Administration

Welcome to the FeatherMC administration guide! This guide includes information and tutorials regarding the administration of a FeatherMC server.

Getting started How to download and run a FeatherMC server.

Migrating to or from FeatherMC It's simple to migrate your server to or from FeatherMC. This page will help you get started.

Adding plugins Plugins are the most powerful way to extend the functionality of FeatherMC beyond the configuration files.

Next steps How to proceed after starting your server.

Installing or updating Java How to install or update to Java 25 on Linux (apt/rpm), Windows, or Mac.

Start script generator Generate a start script for your FeatherMC server.

Aikar's flags Aikar's flags are a set of JVM flags designed to improve the performance of your Paper server.

Configuring Anti-Xray Paper ships an obfuscation-based Anti-Xray system by default. Learn how to configure it here.

Basic troubleshooting This guide will help you diagnose your server's problem before reporting it to FeatherMC or the plugin's author.

Profiling How to profile your Paper server.

Updating This guide explains how to update FeatherMC and your plugins safely.

Vanilla-like experience This page lists all changes that result in a different experience than Vanilla.

🗃️ Configuration An overview of Paper's configuration files.

Paper plugins A guide to the ins and outs of Paper plugins.

Commands Documentation about all commands added by Paper.

System properties Documentation for the system properties and environment variables Paper may check.

CLI Arguments Reference for all CLI arguments Paper recognizes.

Permissions All permissions available in the default Paper server.

Bug fixes An explanation of which Vanilla bugs we fix in Paper.

Frequently asked questions Questions frequently asked by our community, answered by us!

Adapted from the PaperMC docs (CC BY-SA 4.0). About these docs.