👻 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.

Integrations

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

Commands

Permissions

All permissions default to OP only unless noted otherwise.

Core

Per Command

PlaceholderAPI Placeholders

Requires PlaceholderAPI.

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

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

Support

• Website: fronsky.nl
• Email: support@fronsky.nl
• Bug reports: GitHub Issues
• Source code: GitHub Repository

Made with ❤️ by Fronsky.