Just Essentials
Just Essentials is a modular, server-side administration and utility suite for Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge. It gives server staff powerful moderation, inspection, teleportation, auditing, and communication tools without requiring players to install anything.
Administration and moderation
- Private staff chat and staff-chat toggle
- Kick, permanent ban, temporary ban, unban, mute, temporary mute, freeze, and temporary freeze
- Persistent punishment records and player history
- Configurable NeoForge permission nodes with operator-level fallbacks
- Staff mode with flight, god mode, a protected temporary hotbar, and automatic inventory restoration
- Heal, feed, fly, and god-mode commands
Player inspection
- Inspect live player inventories, armor, offhand slots, and Ender Chests
- Read-only offline inventory and Ender Chest snapshots
- Curios inspection
- Native Accessories inspection and Curios compatibility-layer support
- Server-side protections against modifying offline snapshots
Teleportation and utilities
- Silent staff teleportation
- Spawn and back commands
- Named homes and warps
- Player teleport requests with accept and deny controls
Discord integration
- Optional asynchronous Discord webhook logs
- Separate configurable channels for joins, leaves, moderation, inspections, and staff actions
- Custom Discord branding, server images, thumbnails, footers, and player avatars
- Sensitive staff-chat logging disabled by default
Mod integrations
- Automatic Just Vanish integration for staff mode
- Curios and Accessories support
- Shared infrastructure support through Just Core
- Safe behavior when optional integrations are not installed
Configuration
Messages, menus, staff tools, permissions, integrations, and feature modules are configurable. Text supports classic & color and style codes along with placeholders. Configuration can be reloaded with /jereload.
Requirements
- Minecraft 1.21.1
- NeoForge 21.1.x
- Java 21
- Server-side installation only
Development status
Just Essentials is currently under active development. Early public versions are intended for testing and feedback while commands and configuration are stabilized.
Complete documentation is available in the Just Essentials Wiki.
Official builds are distributed through CurseForge and Modrinth. Source code and bug reports are available on GitHub.

