NoCheatPlus
NoCheatPlus is a free anti-cheat plugin for administrators of Minecraft Bukkit, Spigot, or CraftBukkit servers.
What NoCheatPlus is
NoCheatPlus is a free anti-cheat plugin for administrators of Minecraft Bukkit, Spigot, or CraftBukkit servers. It aims to enforce vanilla game mechanics and prevent cheating or abuse of the Minecraft protocol. Its checks cover movement, fighting, block breaking and placement, inventory behavior, chat spam, and other malicious activity. Movement checks address flying, speed, excessive packets, fall damage, no-clipping, and vehicle movement. Fight checks cover fake critical hits, out-of-reach attacks, excessive hit rates, and invulnerability. Administrators can configure checks and choose responses including cancellation, logging, server commands, bans, kicks, or login denial. The project also documents API hooks for other plugins, including exemptions and violation processing. Installation uses the server’s plugins folder: place the JAR there and start a supported Spigot or CraftBukkit server. ProtocolLib is required for network checks such as attack-frequency monitoring; an unsupported version can disable some checks. The project lists Minecraft versions from 1.7.10 through 1.12.2 and is licensed under GPL-3.0.
Good
- Checks movement, combat, building, inventory, and chat behavior.
- Administrators can configure enforcement actions.
- Plugin API supports exemptions and violation-processing hooks.
- Free and GPL-3.0 licensed.
Watch out
- Network checks require ProtocolLib.
- Unsupported ProtocolLib versions can disable some checks.
- Listed Minecraft versions run from 1.7.10 through 1.12.2.
Who it suits
NoCheatPlus is for administrators managing Minecraft Bukkit, Spigot, or CraftBukkit servers who want configurable checks against cheating and protocol abuse.
Verdict
NoCheatPlus provides configurable anti-cheat checks for supported Minecraft server platforms. Administrators should verify their ProtocolLib version if they need the network checks.
Plans and prices
From NoCheatPlus's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| NoCheatPlus | Free | Minecraft Bukkit/Spigot server plugin · GPL-3.0 |
The facts
Each one read from NoCheatPlus's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Combat checks
- Fight checks address such behavior as fake critical hits, out-of-reach hits, excessive hit rates, and invulnerability.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Compatibility
- The project says the latest version can run across multiple past Minecraft versions and offers configuration options for issues with specific blocks.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Compatibility limit
- The README cautions that using a ProtocolLib version unsupported by NoCheatPlus can disable some checks.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Detection coverage
- Its checks cover movement, fighting, block breaking and placing, inventory, chat spam, and other malicious behavior.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The README links to BukkitDev, SpigotMC, and Jenkins builds, including development versions.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The README instructs administrators to place the NoCheatPlus JAR in the server's plugins folder and start a Spigot or CraftBukkit server.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Integration
- ProtocolLib is required for network checks such as attack-frequency monitoring, and the README says unsupported ProtocolLib versions can disable some checks.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project describes NoCheatPlus as a plugin for administrators running Minecraft Bukkit or Spigot servers.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Movement checks
- Movement checks include flying, speed, excessive packets, fall damage, no-clipping, and vehicle movement.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Other checks
- The feature list includes chat and command spam prevention, captcha capabilities, inventory protections, and configurable checks against enderpearl abuse.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Plugin API
- The feature documentation describes API support for other plugins, including exemptions and hooks for violation processing.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- NoCheatPlus is an anti-cheat plugin for Minecraft Bukkit/Spigot servers that aims to enforce vanilla mechanics and prevent abuse of Minecraft or its protocol.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Security and license
- The repository lists a GPL-3.0 license; its README describes the plugin as making a server safer by preventing cheating and protocol abuse.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Support
- The README links to project issues and tickets and to a project wiki for documentation.checked 2 Oct 2026
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