Buildprint - Schematics & Printer (Litematica Alternative)

Buildprint

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

Buildprint shows any schematic as a ghost in your world, with real block models. It tracks what
you've placed, what's missing and what's wrong. Easy place makes placing the right block easy, and
the printer places blocks for you.

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See what's left to do

Missing blocks, wrong blocks, blocks turned the wrong way and blocks that shouldn't be there each
get their own color. The material list shows what you still need and updates as you build.

Line a build up automatically

Click Auto in the Loaded tab and Buildprint finds where the build already stands in the world. It
sets the position, rotation and mirroring to match, so you don't have to nudge it into place block
by block. This helps when you pick a half-finished build up again, or load a build someone shared.
A build that isn't started yet is lined up with the ground it was saved on, if the schematic
includes it. It searches up to 12 chunks around you (you can change this in the settings) and tells
you how much of the build matches.

Place blocks with easy place

Turn on easy place and right-click the ghost: the right block goes down, facing the right way.
Blocks swap into your hand from your inventory. Hold right-click to sweep across a row.

Or let the printer do it

The printer places the missing blocks around you while you move. It uses the blocks in your
inventory and stays within your normal reach. It builds layer by layer from the bottom, the
structure before the decoration, and only builds against a block once the server has confirmed it.

On servers: easy place and angel placement make placing much easier than by hand, and the
printer places blocks for you. Many servers
count that as cheating. Check the rules before you use them. All three are off by default.

Build one layer at a time

The layer view shows one layer, or a few, of a build. Easy place and the printer then only work in
those layers.

Paste in creative

In creative mode you can paste a build into the world in one go, and undo it. Only the layers in
view are pasted, and you choose whether air is placed and whether blocks already there are replaced.
In single-player it goes straight into the world. On a server it uses Buildprint Policy if the
server has it, otherwise Axiom, operator commands or WorldEdit, whichever you're allowed to use.
Fill containers puts the schematic's items into chests and hoppers that already stand in the world.

Swap materials

Build it out of something else. Pick a block in the material list and choose a replacement. The
ghost, the material list and easy place all follow. Your file isn't changed.

See what goes inside containers

Chests, barrels, hoppers, droppers, crafters and other containers show the items the schematic has
in them. Look at one to see its slots with the counts and the comparator signal they give. Open it
and the wanted items sit in the slots as ghosts, and Fill moves them over from your inventory.
A container with the wrong contents is marked yellow, like a block in the wrong state.

In single-player, containers near you are checked without opening them. On a server the game only
tells your client what is in a container while it is open, so one you haven't opened yet shows as
"not checked".

Save your own builds

Press B for the editor. The camera flies free while your player stays put, which helps in
survival. Select an area, resize and rotate it with handles, and save it as a .litematic. In
single-player the file includes what is inside the containers. Mobs are left out.

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Your schematics and the marketplace

Press M for the menu. The Local tab shows your schematics/ folder with search, recent
files, favorites and a 3D preview. Loaded lists what's in your world, to move, turn or hide.
The Marketplace tab browses builds from VoxelSprout
and places them in one click. No account needed.

You can also drop a file onto the game window. Builds are remembered per world and per server.

Format	Extension	Open	Save
Litematica	.litematic	✅	✅
Sponge schematic	.schem	✅
Classic schematic	.schematic	✅
Vanilla structure	.nbt	✅
Axiom blueprint	.bp	✅

Build it together

Start a sync session and share the code or link. Everyone who joins sees the same builds in the same
place and the progress as others build. People without the file get it from the session. Nothing
needs to be installed on the server.

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Compared to Litematica

In these tests Buildprint ran at two to four times Litematica's frame rate, and loaded big builds
without freezing the game: 3 big builds showed up after 2.4 seconds, against 43 seconds in
Litematica.

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 destroy (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 Buildprint 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.

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Shortcuts

Change them in Options → Controls, under Buildprint.

Key	Action
M	Open the Buildprint menu
N	Turn easy place on or off
B	Open the editor
. / ,	Layer view up / down
I (hold)	Show what goes inside a container that already matched
not set	Turn easy break on or off
not set	Turn the printer on or off
not set	Show all, unbuilt, wrong or extra blocks

In the editor

Key	Tool
1 / 2 / 3	Select · Resize · Save
4 / 5 / 6 / 7	Place · Move · Rotate · Auto align
[ / ]	Previous / next region
Delete	Delete the selected region
H	Show or hide the controls

Works with Sorted

With Sorted installed, the material list shows how many of each
block are in your chests, and can light those chests up through walls. Where Buildprint labels a
container, Sorted's own label on it steps aside. Optional.

The same goes for Peek: its label on a placed shulker box steps
aside while Buildprint shows its own there.

Shader packs

The ghost shows under Iris shader packs. Players have tested it with Complementary, BSL, Bliss,
Photon and I Like Vanilla, on very large builds too, and together with Voxy and Better Clouds. The
pack doesn't light or shadow the ghost: it's drawn on top of the pack's picture, so it looks the
same in every pack. Heavy fog in a pack (BSL) makes it look more see-through in the distance.

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FAQ

Can I use it on any server?

Buildprint only runs on your client, so it works on any server you can join. Whether you're allowed
to use easy place, angel placement or the printer there is up to the server, so check the rules.
Servers can turn features off with Buildprint Policy; you're told what's off when you join.

Can I keep using my Litematica files?

Yes. Buildprint saves .litematic files and opens them directly. On first launch it offers to bring
over your Litematica placements. Your files aren't changed.

My build doesn't show up in another world on the same server.

On servers with several worlds behind one address, a build only shows in the world you placed it in.
In other worlds it's hidden, not removed. This works in the overworld and the nether. You can turn
it off in the settings under "World fingerprinting".

Why does a chest say its contents are "not checked"?

On a server your client only learns what is in a container while it is open. Open it once and
Buildprint compares it and remembers the result. In single-player this isn't needed: containers near
you are checked on their own.

Can I paste a build in creative?

Yes. Click Paste on a loaded build in the Loaded tab, and Undo takes it back. Only the layers
in view are pasted. On a server without Buildprint Policy it uses Axiom, operator commands or
WorldEdit; without operator status commands go through at about one a second, so that is slow.

Do I need an account?

No. You only sign in to vote on or publish builds on the marketplace.

Something's broken. What should I send?

Run /buildprint report in game and share your latest.log on the Discord linked below, with a
short description of what happened.

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Requirements

• Minecraft 26.2 or 26.3, Fabric Loader 0.16+
• Fabric API and YACL
• Mod Menu (optional), for the settings screen

Client-side only.

Modpacks

Use Buildprint in any modpack, on CurseForge, Modrinth or anywhere else. You don't need to ask.
A link back to this page is welcome.

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More from VoxelSprout

Buildprint is made by VoxelSprout: client-side mods for builders and free browser tools.

• Sorted: inventory sorting, Quick Stack, and a memory of every chest you've opened.
• Wildform (coming soon): paint forests and place custom trees. Send them to Buildprint to build them block by block.
• Buildprint Policy (coming soon, for server admins): choose which Buildprint features players can use on your server, and let the server do Buildprint's paste itself.
• 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