🛑 Why another nametag plugin?
Most nametag plugins rely on legacy scoreboards (which conflict with your sidebar) or physical armor stands (which destroy your server's TPS).
EligiusNametag takes a revolutionary approach: It uses Native TextDisplay entities handled purely by the Paper API.
What does this mean for you?
- 📉 Zero Server Lag: No physical entities taking up memory.
- 🛡️ Zero Dependencies: No fragile ProtocolLib packet injections that break every update.
- 🚀 Future-Proof & Universal: Runs natively on Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Purpur, and Folia 1.21 - 26.1.2+ out of the box.
✨ Features that stand out
🎨 Unlimited Creative Freedom
- Infinite Lines: Add as many lines above or below the player's name as you want.
- MiniMessage & Gradients: Say goodbye to legacy
& colors. Enjoy full RGB gradient support! <gradient:blue:aqua>Admin</gradient>.
- Global Animation Engine: Add moving frames with
<anim:rainbow> or <anim:pulse> natively without lagging the server.
- ItemsAdder & Oraxen: Display custom emojis and icons natively right inside the nametag.
👑 Hierarchy & Permissions
- 👑 Vault Hierarchy Integration: Automatically assigns nametag formats based on the user's primary Vault rank (e.g., admin, vip, default).
- 🐾 Holographic Pets: Tamed wolves, cats, and parrots inherit their owner's rank formatting!
- 🖼️ ItemsAdder Ready: Fully supports font-images and custom emojis like
:rank_dev: rendering flawlessly above players' heads.
- 🌐 Global i18n: In-game messages are completely customizable via language files with hot-swapping support.
- 📊 bStats Integration: Anonymous usage metrics help guide the plugin's development. Opt-out anytime in your global bStats config.
⚡ Enterprise Scalability
- Folia Ready: Built completely asynchronous.
- Multi-Server Database: Connect multiple servers using our highly optimized HikariCP MySQL/MariaDB adapter, or keep it lightweight with SQLite.
- Redis Pub/Sub Synchronization (NEW): Instant, zero-polling memory synchronization across your entire proxy network. Toggle a nametag anywhere, and it updates everywhere instantly.
🚀 What's New in v1.6.0 (The Scale Update)
- Universal 1.21 Compatibility: Re-engineered the command and rendering engine to support pure Vanilla Spigot alongside Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Purpur & Folia.
- Global Animation Engine: Added a zero-lag asynchronous ticker that reads animations from
animations/. Add <anim:rainbow> to any rank without a TPS drop!
- Server Diagnostics: Added
/enametag debug to monitor TextDisplays active, MSPT latency, and server stats directly in a text file.
📚 Multi-Language Wiki
We believe in accessible documentation. Our Official Wiki is fully translated into 6 languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Russian) so your entire administration team can configure it without friction.
Requirements: Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Purpur or Folia (1.21 - 26.1.2+) running Java 21 LTS. No third-party APIs required!
