Alpha-system
A server core for Paper that replaces the usual pile of essentials, moderation, chat and economy plugins. Punishments, a Vault economy, staff tools, player settings and safe teleports in one plugin.

What you get
One plugin that replaces the usual pile of essentials, moderation, chat and economy plugins.
Punishments
Ban, tempban, IP ban, mute, warn with automatic escalation, and jail. Full history per player, cross-server broadcast and a Discord webhook.
CommandsEconomy
Registers as the Vault provider, so no separate economy plugin is needed. Pay, baltop, transaction history with rollback, and safe balance handling.
CommandsChat
Owns the chat format with LuckPerms prefixes, staff channels, a delete button that works on offline-mode servers, and a configurable filter.
CommandsPlayer settings
A /settings menu to mute private messages or public chat, ignore players, refuse payments and confirm large ones.
Combat tag
Blocks escape commands, teleports, flight and ender pearls during a fight, and punishes logging out in combat.
Server systemsSafe teleports and respawn
Spawn, warps, back and respawn land on safe ground, with warmups you can cancel by moving and a configurable respawn priority.
Server systemsStaff tools
Vanish, inventory and ender chest editing with an audit trail, freeze, alt detection, whois, reports, social spy and maintenance mode.
CommandsNetwork sync
Share punishments, alerts and maintenance across servers with one MySQL database.
IntegrationsNameplates
Multi-line labels above players with health, ping and rank placeholders, and custom text shadows.
Server systemsQuick start
Five steps to a working server.
- Install and start. Drop the jar in
plugins/and start the server. A new server stays disabled until AlphaStudio approves it, see Server approval. - Open
config.yml. Setserver-name, review thefeatures:toggles, and keepdatabase.typeonsqliteunless you run a network. - Network? Switch
database.typetomysqland fill indatabase.mysql.*. See Network sync. - Set your spawns.
/setspawnfor the server spawn,/spawnpointsetfor first-time joiners and/setrespawnfor a custom respawn point. - Check it. Run
/as diagnosticsto confirm the database, Vault, PlaceholderAPI and webhooks are wired up.
Requirements
| Plugin | Required? | Unlocks |
|---|---|---|
| None | Always works | Punishments, chat, economy, warps, spawn, time and weather, menus. |
Vault | Optional | Lets shops and other plugins read and write Alpha-system's economy. |
PlaceholderAPI | Optional | Registers %alphasystem_*% and lets chat and nameplates use other plugins' placeholders. |
LuckPerms | Optional | Rank prefix, suffix and primary group in chat and nameplates. |
PacketEvents | Optional | Full-fidelity chat deletion on offline-mode servers. The plugin loads and works without it. |
loadbefore: [CMI, Essentials, EssentialsX], so load order does not cause command conflicts when those are installed too.Explore the docs
Every page of the Alpha-system reference, grouped by what you are trying to do.
Installation
Requirements, choosing a jar, installing, updating and picking a database.
OpenServer approval
How the AlphaStudio panel approves a server, and what the plugin sends.
OpenCommands
Every command, grouped by what it does.
OpenPermissions
Default, staff and bypass nodes, and how to remap them.
OpenPlaceholders
PlaceholderAPI and message placeholders.
OpenConfiguration
Every file and section of the configuration.
OpenPlayer settings
The settings menu, ignore, and payment confirmation.
OpenServer systems
Combat tag, safe teleports, respawn, nameplates and more.
OpenIntegrations
MySQL network sync, Discord, Vault, bStats and the update checker.
OpenTroubleshooting
Console messages and symptoms, with the cause and the fix.
OpenFAQ
Answers to the questions that come up repeatedly.
OpenChangelog
What changed in each release.
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