SlateChat

SlateChat replaces vanilla chat with a channel-based system. Instead of one global chat, players talk in channels — local (radius or world based) or global broadcasts — each with its own format, permission and behavior. It's written in Kotlin and continues the work started by SimplexChat by Lucas Manoel Lopes.

Requirements

Features

• Local (radius/world) and global channels, plus your own custom channels
• Per-player chat color with /chatcolor, supporting hex and legacy codes
• MiniMessage and MineDown formatting, so links and gradients work straight from the config
• Chat focus, letting players lock themselves to a default channel
• Word filtering, with censoring or word-for-word replacement
• Spam (repeated character) and flood (repeated message) protection
• Action bar read receipts, showing a sender how many players saw their message
• Optional one-way bridge to DiscordSRV, routed per-channel through DiscordSRV's own config
• ItemsAdder compatible — its :name: font images (emoji, ranks, icons) resolve wherever SlateChat renders text, detected automatically
• Update checker, so you know when a newer release is out without leaving the server

Next steps

Ready to install it? Start with the guide below - it covers where to download the jar from, first-time setup, and building from source.