A lightweight and highly customizable nickname plugin!
Supports 1.21.4-26.1.2
Name Tag is only available for Paper, Purpur, and Folia
bStats:
Name Tag is a nick plugin for Paper servers. It lets players fully disguise as another identity — changing their display name, skin, and optionally their UUID — with persistence across restarts, proxy network support, TAB integration, and automatic rewriting of death, advancement, and join messages. Name Tag contacts Mojang and MineSkin for skins, and (only when allow_cloud_nicking is enabled and the server is in online mode) sends nicked players' UUID, username, and IP plus the server's public IP/port to lode.gg for cross-server nick coordination — disable it with allow_cloud_nicking: false. It also reports anonymous usage stats via bStats, which can be turned off in plugins/bStats/config.yml. It never runs system commands, executes remote code, or writes outside its own data folder.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Nick as Player | Fully disguise as another player's name and skin with /nick <player> as <name> |
| Name-Only Nicking | Change just the display name with /nick <player> with_name <name> |
| Skin-Only Changes | Apply another player's skin with /nick <player> with_skin <name> |
| Mineskin Support | Apply skins from Mineskin URLs or IDs with /nick <player> from_url <url> |
| Random Nicking | Generate a realistic random username via Lodestone's cloud service, with legacy fallback |
| Persistent Storage | Local YAML, MongoDB, MySQL, or MariaDB — nicks survive restarts and re-apply on join |
| Proxy-Ready | Point all backends at a shared database and nick state follows players across BungeeCord, Velocity, or Waterfall |
| TAB Integration | Automatically updates the TAB plugin's tab list when a nick is applied or reset |
| Message Rewriting | Death, advancement, join/quit messages, and commands all use the nicked name |
| UUID Spoofing | Optionally spoof the player's UUID to match the nicked identity (experimental) |
| Requirement | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Java 21+ | Yes | |
| Paper 1.21+ | Yes | Folia supported |
| TAB | No | Recommended; updates tab list on nick changes |
Working on a Scripted SMP? Do you want to nick new players with a random username?
You should try out Auto Nickname!
Name Tag includes an extensive API that allows developers to integrate Name Tag's systems directly into their plugins.
Read our Documentation for usage details and examples.
Most of Lodestone's plugins—including Name Tag—are completely free to use!
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