VaultChatProvider

VaultChatProvider is a lightweight, standalone Vault Chat provider for Paper servers.

It gives your server a simple way to manage chat prefixes, suffixes, groups, and player formatting through Vault — without needing LuckPerms or another large permissions plugin just to handle chat formatting.

Simple. Lightweight. Configurable. Built for servers that just need Vault Chat to work.

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✨ Features

• 🏷️ Custom Prefixes

  • Give players custom prefixes such as Owner, Admin, Mod, VIP, or anything you want.
  • Prefixes can be configured per group.

• 🏷️ Custom Suffixes

  • Add suffixes to players or groups.
  • Useful for tags, ranks, or other server identifiers.

• 👥 Group Support

  • Define groups directly through the plugin's configuration.
  • Players can receive their chat formatting based on their assigned group.

• 🔌 Vault Integration

  • Provides a proper Vault Chat provider that other plugins can use.
  • Works with plugins that rely on Vault's Chat API to retrieve prefixes, suffixes, and group information.

• ⚡ Lightweight

  • Designed to do one thing and do it well.
  • No unnecessary features or heavy dependencies.

• 🚫 No LuckPerms Required

  • You don't need LuckPerms just to provide Vault Chat information.
  • Perfect for servers that already have their own permission or rank system.

• ⚙️ Configurable

  • Keep your rank and chat settings in one simple configuration.
  • Easily customize the setup to fit your server.

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🔧 How It Works

VaultChatProvider registers itself as a Vault Chat provider when your server starts.

Other plugins can then ask Vault for information such as:

Player → Vault → VaultChatProvider → Prefix / Suffix / Group

For example, a plugin using Vault may request a player's prefix:

Player: Kanezy
Group: admin
Prefix: &c[Admin]

VaultChatProvider supplies that information to the requesting plugin.

This makes it useful for servers where you want to use Vault-compatible plugins while keeping your chat/rank system simple.

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💬 Example

With a group configured like:

groups:
  admin:
    prefix: "&c[Admin] "
    suffix: ""

A player in the admin group could appear as:

[Admin] Kanezy: Hello!

You can create your own groups and formatting to match your server's style.

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📦 Dependencies

Required

• Paper
• Vault

Not Required

• ❌ LuckPerms
• ❌ EssentialsX
• ❌ Any other permissions plugin

VaultChatProvider is designed to work as a standalone Vault Chat provider.

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🎯 Why Use VaultChatProvider?

If your server already has its own way of handling ranks or permissions, you may not want to install a large permissions plugin just to make Vault Chat work.

VaultChatProvider fills that gap.

It provides the Vault Chat functionality your other plugins need while keeping your server setup simple, lightweight, and easy to configure.

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🛠️ Built For

VaultChatProvider is especially useful for:

• 🏠 Small SMP servers
• ⚔️ PvP servers
• 🌎 Survival servers
• 🎮 Private/community servers
• 🔧 Custom plugin setups
• 🏷️ Servers with custom rank systems
• 🚀 Servers that want a lightweight Vault Chat implementation

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VaultChatProvider — Simple Vault Chat, without the unnecessary overhead.