Bedrock Edition server software

Unlike the official server software, the unofficial  server software usually lack many things that are present in Bedrock Edition vanilla server that are built into the Bedrock Edition's client. The servers, excluding the official Bedrock Server Software, are also free of Mojang source code. In many cases, server software can outperform the official server software and can provide features beyond the capabilities of the vanilla bedrock server, like massive multiplayer experience. Unless stated otherwise, most server software are open-source, free of charge, and free-for-all use, including commercial use, given the license that's included.

Most Bedrock Edition server networks, including the featured servers, uses unofficial software as Mojang's official server software for Bedrock Edition has only been recently released and is currently in public alpha testing.

Bedrock Dedicated Server
On September 11, 2018, Mojang released an early alpha version of the official Bedrock Edition server software, Bedrock Dedicated Server, announced by Jeb on his Twitter page.

Third-party native mods
These mods hook directly into the Bedrock Dedicated Server and provide further APIs in native code (i.e C++) or through a scripting language like Javascript.

Third-party Server Software
This is a comparison of available custom servers for the Bedrock Edition of Minecraft. Servers that are listed here are required to have at least one publicly accessible release.

Historic projects
These are projects which are no longer actively maintained. Many of these projects were forked and live on in one of the above active projects.

Server management software
Server management software enables administrators to maintain servers and provides features such as taking backups and more.

Proxy software list
Proxies allow transferring of players seamlessly between servers unlike the Transfer Packet.

Protocol Translator list
Protocol translators allow Bedrock Edition clients to connect to Java Edition servers.