Fronsky Vanish

Fronsky Vanish
A modern, high-performance vanish plugin for Paper and Spigot servers (Minecraft 1.20+). Become truly invisible: no join messages, no quit messages, no mob aggro, no sound, no traces.

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Overview
Fronsky Vanish is designed for staff, moderators, and server admins who need reliable, trace-free invisibility with full control over every aspect of vanished behavior. One command, complete invisibility, and a clean API for third-party integration.

Built for moderation, cheater detection, world exploration, content creation, and any situation where staff need to operate without being seen.

Features

• True invisibility: no join or quit messages, no particles, no detectable traces
• Silent containers: open chests, ender chests, shulker boxes, and barrels without sound or animation (via ProtocolLib)
• Boss bar indicator: a persistent, customizable boss bar shows when you are vanished
• Per-player preferences: each staff member toggles their own sound and silent-join settings
• Customizable accent color: set the plugin's color used in boss bars and chat
• Granular permissions: 18 permission nodes for fine-grained control
• Interactive GUI: manage vanished players through a clean player-head inventory
• Developer API: public API for plugins to integrate with vanish state
• Live reload: /vanish reload applies changes without a restart
• Fully configurable: every disabled action and message is editable

Disabled Actions
All of the following can be individually toggled in config.yml.

Action Description

• Damage Vanished players cannot take damage
• Hunger Food level stays frozen
• Mob targeting Mobs ignore vanished players
• Silent chests Open chests without sound or animation
• Silent ender chests Same silent behavior for ender chests
• Silent shulker boxes and barrels Silent opening for all container types
• Pressure plates Vanished players do not trigger pressure plates
• Death messages Death messages are hidden from public chat
• Player push Disable collision so vanished players cannot be pushed
• Item pickup Prevent vanished players from picking up items

Integrations
All integrations are optional: the plugin works without them, but unlocks extra features when present.

Plugin Integration

• ProtocolLib Packet-level player hiding, accurate server list player count, silent container opening. Recommended.
• PlaceholderAPI 7 placeholders for scoreboards, tab lists, chat formats, and more
• Dynmap Automatically hides vanished players from the web map

Commands
Command Description

• /vanish (alias /v) Toggle vanish for yourself
• /vanish <player> Toggle vanish for another player
• /vanish gui Open the vanish player GUI
• /vanish list List all currently vanished players
• /vanish tp <player> Teleport to a player while vanished
• /vanish join Send a fake join message
• /vanish quit Send a fake quit message
• /vanish sound Toggle your vanish sound effect
• /vanish silent Toggle silent join mode
• /vanish color Change the plugin accent color
• /vanish reload Reload configuration files
• /vanish info Show plugin info and build metadata
• /vanish help Show the help overview
• /vanish permissions Show all permission nodes
• /vanish placeholders Show available PlaceholderAPI placeholders

Permissions
All permissions default to OP only unless noted otherwise.

Core
Permission Description

• vanish.* Full access to all Vanish features
• vanish.see See vanished players
• vanish.join Auto-vanish on join (silent join)

Per Command
Permission Command

• vanish.cmd.vanish /vanish
• vanish.cmd.vanish.others /vanish <player>
• vanish.cmd.vanish.gui /vanish gui
• vanish.cmd.vanish.list /vanish list
• vanish.cmd.vanish.tp /vanish tp
• vanish.cmd.vanish.join /vanish join
• vanish.cmd.vanish.quit /vanish quit
• vanish.cmd.vanish.sound /vanish sound
• vanish.cmd.vanish.silent /vanish silent
• vanish.cmd.vanish.color /vanish color
• vanish.cmd.vanish.reload /vanish reload
• vanish.cmd.vanish.info /vanish info
• vanish.cmd.vanish.help /vanish help
• vanish.cmd.vanish.permissions /vanish permissions
• vanish.cmd.vanish.placeholders /vanish placeholders

PlaceholderAPI Placeholders
Requires PlaceholderAPI.

Placeholder Output Example

• %vanish_isvanished% Whether the player is vanished true / false
• %vanish_status% Vanish status as text Vanished / Visible
• %vanish_count% Number of currently vanished players 3
• %vanish_cansee% Whether the player can see vanished players true / false
• %vanish_total_online% Online player count minus vanished players 42
• %vanish_color% Current plugin accent color BLUE
• %vanish_silent% Whether the player has silent join enabled true / false

Configuration
config.yml

# Enable debug logging for troubleshooting
debug-mode: false

# Vanish sound settings
sound-enable: true
sound: 'AMBIENT_CAVE'

# Toggle individual actions while vanished
disabled-actions:
  damage: true
  hunger: true
  mob-target: true
  silent-chest: true
  silent-ender-chest: true
  pressure-plates: true
  death-messages: true
  player-push: true
  pickup-items: true

# Plugin accent color (used in boss bar and messages)
plugin-color: 'BLUE'

messages.yml
Every player-facing message is fully customizable, from vanish notifications to permission headers. Supports color codes with §.

Developer API
Fronsky Vanish provides a public API so other plugins can interact with vanish state programmatically.

import nl.fronsky.vanish.api.VanishAPI;

// Check if Vanish is available
if (VanishAPI.isAvailable()) {

   // Check if a player is vanished
   boolean vanished = VanishAPI.isVanished(player);

   // Toggle vanish state
   VanishAPI.toggleVanish(player);

   // Get the vanished player count
   int count = VanishAPI.getVanishedPlayerCount();

   // Check if a player can see vanished players
   boolean canSee = VanishAPI.canSeeVanished(player);
}

Full documentation: API Documentation on GitHub.

Use Cases
Use case How Fronsky Vanish helps

• Staff moderation Monitor players without them knowing staff is online
• Cheater detection Observe suspected cheaters invisibly in real time
• Map exploration Explore your world without mobs, damage, or hunger
• Stealth gameplay Build unique game modes or events with invisible players
• Testing and development Test server features without interference from players
• Content creation Record or stream without appearing on the server

Installation

1. Download the latest version from this page.
2. Place Vanish-x.x.x.jar in your server's plugins/ folder.
3. (Optional) Install ProtocolLib, PlaceholderAPI, and/or Dynmap for additional features.
4. Restart your server.
5. Configure plugins/Vanish/config.yml and plugins/Vanish/messages.yml.
6. Run /vanish to get started.

Requirements
Requirement Version

• Minecraft 1.20+
• Server software Paper or Spigot
• Java 17 or higher

Support

• Website: fronsky.nl
• Email: [email protected]
• Bug reports: GitHub Issues
• Source code: GitHub Repository

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