Overview - simplecloud

Official plugins

Plugin	Platform	Description
Server Connection	Proxy	Registers servers, resolves joins, fallbacks, and hub commands
Cloud Command	Proxy	In-game cloud management commands
Proxy Essentials	Proxy	MOTD, tablist, join states, layouts, and player counts
Notify	Proxy	Server and group event notifications
Prefixes	Server	Player prefix management
Signs	Server	Dynamic group signs
NPCs	Server	NPC interactions, holograms, and server navigation
Placeholders	Server	PlaceholderAPI integration for servers and groups

Install plugins

Use the dashboard

When you create or edit a group, add plugins in its Plugins settings. New servers in that group start with the selected plugins. For a group that is already running, save the change and use Hold to rolling restart to replace its instances one at a time.

Use the CLI

# List plugins for a group
sc group plugin list lobby

# Add a plugin to a proxy group
sc group plugin add proxy proxy-essentials

# Add a plugin to a persistent proxy
sc persistent-server plugin add proxy-main proxy-essentials

# Remove a plugin from a group
sc group plugin remove proxy proxy-essentials

The optional plugin query can be a search term, a Modrinth slug such as mr:luckperms, a Spigot ID such as sp:28140, or a plugin URL.

Install a JAR manually

Place a plugin JAR in the plugins/ folder of the matching template:

cp my-plugin.jar templates/lobby/plugins/

Plugins and droplets

	Plugins	Droplets
Runs on	Inside a Minecraft server or proxy	As an independent service
Purpose	In-game features	Infrastructure tasks
Examples	Signs, NPCs, commands	Player data, resource packs

Use the Cloud API developer docs to build Minecraft plugins. Droplet development documentation is not available yet.