Getting Started
##1. Installation
To get started with Stella, install the plugin on your Minecraft server:
- Requirements: a Spigot or Paper server running Minecraft 1.20.x – 1.21.x. CraftBukkit is not supported.
- Optional integrations:
- PlaceholderAPI — adds the
%stella_…%placeholders. - LuckPerms — lets Stella add/remove a permission group when a player joins or leaves a team.
- PlaceholderAPI — adds the
Drop the .jar into your server's plugins folder and restart. Stella generates config.yml, messages.yml and teams.yml inside plugins/stella/.
Stella stores team members by UUID, so memberships survive player name changes — there's no identifier mode to pick.
##2. Create and Manage Teams
Every action runs through the /stella command.
###Create a Team
/stella create <id> [priority]Replace <id> with the team's id (lowercased automatically) and optionally [priority] (higher = more important when a player is in several teams). Example: /stella create red 10. Without a priority it uses teams.default-priority from config.yml.
###Managing Members
Add members
/stella add <team> [target]Leave
[target]empty to add yourself. The target can also be a player name, @all, @online, or @team:<id>. Example: /stella add red Alex or /stella add vip @online.Remove members
/stella remove <team> [target]Same targets as
add. Example: /stella remove red Alex, or /stella remove old @team:new to pull everyone innewout ofold.
###View Information
A team's details — display name, color, priority and members:
/stella info team <team>Every team a player belongs to (their main team is starred):
/stella info player <player>All teams at a glance:
/stella list
###Customize a Team
/stella setname <team> <name>
/stella setcolor <team> <#hex>
/stella setpriority <team> <priority>Example: /stella setname red Red Team, /stella setcolor red #FF5555, /stella setpriority red 10. The color must be a 6-digit #RRGGBB hex and drives the vanilla nametag color when the Minecraft team hook is enabled.
###Delete a Team
/stella delete <team>Example: /stella delete red removes the team and all its members.
###Reload
/stella reloadRe-reads config.yml and messages.yml without a restart.
##3. Optional Hooks
Open config.yml to enable integrations:
- luckperms — map team ids to LuckPerms groups so membership grants/removes a group.
- minecraft_team — map team ids to vanilla scoreboard teams so nametags/tab take the team color.
- auto_team — automatically place teamless players into a default team on join.
See the config.yml page for the full breakdown.
##4. More Resources
- Plugin
- Configuration Files
- API
You're ready to start building teams with Stella.