TubeChat

A Paper/Spigot plugin that bridges YouTube Live Chat into Minecraft. Each player can connect to their own YouTube live stream and receive chat messages directly in-game — per-player, not server-wide.

Features

• Per-player YouTube chat — each player connects to their own stream
• Persistent sessions — video IDs are saved, survives disconnects and restarts
• Auto-reconnect — players automatically reconnect to their last stream on join
• Customizable format — players can set their own chat format with /ytchat format
• Role badges — owner, moderator, and verified users get colored names and badge icons
• Hex color support — full &#RRGGBB hex colors alongside &c legacy codes
• Configurable messages — every plugin message is editable in message.yml
• Configurable sounds — start/stop sounds, or disable them
• Emoji filtering — strips YouTube emoji shortcodes from messages
• Custom events — developers can listen to YTChatStartEvent, YTChatStopEvent, and YouTubeChatMessageEvent
• Tab completion — sub-commands and format placeholders auto-complete

Requirements

• Java 21+
• Paper 1.21+ (or Spigot 1.21+)