KaribouWelcome

KaribouWelcome is a simple and lightweight Paper plugin designed to improve the first impression of your Minecraft server.

It allows you to customize welcome messages, join messages, and server rules with an easy-to-edit configuration file. The plugin supports MiniMessage formatting, allowing you to create colorful and modern messages without any extra dependencies.

About

Feature requests and bug reports are welcome on GitHub Issues.

Features

• Custom first join messages.
• Custom returning player join messages.
• Custom public join messages.
• Custom public quit messages.
• Automatically sends welcome messages to new players.
• Automatically displays rules with the /rules command.
• Configurable messages with config.yml.
• Reload configuration without restarting the server.
• Admin test commands to preview configured messages.
• Permission-based command access.
• MiniMessage support for colors and text styles.
• Tab completion support for plugin commands.

Compatibility

• Paper
• Java 25
• MiniMessage (Adventure API)

Installation

1. Download the .jar file.
2. Put it into your server's plugins folder.
3. Start the server.
4. Edit plugins/KaribouWelcome/config.yml.
5. Use /karibouwelcome reload to apply configuration changes.
6. Use /karibouwelcome test <type> to preview messages.

Commands

Both /karibouwelcome and /kbw can be used to manage the plugin.

Command	Description	Permissions
/rules	Displays the server rules.	Player
/karibouwelcome reload / /kbw reload	Reloads the configuration.	Admin
/karibouwelcome test <type> / /kbw test <type>	Tests configured messages.	Admin

Available test types:

• join
• quit
• newplayer
• welcome
• rules

Configuration

Messages are configured in:

plugins/KaribouWelcome/config.yml

Example:

public:

  # Message shown to everyone when a player joins
  login: "<green>%player% joined the server.</green>"

  # Message shown to everyone when a player joins for the first time
  new-player: "<gold><bold>%player%</bold> joined the server for the first time!</gold>"

  # Message shown to everyone when a player leaves
  quit: "<yellow>%player% left the server.</yellow>"

private:

  # Sent only to new players
  welcome:
    - "<gold>Welcome to the server, <yellow>%player%</yellow><gold>!"
    - "<gray>We hope you enjoy your stay."
    - "<gray>Use <yellow>/rules</yellow> to read the rules again."

  # Rules displayed with /rules
  rules:
    - "<gold>========== Rules =========="
    - "<white>1. Respect other players."
    - "<white>2. No cheating."
    - "<white>3. No griefing."
    - "<white>4. Have fun!"
    - "<gold>==========================="

Formatting

KaribouWelcome uses MiniMessage formatting.

Examples:

<red>Red text
<gold><bold>Important message
<#55FF55>Custom color
<gradient:#ff0000:#ffff00>Gradient

Available variable:

The `%player%` variable is replaced automatically with the player's name.

Roadmap

Completed

• Welcome messages
• Join messages
• First join messages
• Quit messages
• Rules system
• Reload command
• Permissions system
• MiniMessage support
• Configurable messages with config.yml
• Test commands for message previews
• Command tab completion

License

MIT License