Group Chat

Group Chat

Whisper to your whole crew at once — without everyone else on the server reading along.

Group Chat adds persistent chat groups to your server. Create a group, invite your friends, and message everyone in it with a single command — no more /msg-ing the same three people one at a time, and no more accidentally leaking a private conversation into public chat. Message someone (or a whole group) while they’re offline, and they’ll get it the moment they log back in.

Available for both Paper and Fabric — same features, same commands, same data format, whichever loader your server runs.

Features

• Group chat — message every member of a group at once with /gmsg (or the shorter /gm)
• Offline mailbox — messages to offline players or offline group members are held and delivered on next join, with an unread count so nothing gets missed
• Guaranteed delivery option — /gmoffline drops a copy into _every_ member’s mailbox, online or not, for anything you want to be sure isn’t lost in chat scrollback
• Direct messages — /dm for one-on-one, queued automatically if the recipient’s offline
• Full group management — create, invite, accept/decline, leave, and owner-only kick
• Graphical menu — /groupgui opens a point-and-click interface for creating groups, browsing your groups, inviting or kicking members, and picking who to message, if you’d rather not remember command syntax
• Tab-completion everywhere — group names, player names, and pending invites all autocomplete
• Zero external dependencies — just the plugin/mod, no other downloads required beyond Fabric API on the Fabric side

Commands

| Command | Description |
| ————————————————– | ————————————————————————————- |
| /group create <name> | Create a group — you become the owner |
| /group invite <group> <player> | Invite a player to a group you’re in |
| /group accept <group> / /group decline <group> | Respond to an invite |
| /group kick <group> <player> | Remove a member (owner only) |
| /group leave <group> | Leave a group |
| /group delete <group> | Delete a group you own |
| /group list | List the groups you’re in |
| /group members <group> | List a group’s members |
| /gmsg <group> <message> (alias /gm) | Message a group — online members see it live, offline members get it queued |
| /gmoffline <group> <message> | Same, but _everyone_ gets a durable copy in their mailbox regardless of online status |
| /dm <player> <message> | Private message; queued if they’re offline |
| /unread | Read and clear your queued messages |
| /groupgui | Open the graphical menu |

Requirements

• Minecraft 26.1.2+
• Paper: no additional dependencies
• Fabric: requires Fabric API

Data & privacy

All group and message data is stored locally on your server (plugins/Group Chat/ on Paper, <world>/Group Chat/ on Fabric) as plain JSON — nothing is sent anywhere else.

Notes

• Group names: 2–24 characters, letters/numbers/underscores, case-insensitive
• No permission-node gating yet — any player can use any command
• Unread messages don’t keep history once read via /unread