CrownStudios ServerCore Lite

The free essentials core for Paper 26.2. Homes, warps, spawn, teleport requests, /rtp, kits, messaging, nicknames and staff tools in one lightweight jar.

CrownStudios ServerCore Lite is the free edition of CrownStudios ServerCore+. It uses the same engine, the same config style and the same permission scheme, and includes 21 modules covering what every server needs on day one.

• Homes, warps and spawn: tiered home limits, warp menus, named spawns
• Teleports: /tpa with clickable Accept / Deny buttons, /back, /rtp, warmups and cooldowns
• Kits: cooldowns, a first-join kit, per-kit permissions
• Messaging: /msg, /reply, /ignore, /msgtoggle
• Player tools: /fly /god /heal /feed /repair /hat /enderchest /invsee /near /whois /top, AFK with auto-kick
• Nicknames: colour and format permissions, length and uniqueness rules
• Staff tools: vanish, broadcast, sudo and an audit trail

Why ServerCore Lite?

• Free, with no licence key, no account and no phone-home
• Lightweight: about 0.9 MB, player data loaded in one query at login, database work kept off the main thread
• Zero-setup storage: SQLite out of the box, MySQL with one line, schema migrations applied automatically
• Nothing dropped on the floor: kit and /hat overflow goes to a /collect box instead of the ground
• Modern: Brigadier commands with tab completion, MiniMessage colours and gradients, clickable chat buttons
• Live reload: /cs reload applies message and module changes without a restart
• Self-documenting: /help module <module> lists every command and permission in-game
• Upgrade without migrating: the full ServerCore+ reads the same database and configs

Essentials & Teleports

• Teleport engine: configurable warmup and cooldown, cancel on move or damage, safe-location checks, chunks loaded asynchronously before you arrive
• Homes: tiered limits by permission, a /homes list, staff access to other players' homes
• Warps: categories, icons, per-warp permissions and hidden warps
• Spawn: named spawns, spawn on join, first join or death
• /back: return after teleports, optionally after death
• /tpa and /tpahere: clickable Accept / Deny buttons, request expiry, /tpatoggle
• /rtp: per-world settings and cooldown
• Kits: cooldowns, first-join kit, per-kit permissions, overflow to the collection box

Player & Staff Tools

• Player state: fly, god, heal, feed, repair, hat, clear and suicide, each with its own cooldown and bypass node
• Inventories: /enderchest and /invsee, with modify and exempt permissions
• Info: /near, /whois (privacy-gated fields for staff) and /top
• AFK: manual and automatic AFK, auto-kick with a bypass node
• Nicknames: colour and format permissions, impersonation blocked
• Staff: /vanish, /broadcast and /sudo with exemptions

All permission nodes below start with crownstudios.. Run /help module <module> in game for the live list.

Every node follows crownstudios.<module>.<action>.

Commands are op-only until you open them, so nothing is exposed by accident. Give players every standard command in one step:

/lp group default permission set crownstudios.player true

Give ranks more homes with crownstudios.home.limit.<n> (or .unlimited).

Every file is created with inline comments on first start.

# config.yml
storage:
  type: sqlite     # or mysql
  mysql:
    host: localhost
    port: 3306
    database: crownstudios
    username: crownstudios
    password: ''

Placeholders

With PlaceholderAPI installed, the crownstudios expansion registers itself: %crownstudios_nickname% · %crownstudios_first_join% · %crownstudios_playtime% · %crownstudios_afk% · %crownstudios_vanished% · %crownstudios_online%

Lite vs ServerCore+

Get CrownStudios ServerCore+ on BuiltByBit. Drop it in place of Lite; your homes, warps, kits and settings carry over.

Installation

1. Make sure you're on Paper 26.2 with Java 25.
2. Drop the jar into /plugins/ and start the server.
3. Run /lp group default permission set crownstudios.player true.
4. Turn off anything you don't need in modules.yml and tune modules/*.yml.

The server needs internet on its first start so the database libraries can download.

Compatibility

Need help, found a bug, or have a suggestion? Join our Discord: discord.gg/M48jfjrykS

ServerCore Lite is free. If it's useful to you, you can support development on Ko-fi.

When reporting a bug, please include:

• your server version (/version)
• your plugin version (/cs version)
• any relevant errors from your console or latest.log

Built for Paper 26.2 · SQLite or MySQL · PlaceholderAPI · 21 modules, free forever