AnimatedScoreboard: download the Minecraft plugin (1.8

An animated and anti-flicker scoreboard plugin with 1500+ placeholders, effects and eventtriggers

AnimatedScoreboard is a plugin for Paper / Spigot servers, made by JasperJH. It supports Minecraft 1.8 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 583,254 times on SpigotMC. That puts it at #7 of the 59 cosmetic and display plugins listed here. 194 people rated it 4.6 out of 5. The last update came out on Apr 27, 2026.

How to install AnimatedScoreboard

Make sure your server runs Paper and Spigot on Minecraft 1.8 – 26.x.
Download the .jar file from SpigotMC and put it in the plugins folder of your server.
Restart the server. Avoid /reload, many plugins do not handle it well.
Type /plugins in the console: AnimatedScoreboard should be listed in green. Its config files are created in the plugins folder on the first start.

Compatibility

Minecraft versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17, 1.16, 1.13, 1.12, 1.8
Runs on: Paper, Spigot
Edition: Java
Needs: Nothing else
Price: Free
Upkeep: Actively updated (Oct 27, 2026)

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