Sponge plugins compatibility

[yepidoodles]

There was another thread like this, if you want to know more, @Tanzanite read this:

SpongeForge and Bukkit plugins

I’ve been reading on the forums for a few hours, and I don’t quite get why Bukkit plugins aren’t compatible with Sponge. What about SpongeAPI is so much better about the old Bukkit API? It seems like 6 years of work, from hundreds of developers, is just being thrown out, just to start all over. I did hear about Pore, but that was discontinued. Is there any other plugin I can try? The reason I ask this is because my ideal server is having certain mods and certain bukkit plugins working together …