Want to keep in the loop with our updates, join our discord! See the changelog below as quite a few things have, changed. Note: You will need to update other plugins that use ViaVersion. If you use our API please read this and consider migrating.

Changelog:

• 1.17 client support (by KennyTV)
• Java 16 compatibility (by Proximyst, MrMicky-FR)
• Licensing, this release is GPLv3, our API is still MIT if you wish to depend on features like protocol checking.
• Several refactors to improve the stability and aid future development (by KennyTV)
• We're now using Gradle to aid our build process as ViaVersion had become difficult to maintain during the build process when using maven (by jpenilla and KennyTV)
• Improvements to compatibility with other plugins (sending packets) (by terminnalsin)
• /viaversion displayleaks now uses PARANOID
• QuickMove patch is run on the next tick to improve success
• Added spacing when versions are displayed with protocols (by creeper123123321)
• Fixed 1.9.1 protocol registration (by KennyTV)
• JSON text processing is now handled by adventure, improving the quality of JSON translation (by KennyTV)
• New forced-use-1_17-resource-pack option (by LemonCaramel)
• Improved handling of unknown container IDs in older versions (by RaphiMC)
• Minecart block data translation for 1.15+ clients (by creeper123123321)
• Improve 1.12.2+ sound rewriting (by KennyTV)
• New showShieldWhenSwordInHand option for 1.9+ (by LabyStudio)
• New noDelayShieldBlocking for 1.9+ (by R0bbyYT)
• Fix shift-clicking issue with QuickMoveProvider (by MrMicky-FR)
• Improved invalid enchantment encoding for 1.13+ (by KennyTV)
• Improve 1.9+ block placement logic (by RaphiMC)
• Fix 1.15+ metadata bug caused by ordering (by KennyTV)
• Don't inject if a channel has disconnected (by linsaftw)
• Bulk chunk transformers have been discontinued (by KennyTV)
• Missing translation mappings for 1.16+ (by LemonCaramel)
• Packet list optimisations (by tomcraft)

Huge thanks to KennyTV, jpenilla, MrMicky-FR, LemonCaramel, Proximyst, RaphiMC, LabyStudio, R0bbyYT, linsaftw, Earthcomputer, Jo0001, Kamillaova, tomcraft for making this update possible.