I think the philosophical difference between the two projects is that VoxeLibre has all core Minecraft gameplay features and then adds many of it’s own, while I think Mineclonia is more focused on faithfully replicating Minecraft.
(Disclaimer: I’m guessing a bit, because I spend my time in a world where I remixed mods from both of the others into my own preferred blend - starting from the the mostly empty “MineGame” base game.)
has anyone made any free and open-source versions of minecraft?
Yes. Two of the more popular ones run on Luanti.
In the Luanti games picker, choose Voxlibre or Mineclonia.
I think the philosophical difference between the two projects is that VoxeLibre has all core Minecraft gameplay features and then adds many of it’s own, while I think Mineclonia is more focused on faithfully replicating Minecraft.
(Disclaimer: I’m guessing a bit, because I spend my time in a world where I remixed mods from both of the others into my own preferred blend - starting from the the mostly empty “MineGame” base game.)
Minetest
Check out luanti
It’s not free or anything but I recommend vintage story.