster

Easy place: right-click the ghost and the right block goes down, facing the right way.
The printer: it places the missing blocks around you while you move.
From your boxes: both take blocks out of the bundles you carry. With "Take from carried boxes" on, they take blocks out of shulker boxes and backpacks too. On a server with nothing for it, BuildPrint sets the shulker box down next to you, takes the blocks out and breaks it again. Where a server offers a quicker way (VoxelSprout Policy, Take It Out, Quick Shulker, AxShulkers and others), that one is used.

Easy place filling in pixel art block by block

The printer building a house

On servers: easy place, placing in mid-air, the printer and taking from boxes are off by default. Many servers count them as cheating, so check the rules first.



Faster than Litematica

Two to four times Litematica's frame rate in side-by-side tests.
Three big builds showed up in 2.4 seconds, against 43 seconds in Litematica. It opens your .litematic files and brings over your placements.

10 big builds in one spot: BuildPrint on the left at 199 fps, Litematica on the right at 47 fps, F3 screen open in both

Features side by side
BuildPrint Litematica
Opens .litematic files ✅ ✅
Easy place ✅ ✅
Material list ✅ ✅
Shows what goes inside containers ✅ Also fills them from your inventory ✅
Printer ✅ Built in Add-ons by other developers
Build together in sync sessions ✅ Nothing to install on the server Syncmatica add-on, on the server and every client
Easy break (breaks only wrong and extra blocks) ✅ ❌
Swap materials from the material list ✅ ❌
Marketplace in game ✅ ❌
3D preview while picking a file ✅ ❌
Builds only show in the world you placed them in, on servers with several worlds ✅ ❌
Axiom .bp blueprints ✅ ❌
Paste a build in creative ✅ Also on servers without operator status, through VoxelSprout Policy ✅ Needs operator commands on a server
Fill or replace an area with one block ❌ ✅
Schematic projects (saved versions of a build) ❌ ✅

Compared with Litematica 0.29.1 on Minecraft 26.3, September 2026.

Frame rate in four tests

The frame rate Minecraft's F3 screen showed, with the same builds from the same spot. Higher is better.

Test BuildPrint Litematica
Venice district, 568k blocks 258 fps 121 fps
3 big builds in a row, 1M blocks 272 fps 90 fps
24 builds side by side, 640k blocks 229 fps 95 fps
10 big builds in one spot, 3.6M blocks 199 fps 47 fps
How this was tested
  • MacBook Pro, Apple M4 Max, 36 GB, macOS. Minecraft 26.3 with Fabric, no other performance mods. BuildPrint 0.1.11, Litematica 0.29.1 with MaLiLib 0.30.2.
  • One game with both mods installed. Each test loaded the same builds into BuildPrint, then into Litematica, in the same world and from the same spot. Only one mod had builds loaded at a time. The order was BuildPrint, Litematica, Litematica, BuildPrint, so heat affects both the same.
  • 1920 × 1080, render distance 24, VSync and the frame rate cap off, a flat world. Both mods on default settings, except BuildPrint's lag guard, which was off: it lowers detail when the frame rate drops.
  • Real player builds, loaded one at a time. Each test waited until the mod had finished building its meshes, recorded 10 seconds, then took the screenshot with the F3 screen on.

One machine, one run. Your numbers will be different.



And there is more
  • Auto align: a build that is partly standing? It finds where and lines the ghost up.
  • Layer view: one layer at a time, and easy place and the printer stay in it.
  • Containers: chests and hoppers show the items they need, and fill from your inventory.
  • Swap materials: build it out of something else, from the material list.
  • Paste in creative: in one go, with undo. Also on servers, through VoxelSprout Policy, Axiom or WorldEdit.
  • Save your own: click what you want with Magic select, or draw a box, and save it as a .litematic. Any size, also past your render distance.
  • Marketplace: community builds in the menu, placed in one click. No account needed.
  • Build together: share a session code and everyone sees the same builds. Nothing on the server.
  • Shader packs: the ghost shows under Iris packs such as Complementary, BSL and Photon.
See them in action

A half-built house with its ghost off to the side, then lined up on the house

The layer view building a tower up layer by layer

An item sorter's hoppers and chests showing the items they need, then being filled

The same house in different materials

A house shown as a ghost, pasted into the world, undone and pasted again

The Local tab with a 3D preview of a schematic



Questions

Can I use it on any server?
Yes, it only runs on your client. Whether easy place and the printer are allowed is up to the server.

Can I keep using my Litematica files?
Yes. It opens and saves .litematic, and offers to bring over your placements. Your files aren't changed.

Which versions and loaders?
Minecraft 26.1 to 26.3 and 1.21.1 to 1.21.11, on Fabric (with Fabric API) and NeoForge.

Do I need an account?
No. Only to vote on or publish builds on the marketplace.

More answers in the FAQ and the wiki. Something broken? /buildprint report in game, or the Discord.


Keys
Key Action
B Open the BuildPrint menu (old: M, up to 0.1.25)
N Turn easy place on or off
G Open the editor (old: B, up to 0.1.25)
K Show only the block in your hand
J Open the materials list of the build you're in
. / , Layer view up / down
not set Turn the layer view on or off
not set (hold) Show what goes inside a container that already matched
Pick Block (middle click) On a ghost: take its block into your hand
not set Pick only the ghost's block
not set Turn easy break on or off
not set Turn the printer on or off
not set Switch between what's left to place, wrong blocks and extra blocks
not set Status panel: auto, full, compact or hidden
not set Show or hide all builds
not set Show or hide the build you're in
T Jump to the search field in a list (the chat key, so it follows yours)

Change them in Options → Controls, under BuildPrint, or in the walkthrough (/buildprint onboarding).

In the editor
Key Tool
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Select · Magic select · Resize · Save
5 / 6 / 7 / 8 Place · Move · Auto align · Paste (where pasting works)
Q / E or Alt + wheel Previous / next tool
Wheel Works on the tool in your hand: the toolbar says what it does
Wheel sideways, or Shift + wheel on a Mac Moves left or right of where you face
Middle click The side across from the lit one (Select, Resize)
Ctrl + wheel Camera speed
Alt (hold) Place freely instead of landing on the ground
N Make the next box a new region
[ / ] Previous / next region
P / R Turn around the block you aim at / back to the middle (Move)
C Switch between the free camera and editing from where you stand
Delete Delete the selected region
Ctrl + Z Undo the selection
H Show or hide the controls
Requirements and compatibility
  • Minecraft 26.1, 26.2 or 26.3 (NeoForge: 26.1.2 and up), or 1.21.1 to 1.21.11 (NeoForge: 1.21.1, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.8, 1.21.10 and 1.21.11).
  • Fabric: Fabric Loader 0.16+ and Fabric API. Mod Menu is optional.
  • NeoForge: nothing else.
  • Client-side only. Works with Sodium and Iris. With Sorted, the material list counts what's in your chests. With Bobby, saves reach the chunks it remembers.
  • In English, Dutch, German, French, Russian, Ukrainian and Polish (the Russian translation by a member of the community, the Ukrainian one by Winord).
  • For mod developers: an API for editor tools, loaded builds and formats, on the wiki.

Modpacks and videos: use BuildPrint in any modpack and show it in any video, monetized or not. No need to ask.

More from VoxelSprout

VoxelSprout: client-side mods and free tools for builders

Sorted: inventory sorting, Quick Stack, and a memory of every chest you've opened. VoxelSprout Policy: for server admins: choose which BuildPrint and Sorted features players can use on your server, and let the server do the paste. Marketplace: community builds you can look at in 3D before you download them.

Bugs, ideas and early builds: Discord · Enjoying the mods? Support on Ko-fi