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🏷️ Prefix | Chat Prefix & Tablist Plugin

The lightweight Minecraft chat prefix, rank, and tablist management plugin.

🏷️ Fronsky Prefix | Chat Prefix - Tablist Plugin

The lightweight Minecraft chat prefix, rank, and tablist management plugin.

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Fronsky Prefix is a lightweight, modern chat prefix and tablist management plugin built for Spigot - Paper Minecraft servers (1.20 - 26.1+). It gives server owners full control over player ranks, chat formatting, tab list sorting, and color customization - all through simple commands and YAML config files.

Whether you need a rank prefix plugin, a tab list sorter, or a chat formatter - Fronsky Prefix handles it all in one lightweight package. Group-based management, weighted tablist sorting, per-group colors, and player mentions - no dependencies required.


⚡ Why Server Owners Choose the Fronsky Prefix Plugin

🚀 Lightweight - Fast Minimal resource usage - no lag, no overhead, even on large servers.
🏷️ Chat Prefixes Assign colored prefixes to groups that display before player names in chat.
📋 Tab Prefixes Organize your tablist with prefixes and weighted sorting. Staff at the top, members below.
🎨 Full Color Support Per-group chat name color, tab name color, and chat message color. All 16 color codes + formatting.
👥 Group System Unlimited groups via commands or config. YAML-based - human-readable and easy to back up.
⚖️ Tab Weight Sorting Control tablist order per group. Lower weight = higher position. Staff always appear first.
💬 Player Mentions When a player's name is mentioned in chat, it appears in bold so they never miss it.
🔄 Live Reload /prefix reload applies changes instantly - no server restart required.
🖱️ Interactive Help Clickable help messages with hover tooltips showing command descriptions and required permissions.
⚙️ Fully Configurable Every aspect of the plugin is customizable through simple YAML config files.

✨ Feature Overview

💬 Chat System

  • Chat Prefixes - colored group prefixes before player names in chat
  • Chat Name Colors - per-group name coloring in chat messages
  • Chat Message Colors - per-group message text coloring
  • Player Mentions - bold highlighting when a player's name is mentioned
[Admin] Steve: Hello everyone!
[Mod] Alex: Welcome to the server!
[Member] Notch: Thanks!

📋 Tablist Management

  • Tab Prefixes - group prefixes displayed in the player tablist
  • Tab Name Colors - per-group name coloring in the tablist
  • Tab Weight Sorting - control sorting order per group (lower weight = higher position)

🎨 Color System

All 16 Minecraft color codes and formatting codes are supported:

Code Color Code Color
§0 Black §8 Dark Gray
§1 Dark Blue §9 Blue
§2 Dark Green §a Green
§3 Dark Aqua §b Aqua
§4 Dark Red §c Red
§5 Dark Purple §d Light Purple
§6 Gold §e Yellow
§7 Gray §f White

Formatting: §l Bold, §o Italic, §n Underline, §m Strikethrough, §k Obfuscated, §r Reset

👥 Group Management

  • Create unlimited groups via commands or config files
  • Assign players to groups with a single command
  • Per-group prefix, colors, and tab weight
  • YAML-based storage - human-readable, easy to edit and back up

📋 Commands

Command Description
/prefix (alias /p) View your prefix information
/prefix {player} View another player's prefix info
/prefix help Interactive help menu
/prefix info Plugin version and author
/prefix chat {group} {prefix} Set a group's chat prefix
/prefix tab {group} {prefix} Set a group's tab prefix
/prefix chatnamecolor {group} {color} Set a group's chat name color
/prefix tabnamecolor {group} {color} Set a group's tab name color
/prefix chatcolor {group} {color} Set a group's chat message color
/prefix weight {group} {weight} Set a group's tab sort weight
/prefix group {player} {group} Assign a player to a group
/prefix reload Reload all configuration files

🔐 Permissions

All permissions default to OP only unless noted otherwise.

Core Permissions

Permissions

Permission Description
prefix.command.prefix Base command access
prefix.command.prefix.* Full access to all subcommands

Command Permissions

Permission Command
prefix.command.prefix.others /prefix {player}
prefix.command.prefix.help /prefix help
prefix.command.prefix.info /prefix info
prefix.command.prefix.chat /prefix chat
prefix.command.prefix.tab /prefix tab
prefix.command.prefix.chatnamecolor /prefix chatnamecolor
prefix.command.prefix.tabnamecolor /prefix tabnamecolor
prefix.command.prefix.chatcolor /prefix chatcolor
prefix.command.prefix.weight /prefix weight
prefix.command.prefix.group /prefix group
prefix.command.prefix.reload /prefix reload

⚙️ Configuration

groups.yml

admin:
  chatPrefix: "&4[Admin]"
  tabPrefix: "&4[A]"
  chatNameColor: "&c"
  tabNameColor: "&c"
  chatColor: "&f"
  tabWeight: 0

moderator:
  chatPrefix: "&2[Mod]"
  tabPrefix: "&2[M]"
  chatNameColor: "&a"
  tabNameColor: "&a"
  chatColor: "&f"
  tabWeight: 1

default:
  chatPrefix: "&7[Member]"
  tabPrefix: "&7"
  chatNameColor: "&7"
  tabNameColor: "&7"
  chatColor: "&7"
  tabWeight: 9

players.yml

Player-to-group assignments by UUID. Managed automatically by the plugin.


📦 Installation

  1. Download the latest version from this page
  2. Place Prefix-x.x.x.jar in your server's plugins/ folder
  3. Restart your server
  4. Configure the generated files in plugins/Prefix/
  5. Use /prefix help to get started

🧠 Perfect For

Use Case How Fronsky Prefix Helps
🎮 SMP / Survival Servers Organize staff and player ranks with clean, colored prefixes
🏰 Roleplay Servers Assign immersive titles and faction tags per group
⚔️ Minigame Networks Quick visual identification of staff and VIP players
🛡️ Staff Management Tab weight sorting keeps staff visible at the top of the list
🎨 Themed Servers Match prefix colors to your server's brand and theme
🧪 Development - Testing Lightweight plugin that won't interfere with other plugins

⚠️ Requirements - Compatibility

Requirement Version
Minecraft 1.20 - 26.1+
Server Software Spigot or Paper
Java 17 or higher

💬 Support Links

Resource Link
🌐 Website fronsky.nl
📧 Email Support support@fronsky.nl
🐛 Bug Reports GitHub Issues
📦 Source Code GitHub Repository

Made with ❤️ by Fronsky

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