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A lightweight, drop‑in plugin made for cozy survival multiplayer (smp) servers with friends. Upgrade vanilla with modern quality‑of‑life features - no mods, just pure fun.
A lightweight, drop-in plugin built for cozy SMP servers with friends. BetterVanilla adds modern quality-of-life upgrades to a vanilla Paper server—no client mods or loaders required.
👑 Core Feature: Configure every player and server toggle through the in-game /settings menu and jump straight to the full settings guide when you need the details.
Tested on Paper 1.21.11 and newer.
Your SMP deserves more than plain vanilla. BetterVanilla keeps the familiar Minecraft feel while adding carefully scoped tools that reduce admin busywork and smooth out day-to-day play. Everything ships in one polished plugin you can drop in and go.
& color codes and ping friends with @name./msg and reply quickly using /r./here (alias /coords)./sit to plop down on any solid block and stand with Shift./help overview of every command./permissions./vanish./gamerule locatorBar setting across every world without leaving the GUI.playersSleepingPercentage gamerule from the admin menu.Craft an invisible light block that emits light at level 15.
| Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 |
|---|---|---|
| empty | torch | empty |
| torch | glowstone | torch |
| empty | torch | empty |
Craft an invisible item frame that becomes invisible once an item is placed inside.
| Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 |
|---|---|---|
| glass | glass | glass |
| glass | item frame | glass |
| glass | glass | glass |
1. Download the latest BetterVanilla release jar.
2. Drop it into your server's plugins/ folder.
3. Restart the server and you are ready to go!
/settings - Open your personal settings dashboard. Admins can enter the full server control panel from here, making it the fastest way to tweak any BetterVanilla feature. See everything it unlocks./settings - Open the settings GUI for players./waypoints - Open the waypoint GUI. Use player <name> or coords <x> <y> <z> for direct navigation./backpack - Open your personal backpack storage./deathpoints - Manage recent death locations and teleport back via GUI./heads - Open the heads explorer GUI./playtime [player] - Show detailed playtime (AFK included) for you or another player./ping [player] - Check network latency for yourself or another player./sit - Sit on any solid block; sneak to stand up./msg <player> <message> - Send a private message. Alias: /message./r <message> - Reply to the last private message./here - Broadcast your current location. Aliases: /coords, /h./help - View all available commands pulled directly from plugin.yml./adminhelp - List key staff commands./settings - Open the settings GUI for players and admins./invsee <player> - Inspect another player’s inventory./timer <resume|pause|reset|set> - Control the global timer./vanish - Toggle vanish mode with movement safeguards./kick, /ban, /unban, /mute, /unmute - Moderation toolset with duration parsing (e.g. 1d2h30m)./permissions - Manage groups and assignments:group addperm <group> <permission>group removeperm <group> <permission>group delete <group>user addperm <player> <permission>user removeperm <player> <permission>user setgroup <player> <group>default <group> - Sets the default group for all playersassignments - Show current group and user mappinglist - Display built-in permission nodesreload - Reload configuration and refresh online playersThis plugin now features a built-in Minecraft Heads Explorer, powered by
Minecraft-Heads.
player - default fallback that grants all player-facing QoL features such as /settings, waypoints, backpacks, and automation toggles.moderator - inherits the player group and adds moderation, vanish, inventory viewing, and timer controls.admin - includes every BetterVanilla permission, covering server maintenance, admin settings, and permission management./permissions default <group> (e.g. /permissions default player) to choose which group new players fall back to. Switching the default moves existing players that still belonged to the previous default.| Permission | Included in |
|---|---|
bettervanilla.settings |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.playtime |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.waypoints |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.here |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.deathpoints |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.ping |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.sit |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.backpack |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.heads |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.msg |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.togglelocation |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.togglecompass |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.actionbartimer |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.chestsort |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.doubledoor |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.veinminer |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.veinchopper |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.itemrestock |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.tag |
player, moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.adminhelp |
moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.vanish |
moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.invsee |
moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.moderation |
moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.timer |
moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.waypoints.admin |
moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.tag.admin |
moderator, admin |
bettervanilla.permissions |
admin |
bettervanilla.maintenance.bypass |
admin |
bettervanilla.adminsettings |
admin |
Pull requests are welcome! If you find a bug or have an idea, open an issue with reproduction steps, logs, or screenshots so we can help quickly.
Distributed under the MIT License.