NoEconomy

NoEconomy is a lightweight Vault economy provider that gives every player an infinite balance (Double.MAX_VALUE). It allows any plugin depending on Vault's economy API to function without actual money management – perfect for creative servers, private friend servers, or testing environments where you don't want to worry about configuring a real economy.

How It Works

NoEconomy registers itself with Vault as the active economy provider. Whenever a plugin (like a shop, auction house, or quest plugin) checks a player's balance, NoEconomy returns Double.MAX_VALUE. All withdrawal and deposit requests are instantly marked as successful, but the player's balance never actually changes. This effectively makes all purchases, sell transactions, and economy-related actions always possible.

Features

• Zero configuration – Just drop the jar into your plugins folder.
• Always returns Double.MAX_VALUE – Players have more money than any plugin could ever ask for.
• All transactions succeed – No need to worry about insufficient funds.
• Lightweight – No database, no files, no overhead.
• Vault-compatible – Works with any plugin that uses Vault's economy API.

Installation

1. Make sure you have Vault installed on your server. (Download Vault)
2. Download the latest NoEconomy jar from the GitHub or Modrinth.
3. Place the jar into your server's plugins/ folder.
4. Restart your server (or use a plugin manager to load it).
5. NoEconomy will automatically register itself with Vault. No further steps needed!

Configuration

NoEconomy does not require any configuration. It works out of the box.
(If you wish to change the fake balance value in the future, a config option may be added. Feel free to open an issue if you need this feature.)

Compatibility

NoEconomy is designed to be as compatible as possible. It has been tested with:

• Spigot / Paper 1.13 – 1.21
• Vault 1.7.x
• Popular plugins like EssentialsX, ChestShop, QuickShop, and others.

However, because NoEconomy simulates infinite money without actually changing balances, some plugins may behave unexpectedly if they:

• Rely on balance changes to trigger events (e.g., ranking based on money).
• Perform double-checks by reading the balance after a transaction.
• Expect balances to decrease over time.

If you encounter issues with a specific plugin, please open an issue and describe the problem.

Important Notes / Known Limitations

• No actual money tracking – Since no money is ever deducted or added, any plugin that depends on a player's accumulated wealth (like an economy-based leaderboard) will not work correctly.
• Potential arithmetic overflow – Some plugins might attempt to add to a player's balance, resulting in Double.MAX_VALUE + 1 which becomes Infinity. While rare, this could cause errors in those plugins.
• Not for survival or trading servers – If you want a real economy with player-driven markets, this plugin is not for you. Use it only when you want to remove economic barriers entirely.

Building from Source

NoEconomy uses Maven. To build the plugin yourself:

git clone https://github.com/cygbs/NoEconomy.git
cd NoEconomy
mvn clean package

The compiled jar will be in the target/ directory.

License

This project is licensed under the LGPLv2.1+ License – see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have ideas for improvements or find a bug, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

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NoEconomy – because sometimes you just want to skip the economy.