JNBT: The Java NBT Library

What is NBT?

NBT, or Named Binary Tag, is a file format created by Markus Persson for use with Minecraft levels. Although originally designed for Minecraft levels, it is appropriate for the vast majority of use cases.

What is JNBT?

JNBT is a library that can read and write NBT files, written in Java by Graham Edgecombe and available open-source under the BSD license.

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JNBT is currently in beta, the current release is 1.1. This contains a fix for writing TAG_Lists (thanks to osici for finding the bug) and toString() methods on each tag type (which replicate the format used in the documentation).

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