I literally owe my career to this mod

The title is not even an exaggeration, without this mod existing I probably wouldn’t get into pack dev, and by proxy into mod dev.

Sure I could use something like CraftTweaker, they are pretty comparable in terms of more basic stuff like changing recipes, add tags, creating custom items/block, etc. But as you get closer to the more complex things, Kube is an absolute winner in my book.

Whereas with CraftTweaker you need to install numerous addons to do things harder than changing recipes (even adding custom items requires ContentTweaker), KJS is a battery-included utility with all the things you could imagine needing, going even as far as reflecting java classes. And sure, KubeJS isn’t completely standalone, there are addons that expand it capabilities even further, but, except for maybe those that add mod-specific recipes, you do not need them to create a fully-fledged modpack with custom recipes, items, mechanics and more.

One other notable mention when it comes to Kube alternatives is GroovyScript, which is pretty new and much more capable as compared to KJS, but it’s flaw is simple, it’s not available for modern version that I prefer to dev on ;)