Sharing with Friends

Looking for a method to play with friends without needing to pay?

Easy Methods

These methods don't involve setting up a separate local server.

e4mc

e4mc (CurseForge) (Modrinth) enables sharing your local "Open to LAN" game to the internet. It only needs to be installed on the side that becomes the host. It's simple and performant.

Tip

As of version 5.4.1 and above, e4mc includes /whitelist and /ban commands, making it safer to use than before.

Essential Mod

You've likely heard of it, but we wouldn't recommend it. However, if it works for you and your friends, enjoy!

Essential Mod is incompatible with Craftoria

Other Options

playit.gg

playit.gg is a global proxy, tunneling service. It requires you run it's program on your computer, has paid options, but also offers a free base tier.

Warning

Do use a local, online mode, server setup with this so you can use the server's whitelist functionality.
playit.gg uses a fixed, non-negligible amount of IPs, and only shuffle ports for each IP address. This makes finding the IP easier than for other methods of finding IPs.

Hamachi

Hamachi is a paid, hosted VPN service.