BetterWarden

Moderation and staff-ops platform for Minecraft networks: punishments, reports, tickets, a chat filter, staff stats, and a web panel — all backed by one embedded database, whether you're running a single server or a whole proxy network.

Runs on Paper (and Folia), plain Spigot, Velocity, and BungeeCord/Waterfall. Needs Java 21 or newer.

This page distributes the Free edition. Standard ($34.99, single server) and Network ($59.99, full proxy network) unlock the web panel, Discord bot, reports/tickets/appeals, chat filter, alt detection, punishment templates, and MySQL storage — available at betterwarden.dev. Same jar family, same config, no migration: drop in the paid jar, restart, and everything below lights up.

What's in the Free edition

• Full punishment suite: ban, mute, kick, warn (+ temp variants), silent variants, IP bans
• In-game GUI: player lookup, punishment history
• Single server, SQLite storage
• Community support

What Standard/Network add

• Embedded web admin panel — punishment browser, player profiles, staff accounts & roles, branding
• Discord bot — moderation slash commands, live punishment feed, weekly staff digest, account linking, interactive report cards with one-click Claim/Teleport/Punish/Dismiss buttons
• Reports, tickets & appeals (in-game GUI + panel)
• Chat filter — blocked words/regex, auto-punish on repeat offenders
• Alt detection / ban evasion
• Punishment templates + escalation ladders
• Staff notes
• MySQL storage
• Network tier only: unlimited backend servers behind one proxy, network-wide /gban /gmute /gkick, one shared database & panel for the whole network

Screenshots

Web panel, Discord bot, and in-game GUI (Standard/Network features, shown for reference):

!BetterWarden web panel dashboard, showing online players, open reports and tickets, active bans and mutes, and recent staff actions !BetterWarden player profile page, showing a full punishment escalation timeline and staff notes !BetterWarden's Discord report cards with one-click Claim, Teleport, Punish, and Dismiss buttons !BetterWarden's in-game /lookup menu, showing a player's punishment count and quick warn/mute/ban actions

Installation

Drop the jar in plugins/ and restart. There's no setup wizard in the Free edition — no web panel, so nothing to open in a browser. Once the jar's in place, the punishment commands and /lookup//history work immediately. /warden status confirms it booted correctly and tells you which edition you're running.

Commands (Free edition)

Command	Permission	Description
/ban <player> [reason]	warden.ban	Ban a player
/tempban <player> <duration> [reason]	warden.ban	Temporarily ban a player
/ipban <player> [reason]	warden.ban	Ban a player's IP address
/kick <player> [reason]	warden.kick	Kick a player
/mute <player> [reason]	warden.mute	Mute a player
/tempmute <player> <duration> [reason]	warden.mute	Temporarily mute a player
/warn <player> [reason]	warden.warn	Warn a player
/unban / /unmute <player>	warden.ban / warden.mute	Remove an active ban/mute
/lookup <player>	warden.lookup	Player profile summary (in-game menu)
/history <player>	warden.history	Punishment history (in-game menu)

Silent variants (/sban, /skick, /smute) and the full command reference are in the README on GitHub.

Links

• Purchase Standard/Network: betterwarden.dev
• Support Discord: discord.gg/QRmtJusZqH

License

Proprietary — running the Free edition on your own server(s) is permitted; redistribution and reverse-engineering are not. See the full license terms at betterwarden.dev.