📢 Announcement

A simple and flexible Minecraft Spigot/Paper plugin that lets you send colorful announcements to all players on the server.
Perfect for staff notifications, server messages, or global event announcements.

⚙️ Features

• 📣 Send custom messages to all online players
• 🎨 Choose from a wide range of text colors
• 💬 Automatically prefixes messages with a styled “Announcement” tag
• ⚡ Lightweight, fast, and easy to use
• 🧑‍💻 Works from both console and in-game

📁 Installation

1. Download the plugin .jar file
2. Place it inside your server’s plugins/ folder
3. Start or reload your server — ready to use immediately!

💡 Usage

Command

/announce

Example

/announce Server restart in 5 minutes! red

Result (visible to all players)

[Announcement] Server restart in 5 minutes!

(Displayed in red color)

If no color is provided, the message defaults to yellow.

🎨 Available Colors

You can use any of the following color names:

| Color Name | Example |
|-------------|----------|
| black | black |
| dark_blue | dark_blue |
| dark_green | dark_green |
| dark_aqua | dark_aqua |
| dark_red | dark_red |
| dark_purple | dark_purple |
| gold | gold |
| gray | gray |
| dark_gray | dark_gray |
| blue | blue |
| green | green |
| aqua | aqua |
| red | red |
| light_purple | light_purple |
| yellow | yellow |
| white | white |

🧩 Developer Information

Main classes:

• de.scholle.announcement.Announcement – main plugin class
• de.scholle.announcement.AnnounceCommand – handles /announce
• de.scholle.announcement.MessageUtils – formats and sends messages

🧰 Compatibility

• ✅ Works with Spigot, Paper, and Purpur
• 🧱 Tested for Minecraft 1.18+
• ⚙️ Requires Java 17+

🧑‍💻 Author

Developed by: Scholle
Package: de.scholle.announcement

📜 License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
You may use, modify, and distribute it in compliance with the terms of that license.
For more information, see: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0