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OriginGate

Kick players who connect through a VPN or proxy, or from a country you do not allow, before they join.

PluginsFree1.8 – 26.x
by Kaizen-Network · listed from Hangar
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What it does

OriginGate is a plugin for Paper / Spigot servers, made by Kaizen-Network. Kick players who connect through a VPN or proxy, or from a country you do not allow, before they join.

It supports Minecraft 1.8 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 2 times on Hangar. That puts it at #109 of the 116 proxy and network plugins listed here. The last update came out on Nov 6, 2026.

Supported versions

26.x1.211.201.191.181.171.161.131.121.8

Release history

OriginGate has had 3 releases on Hangar since Nov 5, 2026. 3 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 1.1.1, released on Nov 6, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.16 – 26.3. It runs on Paper, Waterfall and Velocity.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
1.1.1Nov 6, 20261.16 – 26.3Release
1.1.0Nov 5, 20261.16 – 26.3Release
1.0.0Nov 5, 20261.16 – 26.3Release

Latest release on GitHub

OriginGate is open source. Its newest release on GitHub is OriginGate 1.1.1, published on Nov 6, 2026.

Fixed

  • Renaming, deleting, or replacing the OriginGate JAR while the server runs no longer breaks lookups. The MySQL/MariaDB driver opened the JAR again for every new database connection, so once the file was gone every lookup failed, logins followed on-lookup-failure without a check, and origingate reload and origingate cache clear failed. The database drivers now load what they need at startup, and the default config.yml and messages.yml are kept in memory, so lookups, storage, and reload keep working until the next restart. Switching storage.type to sqlite with a reload while the JAR is gone still needs a restart; until then lookups are kept in memory only.
  • A database driver error that is not a normal SQL error now pauses storage for 60 seconds and asks the lookup providers, like other storage errors, instead of failing the whole lookup. A reload that hits one now fails with a message and keeps the previous settings.
  • The bundled MariaDB driver is no longer added to Java's shared driver list, where another plugin could pick it up and fail along with it.

Before that: OriginGate 1.1.0 (Nov 5, 2026), OriginGate 1.0.0 (Nov 5, 2026).

Description from the author on Hangar

Kick players who connect through a VPN or proxy, or from a country you do not allow. OriginGate runs on Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Purpur, BungeeCord, Waterfall, and Velocity, and the check finishes before a player enters the world or reaches a backend server.

Features

  • Rules for VPNs, proxies (with allowed countries), hosting and datacenter networks, country allowlists or denylists, networks by AS number or name, and IP addresses or ranges you list.
  • Every rule has its own bypass permissions, plus a global bypass by player, IP, or permission.
  • IP data from proxycheck.io, IPHub, ip-api.com, IPinfo, or a local MaxMind GeoLite2 file. Combine them, with fallback to the next one.
  • Each IP is looked up at most once every 30 days by default, saved in SQLite or MySQL/MariaDB.
  • Dry-run mode shows who would be kicked, without kicking anyone.
  • One console line per check, daily log files, and staff alerts in chat, including when a lookup provider stops answering. origingate status shows how lookups are doing.
  • A lookups-per-minute limit keeps bot floods from using up your provider's daily quota.
  • On Velocity, works with LuckPerms, ban plugins, Geyser, and ConsentGate.

Requirements

Each platform has its own file. Download the one for yours.

  • Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, or Purpur: Minecraft 1.7.2 or newer, on Java 8 or newer. Folia is not supported.
  • SQLite storage runs on Linux (x86_64 and aarch64, glibc and musl), Windows (x86_64 and aarch64), and macOS (x86_64 and aarch64). Elsewhere, use MySQL or MariaDB.
  • BungeeCord or Waterfall: API 1.21-R0.4 or newer, on Java 8 or newer. Current BungeeCord and Waterfall builds need Java 17 or newer.
  • Velocity 3.4.0 or newer, on Java 21 or newer.
  • A proxycheck.io API key is optional. Without one, proxycheck.io allows 100 lookups per day; a free account raises that to 1,000.

See compatibility for tested builds and limits.

Quick start

  1. Put the JAR in the plugins folder and start the server or proxy.
  2. In config.yml (in plugins/OriginGate on Bukkit and BungeeCord, or plugins/origingate on Velocity), add your API keys, turn on the rules you want, and start with dry-run: true.
  3. Run origingate reload.
  4. Watch the WOULD-DENY lines for a few days, then set dry-run: false.

OriginGate sends anonymous usage statistics to bStats, with no player names or IP addresses. See what is sent and how to turn it off.

Links

Made by Kaizen Network. Licensed under GPL-3.0-only.

Written by Kaizen-Network. Read it with pictures on Hangar.

How to install OriginGate

  1. Make sure your server runs Paper and Spigot on Minecraft 1.8 – 26.x.

  2. Download the .jar file from Hangar and put it in the plugins folder of your server.

  3. Restart the server. Avoid /reload, many plugins do not handle it well.

  4. Type /plugins in the console: OriginGate 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
License
Free to use
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 9, 2026)

OriginGate compared with similar ones Compare all alternatives

ResourceDownloadsVersionsLast updatePrice
OriginGatethe one you looked at21.8 – 26.x4 days agoFree
ProxyShieldLucasTHCR271.21 – 26.x12 days agoFree
NetworkLockDarkZmaj101.8 – 26.x1 day agoFree
PaperGuardLucasTHCR31.12 – 26.x29 days agoFree

Questions

Does OriginGate work on Minecraft 26.x?

Yes. OriginGate supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17, 1.16, 1.13, 1.12, 1.8.

Is OriginGate free?

Yes. OriginGate is free to download from Hangar.

Which server software does OriginGate run on?

OriginGate runs on Paper and Spigot servers.

Is OriginGate still updated?

Yes. The last update came out in the past day.

What are the best alternatives to OriginGate?

The closest ones are ProxyShield, NetworkLock and PaperGuard. Compare all alternatives

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