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fronsky-prefix

The lightweight Minecraft chat prefix, rank, and tablist management plugin.

🏷️ Fronsky Prefix

A lightweight chat prefix, rank, and tablist management plugin for Paper and Spigot servers (Minecraft 1.20+).

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Overview

Fronsky Prefix gives server owners full control over player ranks, chat formatting, tablist sorting, and per-group colors through simple commands and YAML configuration. No dependencies required.

Built for SMP, roleplay, minigame networks, and themed servers that need a clean, performant rank prefix solution.

Features

Chat prefixes: colored group prefixes shown before player names in chat
Tab prefixes: group prefixes shown in the player tablist
Tab weight sorting: control tablist order per group; staff always on top
Per-group colors: chat name color, tab name color, and message color
Player mentions: names mentioned in chat are highlighted in bold
Unlimited groups: managed via commands or human-readable YAML
Live reload: /prefix reload applies changes without a restart
Interactive help: clickable help with hover tooltips for permissions
Lightweight: no overhead, no dependencies, runs cleanly on large servers
Fully configurable: every message and behavior is editable

Chat Format Example

[Admin] Steve: Hello everyone!
[Mod] Alex: Welcome to the server!
[Member] Notch: Thanks!

Color Codes

All 16 Minecraft color codes and formatting codes are supported.

Code	Color	Code	Color
`§0`	Black	`§8`	Dark Gray
`§1`	Dark Blue	`§9`	Blue
`§2`	Dark Green	`§a`	Green
`§3`	Dark Aqua	`§b`	Aqua
`§4`	Dark Red	`§c`	Red
`§5`	Dark Purple	`§d`	Light Purple
`§6`	Gold	`§e`	Yellow
`§7`	Gray	`§f`	White

Formatting: §l bold, §o italic, §n underline, §m strikethrough, §k obfuscated, §r reset.

Commands

Command	Description
`/prefix` (alias `/p`)	View your prefix information
`/prefix <player>`	View another player's prefix information
`/prefix help`	Interactive help menu
`/prefix info`	Plugin version and author
`/prefix chat <group> <prefix>`	Set a group's chat prefix
`/prefix tab <group> <prefix>`	Set a group's tab prefix
`/prefix chatnamecolor <group> <color>`	Set a group's chat name color
`/prefix tabnamecolor <group> <color>`	Set a group's tab name color
`/prefix chatcolor <group> <color>`	Set a group's chat message color
`/prefix weight <group> <weight>`	Set a group's tab sort weight
`/prefix group <player> <group>`	Assign a player to a group
`/prefix reload`	Reload configuration files

Permissions

All permissions default to OP only unless noted otherwise.

Core

Permission	Description
`prefix.command.prefix`	Base command access
`prefix.command.prefix.*`	Full access to all subcommands

Per Command

Permission	Command
`prefix.command.prefix.others`	`/prefix <player>`
`prefix.command.prefix.help`	`/prefix help`
`prefix.command.prefix.info`	`/prefix info`
`prefix.command.prefix.chat`	`/prefix chat`
`prefix.command.prefix.tab`	`/prefix tab`
`prefix.command.prefix.chatnamecolor`	`/prefix chatnamecolor`
`prefix.command.prefix.tabnamecolor`	`/prefix tabnamecolor`
`prefix.command.prefix.chatcolor`	`/prefix chatcolor`
`prefix.command.prefix.weight`	`/prefix weight`
`prefix.command.prefix.group`	`/prefix group`
`prefix.command.prefix.reload`	`/prefix reload`

Configuration

groups.yml

admin:
  chatPrefix: "&4[Admin]"
  tabPrefix: "&4[A]"
  chatNameColor: "&c"
  tabNameColor: "&c"
  chatColor: "&f"
  tabWeight: 0

moderator:
  chatPrefix: "&2[Mod]"
  tabPrefix: "&2[M]"
  chatNameColor: "&a"
  tabNameColor: "&a"
  chatColor: "&f"
  tabWeight: 1

default:
  chatPrefix: "&7[Member]"
  tabPrefix: "&7"
  chatNameColor: "&7"
  tabNameColor: "&7"
  chatColor: "&7"
  tabWeight: 9

players.yml

Player-to-group assignments stored by UUID. Managed automatically by the plugin.

Installation

Download the latest version from this page.
Place Prefix-x.x.x.jar in your server's plugins/ folder.
Restart your server.
Configure the generated files in plugins/Prefix/.
Run /prefix help to get started.

Use Cases

Server type	How Fronsky Prefix helps
SMP and survival	Organize staff and player ranks with colored prefixes
Roleplay	Assign immersive titles and faction tags per group
Minigame networks	Visual identification of staff and VIP players
Staff management	Tab weight sorting keeps staff at the top of the list
Themed servers	Match prefix colors to your server's brand

Requirements

Requirement	Version
Minecraft	1.20+
Server software	Paper or Spigot
Java	17 or higher

Support

Website: fronsky.nl
Email: [email protected]
Bug reports: GitHub Issues
Source code: GitHub Repository

Made with ❤️ by Fronsky.

Information

Category	Chat
Published on	May 24, 2026
License	Fronsky Proprietary
Downloads	0
Stars	0
Watchers	0

Pinned Versions

2.0.1
Release
1.20-26.1.2

Pages

Resource Page

Links

Website

Members

Fronsky

Owner