nick-hide plugin

A lightweight Paper plugin for hiding or replacing a player's displayed name across the tab list, nameplate, server list ping, and join/quit messages.

Requirements

• Paper 1.21.11 (or a compatible fork such as Purpur, Pufferfish, Leaf)
• Java 21

This plugin relies on Paper-specific API (joinMessage/quitMessage, PaperServerListPingEvent) and will not work on plain Spigot or vanilla Bukkit.

Features

• Hide a player's real name everywhere (tab list, nameplate, server list ping) and show ??? instead
• Set a custom nick per player, persisted across restarts
• Reset a player back to their real name
• Custom nick/hidden state is reflected in join and quit messages

Commands

| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| /nick <player> hide | Hides the player's real name (???) |
| /nick <player> reveal | Reveals the player's real name |
| /nick <player> change <new_nick> | Sets a custom nick (max 16 characters) |
| /nick <player> reset | Restores the default name and visibility |

Permissions

| Permission | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| nick.admin | op | Access to the /nick command |

License

GPL-3.0, see LICENSE. This is required because the plugin shades PacketEvents (GPL-3.0) directly into the built jar.