MOD FAMILY

BuildCraft

Classic pipes, engines, quarries, and industrial automation, including a community continuation for modern Minecraft.

TechnologyAutomationPipesEnergy

Also known as BuildCraft Community Edition, BuildCraft Community Edition - Library, BCCE

Version overview

An available build does not imply feature parity.

BuildCraft version support
Project	1.20.1 · Forge	1.21.1 · NeoForge	1.7.10 · Forge	1.12.2 · Forge
BuildCraft Community Edition	Released Unknown maintenance	Released Unknown maintenance	Unknown Unknown maintenance	Released Unknown maintenance
BuildCraft	Unknown Unknown maintenance	Unknown Unknown maintenance	Released Unknown maintenance	Released Unknown maintenance

Projects in this family

2 distinct projects

PROJECT

BuildCraft Community Edition

Classic pipes, engines, quarries, and industrial automation, including a community continuation for modern Minecraft. The supplied Library name describes a component of this same distribution; it is not a second CurseForge project.

Modrinth ↗CurseForge ↗

Support & releases

1.20.1 · ForgeReleased

Maintenance: Unknown · Checked 2026-10-22

Availability verified from exact version/loader release metadata. Maintenance and cross-branch feature parity remain unverified.

Source: buildcraft-community-edition-1-20-1-forge

1.21.1 · NeoForgeReleased

Maintenance: Unknown · Checked 2026-10-22

Availability verified from exact version/loader release metadata. Maintenance and cross-branch feature parity remain unverified.

Source: buildcraft-community-edition-1-21-1-neoforge

1.7.10 · ForgeUnknown

Maintenance: Unknown · Checked 2026-10-22

No matching release verified in this platform listing. Other distribution channels were not ruled out; availability remains unknown.

1.12.2 · ForgeReleased

Maintenance: Unknown · Checked 2026-10-22

Availability verified from exact version/loader release metadata. Maintenance and cross-branch feature parity remain unverified.

Source: buildcraft-community-edition-1-12-2-forge

26.1.2 · NeoForgeReleased

Maintenance: Unknown · Checked 2026-10-22

Availability verified from exact version/loader release metadata. Maintenance and cross-branch feature parity remain unverified.

Source: buildcraft-community-edition-26-1-2-neoforge

26.2 · NeoForgeReleased

Maintenance: Unknown · Checked 2026-10-22

Availability verified from exact version/loader release metadata. Maintenance and cross-branch feature parity remain unverified.

Source: buildcraft-community-edition-26-2-neoforge

26.3 · NeoForgeReleased

Maintenance: Unknown · Checked 2026-10-22

Availability verified from exact version/loader release metadata. Maintenance and cross-branch feature parity remain unverified.

Source: buildcraft-community-edition-26-3-neoforge

Related projects

Successor BuildCraft All versions

Community continuation based on original BuildCraft, restoring and extending classic automation. It is an unofficial project.

Source: buildcraft-community-edition-successor-buildcraft

Incompatibility BuildCraft 1.12.2 · Forge

The checked downloadable build explicitly declares this project incompatible. Applies to the checked branch/build metadata; older or future combinations must be rechecked.

Source: buildcraft-community-edition-incompatibility-buildcraft-1-12-2

PROJECT

BuildCraft

Original BuildCraft distribution for historical automation packs.

Modrinth ↗

Support & releases

1.20.1 · ForgeUnknown

Maintenance: Unknown · Checked 2026-10-22

No matching release verified in this platform listing. Other distribution channels were not ruled out; availability remains unknown.

1.21.1 · NeoForgeUnknown

Maintenance: Unknown · Checked 2026-10-22

No matching release verified in this platform listing. Other distribution channels were not ruled out; availability remains unknown.

1.7.10 · ForgeReleased

Maintenance: Unknown · Checked 2026-10-22

Availability verified from exact version/loader release metadata. Maintenance and cross-branch feature parity remain unverified.

Source: buildcraft-1-7-10-forge

1.12.2 · ForgeReleased

Maintenance: Unknown · Checked 2026-10-22

Availability verified from exact version/loader release metadata. Maintenance and cross-branch feature parity remain unverified.

Source: buildcraft-1-12-2-forge

BRANCH COMPARISONS

How do the versions compare?

Unknown parity

BuildCraft Community Edition · 1.20.1 · Forge

compared with BuildCraft Community Edition · 1.21.1 · NeoForge

Both exact targets have published builds. Feature equivalence and development priority have not been established; matching release names are insufficient evidence.

Checked 2026-10-22

PLAN YOUR MODPACK

Confirmed incompatibilities

BuildCraft Community Edition + BuildCraft

1.12.2 · Forge

The checked downloadable build explicitly declares this project incompatible. Applies to the checked branch/build metadata; older or future combinations must be rechecked.

buildcraft-community-edition incompatibility buildcraft · Checked 2026-10-22

RESEARCH EVIDENCE

Sources & verification

Project identity and purpose

BuildCraft Community Edition - port of original BC to newer versions

https://modrinth.com/mod/buildcraft-community-edition ↗Checked 2026-10-22

Downloadable 1.20.1 FORGE build verified

The official project release index contains files explicitly tagged for this Minecraft version and loader. Exact mod-release versions are intentionally not stored.

https://api.modrinth.com/v2/project/z3Aj5eOl/version?game_versions=%5B%221.20.1%22%5D&loaders=%5B%22forge%22%5D ↗Checked 2026-10-22

Downloadable 1.21.1 NEOFORGE build verified

The official project release index contains files explicitly tagged for this Minecraft version and loader. Exact mod-release versions are intentionally not stored.

https://api.modrinth.com/v2/project/z3Aj5eOl/version?game_versions=%5B%221.21.1%22%5D&loaders=%5B%22neoforge%22%5D ↗Checked 2026-10-22

Downloadable 1.12.2 FORGE build verified

The official project release index contains files explicitly tagged for this Minecraft version and loader. Exact mod-release versions are intentionally not stored.

https://api.modrinth.com/v2/project/z3Aj5eOl/version?game_versions=%5B%221.12.2%22%5D&loaders=%5B%22forge%22%5D ↗Checked 2026-10-22

Downloadable 26.1.2 NEOFORGE build verified

The official project release index contains files explicitly tagged for this Minecraft version and loader. Exact mod-release versions are intentionally not stored.

https://api.modrinth.com/v2/project/z3Aj5eOl/version?game_versions=%5B%2226.1.2%22%5D&loaders=%5B%22neoforge%22%5D ↗Checked 2026-10-22

Downloadable 26.2 NEOFORGE build verified

The official project release index contains files explicitly tagged for this Minecraft version and loader. Exact mod-release versions are intentionally not stored.

https://api.modrinth.com/v2/project/z3Aj5eOl/version?game_versions=%5B%2226.2%22%5D&loaders=%5B%22neoforge%22%5D ↗Checked 2026-10-22

Downloadable 26.3 NEOFORGE build verified

The official project release index contains files explicitly tagged for this Minecraft version and loader. Exact mod-release versions are intentionally not stored.

https://api.modrinth.com/v2/project/z3Aj5eOl/version?game_versions=%5B%2226.3%22%5D&loaders=%5B%22neoforge%22%5D ↗Checked 2026-10-22

Project identity and purpose

Pipes!

https://modrinth.com/mod/buildcraft ↗Checked 2026-10-22

Downloadable 1.7.10 FORGE build verified

The official project release index contains files explicitly tagged for this Minecraft version and loader. Exact mod-release versions are intentionally not stored.

https://api.modrinth.com/v2/project/6X5wjPTJ/version?game_versions=%5B%221.7.10%22%5D&loaders=%5B%22forge%22%5D ↗Checked 2026-10-22

Downloadable 1.12.2 FORGE build verified

The official project release index contains files explicitly tagged for this Minecraft version and loader. Exact mod-release versions are intentionally not stored.

https://api.modrinth.com/v2/project/6X5wjPTJ/version?game_versions=%5B%221.12.2%22%5D&loaders=%5B%22forge%22%5D ↗Checked 2026-10-22

buildcraft-community-edition successor buildcraft

Community continuation based on original BuildCraft, restoring and extending classic automation. It is an unofficial project.

https://modrinth.com/mod/buildcraft-community-edition ↗Checked 2026-10-22

buildcraft-community-edition incompatibility buildcraft

The checked downloadable build explicitly declares this project incompatible. Applies to the checked branch/build metadata; older or future combinations must be rechecked.

https://api.modrinth.com/v2/version/KvVY5NsF ↗Checked 2026-10-22

Uncertain — needs review

Research limits

Platform links and dated sources are recorded. Missing platform listings, unverified dependencies, maintenance, parity, and future 27.x support are not assertions of absence. Exact mod-release versions are intentionally omitted.

https://modrinth.com/ ↗Checked 2026-10-22