SpigotMC Resources
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Plans and prices
From SpigotMC Resources's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free resources | Free | Bungee, Spigot, standalone, universal, web and data-pack listings |
| Premium resources | — | Paid plugins sold by individual developers |
The facts
Each one read from SpigotMC Resources's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API documentation
- The official wiki links to Spigot's Developer Hub and Spigot API Javadocs.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Build integrations
- Developer resources include Maven and Gradle setup guidance and a public Maven repository.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Build tooling
- Spigot is built and installed with the official BuildTools process, which produces Spigot and CraftBukkit server jars.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Community reviews
- Resource pages provide user ratings, written reviews, discussions and version histories.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Database integrations
- Official development guides cover MongoDB, Morphia and MySQL integration for plugins.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Developer documentation
- The plugin-development wiki provides progressive tutorials intended for beginners as well as experienced modders.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- The platform exposes event, command, configuration and plugin APIs for extending Minecraft servers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- History
- The SpigotMC forums began in November 2012 and the resource manager entered the community in April 2013.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent resource complaints
- Reviewers on a Marketplace listing reported a 28 MB plugin size, permission confusion, a Paper server crash and requests for additional GUI, tax and PlaceholderAPI features.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent resource praise
- A Marketplace resource page includes reviewers calling the plugin high quality, complete, functional and well coded.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Instant publishing
- The official wiki says resource submissions are immediate and do not go through an approval or verification process.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License
- The public Spigot-API repository is marked GPL-3.0, and its license file contains GNU GPL v3 terms.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: piracy policy
- MineAcademy alleges that SpigotMC bans anti-piracy protections in plugins and does not act on reported resource leaks.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: review moderation
- MineAcademy alleges that SpigotMC removed the ability to report false reviews and offered little help against trolling or misinformation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: support and account access
- A January 2026 Trustpilot reviewer complained that recovering lost two-factor backup access took over a week and temporarily blocked paid-plugin access.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Origin date
- Spigot's official history says the project began on June 29, 2012.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Praise: community usefulness
- Trustpilot reviewers describe the site as useful for Minecraft server owners and praise its large selection of free and premium plugins.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Premium marketplace history
- SpigotMC introduced its Premium Resources section on April 15, 2014 so developers could sell work through an open market.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Proxy integration
- Spigot documentation links to BungeeCord, a proxy used to connect and transport traffic between multiple Minecraft servers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Public REST API
- SpigotMC maintains a public XenforoResourceManagerAPI repository that exposes resource and author information through a JSON REST API.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company headquarters
- LinkedIn lists SpigotMC Pty. Ltd. headquarters in Melbourne, Victoria.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal entity
- The Australian ABN register identifies SPIGOTMC PTY. LTD. as an active Australian private company from June 23, 2015.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists the company size as one employee and shows 15 discoverable employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2012checked 23 Sep 2026
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