
Pixel's AntiCheat
A basic anti-cheat solution for Minecraft servers running NeoForge. This mod helps server administrators detect and prevent the presence of cheats, hacks, and other unauthorized modifications.
✨ Features
- Mod Whitelist/Blacklist: Control which mods are allowed or blocked on your server
- Blocks Most Popular Cheat Mods: Blocks popular cheats by default and can be configured for new ones.
- Suspicious Mod Detection: Automatically detect potentially harmful mods
- Anti-Tamper Verification: Verify the integrity of the AntiCheat to prevent tampering
- Resource Pack Scanning: Detect suspicious resource packs (such as XRay) that might give unfair advantages
- Configurable Actions: Choose how to handle players with suspicious content
⚙️ Installation
🔔 Important Note
This mod is required on both server and client sides.
Players attempting to join a server with this mod installed will be disconnected if they don't have the exact same version of the mod installed on their client.
🖥️ Server Installation
- Download the latest version of Pixel's AntiCheat from [CurseForge/Modrinth/GitHub Releases]
- Place the JAR file in your server's
modsfolder - Start your server – a default configuration will be generated automatically
- Optionally customize the configuration file located at
config/pixelsanticheat.json
🖥️ Client Installation
- Download the exact same version of Pixel's AntiCheat that is installed on the server
- Place the JAR file in your client's
modsfolder - Start your game
📝 Configuration
The configuration file is located at config/pixelsanticheat.json. It uses a JSON format with comments to make configuration easier.
🔧 Configuration Options
- WhiteList: List of mod IDs that are always allowed
- BlackList: List of mod IDs that are always blocked
- SuspiciousModIds: List of strings that, if found in a mod ID, mark it as suspicious
- AllowedModIds: List of mod IDs that are exempt from suspicious checks
- SuspiciousFilePatterns: Regex patterns for suspicious JAR files
- AllowedFilePatterns: Regex patterns for JAR files exempt from suspicious checks
- SuspiciousResourcePackPatterns: Regex patterns for suspicious resource packs
- AllowedResourcePackPatterns: Regex patterns for resource packs exempt from suspicious checks
- KickOnSuspiciousContent: Whether to kick players with suspicious content
📦 Example Configuration
{
// List of mod IDs that are always allowed
"WhiteList": [
"jei",
"waila",
"journeymap"
],
// List of mod IDs that are always blocked
"BlackList": [
"hackclient",
"cheatmod"
],
// Whether to kick players with suspicious content
"KickOnSuspiciousContent": true
}
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as pixelsanticheat-1.0-Beta.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 40 KB
- Download link checked 20 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.