Group Chat
Note: This mod is also available as a plugin for paper on modrinth.
Whisper to your whole crew at once — without everyone else on the server reading along.
Group Chat adds persistent chat groups to your server. Create a group, invite your friends, and message everyone in it with a single command — no more /msg-ing the same three people one at a time, and no more accidentally leaking a private conversation into public chat. Message someone (or a whole group) while they're offline, and they'll get it the moment they log back in.
Available for both Paper and Fabric — same features, same commands, same data format, whichever loader your server runs.
Features
- Group chat — message every member of a group at once with
/gmsg (or the shorter /gm)
- Offline mailbox — messages to offline players or offline group members are held and delivered on next join, with an unread count so nothing gets missed
- Guaranteed delivery option —
/gmoffline drops a copy into every member's mailbox, online or not, for anything you want to be sure isn't lost in chat scrollback
- Direct messages —
/dm for one-on-one, queued automatically if the recipient's offline
- Full group management — create, invite, accept/decline, leave, and owner-only kick
- Graphical menu —
/groupgui opens a point-and-click interface for creating groups, browsing your groups, inviting or kicking members, and picking who to message, if you'd rather not remember command syntax
- Tab-completion everywhere — group names, player names, and pending invites all autocomplete
- Zero external dependencies — just the plugin/mod, no other downloads required beyond Fabric API on the Fabric side
Commands
| Command |
Description |
/group create <name> |
Create a group — you become the owner |
/group invite <group> <player> |
Invite a player to a group you're in |
/group accept <group> / /group decline <group> |
Respond to an invite |
/group kick <group> <player> |
Remove a member (owner only) |
/group leave <group> |
Leave a group |
/group delete <group> |
Delete a group you own |
/group list |
List the groups you're in |
/group members <group> |
List a group's members |
/gmsg <group> <message> (alias /gm) |
Message a group — online members see it live, offline members get it queued |
/gmoffline <group> <message> |
Same, but everyone gets a durable copy in their mailbox regardless of online status |
/dm <player> <message> |
Private message; queued if they're offline |
/unread |
Read and clear your queued messages |
/groupgui |
Open the graphical menu |
Requirements
- Minecraft 26.1.2+
- Paper: no additional dependencies
- Fabric: requires Fabric API
Data & privacy
All group and message data is stored locally on your server (plugins/Group Chat/ on Paper, <world>/Group Chat/ on Fabric) as plain JSON — nothing is sent anywhere else.
Notes
- Group names: 2–24 characters, letters/numbers/underscores, case-insensitive
- No permission-node gating yet — any player can use any command
- Unread messages don't keep history once read via
/unread
