ThunderPerms
ThunderPerms is a free permissions plugin for self-hosted Paper servers.
What ThunderPerms is
ThunderPerms is a free permissions plugin for self-hosted Paper servers. It manages UUID-based player permissions, groups, memberships, true and false nodes, wildcards, temporary grants, and permissions scoped to worlds. Groups can inherit permissions with cycle prevention and weights to set priority. Expired temporary entries are cleaned automatically. YAML is the default storage, with optional SQLite, MySQL, and MariaDB backends. Administrators can check and explain permissions, verify or repair data, review status, and create backups. The plugin logs permission, group, repair, and backup actions. Its API provides permission checks and explanations, user and group inspection, assignments, known groups, and storage health. The listing describes safeguards including protected default and built-in admin groups, path protections, credential redaction, and safer default TLS settings for MySQL and MariaDB. Integrations include the AugmentedThunder suite, StormEconomy, StormParty, and StormFactions. The listed license is Apache 2.0, and the version page specifies Paper with Minecraft version 26.1.2.
Good
- Supports YAML, SQLite, MySQL, and MariaDB.
- Temporary permissions and memberships expire automatically.
- Group inheritance includes cycle prevention and priority weights.
- Provides diagnostics, repairs, backups, and audit logs.
- Registers an API for checks and group inspection.
Watch out
- Paper servers only.
- YAML is the default storage backend.
- The compatibility page lists Minecraft version 26.1.2.
Who it suits
ThunderPerms is aimed at small and medium Paper servers, plugin suites, and local development servers. It may suit administrators who need temporary or world-scoped grants alongside backups and audit logs.
Verdict
ThunderPerms covers permission management, storage options, and administrative diagnostics for Paper servers. Its listed platform and compatibility details make checking server fit important.
The facts
Each one read from ThunderPerms's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Admin safeguards
- The default group and built-in admin group are protected from deletion, and operators can bypass API checks when op-bypass is enabled.checked 3 Oct 2026
- API
- ThunderPerms registers an API for permission checks, detailed permission reasons, user and group inspection, assignments, known groups, and storage health.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Auditing
- The plugin writes audit logs for permission, group, repair, and backup actions.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Backups and audits
- ThunderPerms can back up YAML and database-backed storage and logs permission, group, repair, and backup actions.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Compatibility
- The version page lists Paper as the platform and Minecraft version 26.1.2.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Diagnostics
- Commands include permission checks and explanations, data verification, repair, status reporting, and backups.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Inheritance
- Groups support inheritance with cycle prevention and weights to control priority between inherited permissions.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- ThunderPerms applies Bukkit PermissionAttachment entries for standard permission checks and supports the AugmentedThunder plugin suite, StormEconomy, StormParty, and StormFactions.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The listing describes ThunderPerms as designed for small and medium Paper servers, plugin suites, and local development servers.checked 3 Oct 2026
- License
- The Hangar listing identifies the license as Apache 2.0.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Permission management
- It supports UUID-based player permissions, permission groups, group memberships, true and false nodes, and wildcard nodes.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Plugin integrations
- StormEconomy, StormParty, and StormFactions include direct ThunderPerms permission bridge support; AugmentedThunder plugins can use its permission nodes and fall back when it is absent.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- ThunderPerms is a lightweight permissions plugin for Paper servers that manages users, groups, inheritance, wildcard permissions, temporary and world-scoped grants, backups, audits, and storage diagnostics.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Release
- Version 0.1.1 adds effective-permission inspection, attachment refresh, cleanup and audit commands, and makes repair and group deletion preview-first.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Security
- The listing says configured file paths are protected from directory traversal and database credentials are redacted, with safer default TLS settings for MySQL and MariaDB.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Storage
- YAML is the default storage backend, with optional SQLite, MySQL, and MariaDB support.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Temporary and scoped grants
- Users and groups can receive temporary permissions or memberships, and permission grants can be scoped to a world.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Temporary grants
- Users can receive temporary permissions, group permissions, and group memberships, with expired entries cleaned automatically.checked 3 Oct 2026
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