Are plugins compatible with vanilla clients?

Yes — that is the entire point of plugins. Anyone running an unmodified Minecraft Java client can connect to a plugin-equipped server.

Do I need to be technical to install plugins?

Basic plugin installation is straightforward: drop the JAR file into your server's plugins/ folder and restart. Configuring permissions and tuning each plugin can be more involved — most plugin pages link to the author's setup guide.

What server software should I use?

For most servers, Paper is the recommended choice — it is a high-performance fork of Spigot with extra optimisations and is compatible with the vast majority of plugins. Folia is the experimental multi-threaded version of Paper.

Server plugins for Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, and Folia.

The Plugins catalogue covers server plugins for Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Purpur, and Folia — the JAR-based extensions you drop into a server's plugins/ folder to add commands, permissions, world protection, and gameplay tweaks.

Every plugin entry lists the supported server software, the supported Minecraft versions, the official source, and the license. Plugins are server-side only — players do not need to install anything to use them.

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rpchat

A plugin for Role Play commands for your Minecraft server.

1/23/2026

decorationsocialutilitybukkitfoliapaper

1,837 downloads

RtpZone

A simple rtp zone plugin, like on donutsmp

11/2/2025

adventurebukkitpaperpurpur

1,837 downloads

Quick Harvest

Plugin that let players on the server harvest the plants by pressing the mouse right button and automatic replant it again at the same moment!

10/19/2023

foodgame-mechanicstechnologybukkitpaperpurpur

1,837 downloads

Christmas Season

Lightweight Christmas event plugin for Paper and Spigot 1.21 with biome snow, global snowstorms, decoration drops, gifts, elves and snowmen, controlled via the /xmas command, requires Java 21.

4/25/2026

adventuredecorationfoliapaperpurpur

1,836 downloads

EnhancedPets

A Plugin that completely enhances the existing minecraft Pet system.

8/14/2025

managementmobsutilitybukkitpaperpurpur

1,832 downloads

HomeSweetHome

A feature-rich home management plugin with teleportation countdown, GUI interface, and configurable limits. Includes /home, /sethome, /bed commands and admin controls.

7/22/2025

game-mechanicstransportationutilitybukkitpaperpurpur

1,829 downloads

Trusted Travels

Server mod/plugin where you can easily travel to other servers. It uses Mojangs new transfer packet.

6/16/2026

managementutilitybukkitfabricpaper

1,825 downloads

DonutHomes

Easy to use Home Plugin

4/29/2026

game-mechanicsmanagementsocialfoliapaper

1,823 downloads

FreezeHibernate

Freezes/Hibernates the server when no players are online

6/7/2024

managementoptimizationutilitybukkitpaperpurpur

1,821 downloads

TitleAnnouncer

A lightweight Paper and Velocity plugin to send Titles, Actionbars, Bossbars and Chat announces with MiniMessage format

3/12/2026

utilityfoliapaperpurpur

1,820 downloads

Better Performance Plugin

Use the Plugin to pregenerate minecraft chunks to improve the performance of the server while exploring and playing.

A Velocity plugin that gives you full control over where players connect when they join your network.

6/7/2026

managementutilityvelocity

1,816 downloads

Ultimate Spear

Adds the Minecraft Live 2025 Spears with a focus on keeping accuracy on the features we currently know!

11/2/2025

equipmentgame-mechanicstechnologybukkitpaperspigot

1,816 downloads

Grace999

GracePlugin provides configurable, per-world grace periods with PvP and mob damage protection, boss bar countdowns, sound alerts, and customizable safe zone regions with flag-based protections.

4/7/2026

game-mechanicsmanagementbukkitpaperpurpur

1,811 downloads

SkNMS

A Skript addon to access some Minecraft internals

6/22/2026

utilitypaper

1,810 downloads

minecraft-gpt-god-plugin

This is the Minecraft GPT god plugin as seen on the BigYous Youtube Channel

9/23/2024

cursedminigamebukkitfoliapaper

1,809 downloads

StackSpawners

Stack you spawners. Stack you mobs.

9/12/2025

game-mechanicsbukkitpaperpurpur

1,808 downloads

QuickString

Adds a highly customizable /string plugin used to replace string dupers as they got patched in 1.21.2

10/30/2025

technologyutilitybukkitpaperspigot

1,804 downloads

MTVehicles

Real life vehicle plugin

3/8/2025

adventuretransportationutilitypaperpurpurspigot

1,800 downloads

RuinedStructures999

Bring your world to life with RuinedStructures999 — a powerful plugin that spawns configurable, loot-filled ruined structures in your Minecraft world!

4/7/2026

adventuregame-mechanicsworldgenbukkitpaperpurpur

1,799 downloads

NoBuildPlus

A simple plugin to manage the rules of your worlds

5/5/2026

managementutilitybukkitfoliapaper

1,799 downloads

Xhomes

Xhomes is a Minecraft plugin that lets players set and manage homes with an intuitive GUI. It includes teleportation countdowns and movement cancellation. Players can now teleport directly to a home using `/home <homename>` or browse their homes in a s

1/14/2025

transportationutilityworldgenbukkitpaperpurpur

1,798 downloads

Andrew's Datapack Utils

Useful utilities for datapacks, such as a calculator and allowing player data modification, and more.

4/6/2026

librarymanagementutilityfabricforgeneoforge

1,789 downloads

PauseGame

Dynamically pause your multiplayer worlds!

1/6/2026

game-mechanicsmanagementoptimizationpaperpurpurspigot

1,787 downloads

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Frequently Asked Questions

Plugins run on the server only and modify gameplay through the existing Minecraft API — players use the vanilla client. Mods modify the game itself and require both the server and every player's client to install them.