Better Homes

Better Homes

Better Homes is a complete, configurable and professional homes plugin for Bukkit, Spigot and Paper servers. Created by Vit Theo, Better Homes gives players a clean home system with commands, GUI menus, teleport safety, cooldowns, permissions, public/shared homes and a solid YAML storage backend.

Version 1.1.0

Better Homes 1.1.0 adds a dedicated, paginated public homes GUI. Players can run /homeplayer <player> to browse a particular player's public homes, or /homeplayer to browse every public home they can access. The new permissions betterhomes.publichomes and betterhomes.version are enabled by default. /betterhomes:version displays the installed version and official project pages.

Highlights

- Complete homes system with named homes - Modern inventory GUI with pagination - Safe teleport checks - Teleport delay and cooldown - Cancel teleport on movement, damage or combat - Configurable home limits - Per-world home support - Public and shared homes - Admin commands for player home management - Fully configurable messages - Configurable GUI items, titles, sounds and effects - YAML storage by default - Clean architecture ready for future SQLite/MySQL support - Built for broad Bukkit/Spigot/Paper compatibility

Player Commands

| Command | Description | | --- | --- | | /sethome [name] | Create a home at your current location | | /home [name] | Teleport to one of your homes | | /home <player>:<name> | Teleport to a public/shared home | | /delhome [name] | Delete one of your homes | | /homes [page] | List homes and open the GUI | | /homeplayer [player] | Open public homes for one player, or all players when omitted | | /betterhomes:version | Display plugin version and official links |

Admin Commands

| Command | Description | | --- | --- | | /betterhomes reload | Reload configuration and messages | | /betterhomes info | Display plugin information | | /betterhomes sethomeplayer <player> <name> | Create a home for another player | | /betterhomes delhomeplayer <player> <name> | Delete a player's home | | /betterhomes listhomes <player> | List a player's homes | | /betterhomes clearhomes <player> | Clear all homes of a player | | /betterhomes givehome <player> <name> | Create a home for a player from your position | | /betterhomes rename <old> <new> | Rename one of your homes | | /betterhomes move <name> | Move a home to your current position | | /betterhomes share <home> <player> | Share a home with a player | | /betterhomes unshare <home> <player> | Remove shared access | | /betterhomes public <home> <on/off> | Toggle public access |

Permissions

| Permission | Description | | --- | --- | | betterhomes.use | Allows basic plugin usage | | betterhomes.sethome | Allows /sethome | | betterhomes.home | Allows /home | | betterhomes.delhome | Allows /delhome | | betterhomes.gui | Allows GUI usage | | betterhomes.publichomes | Allows /homeplayer and the public homes GUI | | betterhomes.version | Allows /betterhomes:version | | betterhomes.bypass.cooldown | Bypasses teleport cooldown | | betterhomes.bypass.limit | Bypasses home limits | | betterhomes.admin | Grants admin permissions | | betterhomes.reload | Allows /betterhomes reload | | betterhomes.others | Allows managing other players' homes | | betterhomes.rename | Allows renaming homes | | betterhomes.list | Allows listing homes | | betterhomes.teleport.instant | Bypasses teleport delay | | betterhomes.teleport.safely | Allows safe teleport adjustment | | betterhomes.world.<worldname> | Allows homes in a specific world | | betterhomes.limit.<number> | Gives a custom home limit |

GUI Features

Better Homes includes a clean inventory interface designed for regular server use: - Main homes menu - Page selector menu - Home edit menu - Delete confirmation menu - Buttons for teleport, move, rename, public toggle and delete - Configurable icons and item lore - Configurable rows, titles, sounds and filler items - Pagination for players with many homes

Teleport Safety

The teleport system is designed to prevent common home-related issues: - Configurable warmup delay - Configurable cooldown - Movement cancellation - Damage cancellation - Combat cancellation - Safe destination search - Block danger checks for lava, fire, cactus and similar hazards - World whitelist/blacklist support - Optional per-world permission checks

Storage

Better Homes uses YAML storage by default. Player homes are saved automatically and loaded on startup. The internal storage layer is interface-based, making it easy to add SQLite or MySQL support later without rewriting the home system.

Configuration

The plugin generates: - config.yml - messages.yml - homes.yml You can configure: - Home limits - Teleport delay - Teleport cooldown - Safe teleport behavior - GUI layout - GUI icons - Sounds - Effects - Messages - Allowed or blocked worlds - Shared/public home behavior - Command behavior

Compatibility

Better Homes is compiled against the Bukkit 1.8.8 API and avoids direct usage of modern-only API calls. Material, sound, title and effect handling uses compatibility helpers and fallback names, which makes the plugin suitable for a wide range of Bukkit, Spigot and Paper versions.

Installation

1. Download BetterHomes.jar. 2. Put it in your server's plugins folder. 3. Restart your server. 4. Edit plugins/BetterHomes/config.yml and messages.yml. 5. Run /betterhomes reload or restart the server again.

Why Better Homes?

Better Homes is built for server owners who want more than a basic /home command. It provides a complete home management experience with a professional structure, strong configuration options and a user-friendly GUI. It is lightweight, dependency-free and designed to stay stable on active servers.

Support

If you need help, find a bug or want to suggest a feature, contact the author or open a discussion on the resource page.

Author

Vit Theo