NBTExplorer vs WorldPainter

NBTExplorer

6.0 #26 in Minecraft world editors

About NBTExplorer

WorldPainter

7.3 #8 in Minecraft world editors

About WorldPainter
NBTExplorerWorldPainter
Free planNoYes
Free trialNoNo
Paid from—Free
Open sourceNoNo
PlatformsWindows, macOS, LinuxLinux, macOS, Windows
Free planYesYes
Supported platformswindows, macos, linuxwindows, macos, linux
Region editingYesNo
Terrain editingNoYes
Supported world formatsstandard NBT, schematic, uncompressed NBT, .mcr region, .mca Anvil region, Cubic Chunks regionWorldPainter .world files; Minecraft Java maps; height map images; BO2, BO3, NBT, SCHEM and schematic custom objects
Minecraft editions—java
Entity editing—No
Batch operations—No

Both are listed in Best Minecraft World Editors. On VGSources, WorldPainter scores higher on our published basis.