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Permissions

Simple, beautiful permission/chat/ranks plugin.

PluginsFree1.16 – 1.20
by BlueBukkitDev · listed from SpigotMC · ★★★★★ 4.9
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What it does

Simple, beautiful permission/chat/ranks plugin.

Permissions is a plugin for Paper / Spigot servers, made by BlueBukkitDev. It supports Minecraft 1.16 – 1.20. It has been downloaded 114,583 times on SpigotMC. That puts it at #23 of the 154 chat plugins listed here. 9 people rated it 4.9 out of 5. The last update came out on May 7, 2021.

Supported versions

1.201.191.181.171.16

Release history

Permissions has had 2 releases on SpigotMC since Jan 17, 2021. None of them came out in the past year. The newest is 0.0.2, released on May 7, 2021.

VersionReleasedType
0.0.2May 7, 2021Release
0.0.1Jan 17, 2021Release

Commands

The commands named on the SpigotMC page of Permissions:

/perms
Description from the author on SpigotMC

INTRODUCTION

Permissions is a simple, elegant permissions management plugin created to replace the complex, confusing alternatives that have come out since PermissionsEx died years ago. I always found that Group Manager had messy-feeling commands, and that LuckPerms was frustrating since the info was stored in a .db file instead of the more easily readable .yml file. Here's my fix. (By the way, I made this for myself but liked it enough to share it. Enjoy!
)

FEATURES

Carefully customized tab-completion so that you get a feel for exactly what can and cannot be done, with plenty of commands to easily see everything in the config file. Hoverable formatting so that players in-game can gather additional information about the different ranks, showing them how amazing the other rank options are; all just by hovering over the group/rank name. Pictures below, of course.

COMMANDS

I tried to keep these very simple and intuitive.

/perms.......................................................................Shows version number

/perms groups...........................................................Shows a hoverable list of all groups. Click on one to see more information.

/perms reload............................................................Reloads config and permissions

/perms group <group>..............................................Shows detailed info on a specified group

/perms group <group> create/delete........................Creates or deletes a group

/perms group <group> add/remove <permission>..Adds or removes a permission from a group

/perms user <username> <group>..........................Sets a player's group

/perms default <group> true/false...........................Sets a group to be default. If no group is set as default, the first group in the config is chosen as default. There will always be a default group.

/perms prefix <group> <prefix>...............................Sets the prefix of the group (e.g. [Admin])

/perms format <group> <format>............................Sets the format. This will be something like "%prefix%&6%player&e>_ Use underscores anywhere you want a space.

/perms color <group> <color>.................................Sets the chat color. You don't have to know the color codes, you can tab-in the color names instead.

/perms hover <group> <hover_text>.......................Sets the display text when hovering over the prefix. Again, use underscores instead of spaces.

/perms inherit <parent group> <child group>.........Sets the parent group to inherit all of the child group's permissions and inherited groups.

/perms uninherit <parent> <child>..........................Opposite of inherit

PERMISSIONS

Just one for now; the permission to use the commands. More coming later so that lower-level groups can only affect lower-than-themselves groups.

perms.admin allows a player to use all perms commands.

PICTURES

I did say there would be pictures.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email me at
[email protected] or message me from my
Spigot profile.

Alternatively, join my new
Discord Server for frequent updates and community discussion.

Written by BlueBukkitDev. Read it with pictures on SpigotMC.

How to install Permissions

  1. Make sure your server runs Paper and Spigot on Minecraft 1.16 – 1.20.

  2. Download the .jar file from SpigotMC 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: Permissions should be listed in green. Its config files are created in the plugins folder on the first start.

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17, 1.16
Runs on
Paper, Spigot
Edition
Java
Needs
Nothing else
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 10, 2026)

Permissions compared with similar ones Compare all alternatives

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Permissionsthe one you looked at115K4.91.16 – 1.20May 7, 2021Free
ChatColor+Chemmic340K4.41.8Sep 24, 2024Free
Simple RanksTomMustBe1232K–1.20 – 26.xJun 7, 2026Free
PrefixSystem7AGAM1,498–1.8 – 1.21Sep 15, 2024Free

Questions

Does Permissions work on Minecraft 26.x?

Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.20.

Is Permissions free?

Yes. Permissions is free to download from SpigotMC.

Which server software does Permissions run on?

Permissions runs on Paper and Spigot servers.

Is Permissions still updated?

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

What are the best alternatives to Permissions?

The closest ones are ChatColor+, Simple Ranks and PrefixSystem. Compare all alternatives

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