v1.0.0

Minecraft Plugins Documentation

Browse, install, and manage Minecraft server plugins from SpigotMC, CurseForge, Modrinth, Hangar, GeyserMC, and manual uploads directly in the Pelican Panel.

Endpoints

Handler

REST

Architecture

JSON

Format

About Minecraft Plugins

Minecraft Plugins is a Pelican Panel plugin by Eranio that allows server administrators to browse, install, update, and manage Minecraft server plugins directly from the panel — supporting 5 providers plus manual uploads, with automatic version detection, dependency resolution, update tracking, and JAR metadata extraction.

Supported Providers

Provider	Search	Direct Download	Dependencies	Version Filter	API Key Required
SpigotMC	Full-text	Checked (HEAD request)	No	Yes	No
CurseForge	Full-text	Yes (usually)	Yes (recursive)	Yes	Yes (free)
Modrinth	Full-text	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
PaperMC/Hangar	Full-text	Yes	Yes	No (version-agnostic)	No
GeyserMC	6 projects	Yes (special)	No	No (version-agnostic)	No
Manual Upload	—	Via SFTP/File Manager	—	—	—

Key Features

5 Provider Support — SpigotMC (Spiget API), CurseForge, Modrinth, PaperMC/Hangar, GeyserMC
Manual Upload Detection — Auto-detects plugins uploaded via SFTP and registers them
Automatic MC Version Detection — 11 detection methods (same as Game Mods plugin)
One-Click Installation — Select version, click install, done
Dependency Resolution — CurseForge (recursive) and Modrinth (required dependencies)
Enable/Disable — Toggle plugins without deleting (rename with -bak suffix)
Update Tracking — 24-hour cached update checks with console widget alerts
Auto-Replace — Old versions automatically removed on update (configurable)
JAR Metadata — Extracts plugin.yml from JARs for display names
ZIP Export — Download all installed plugins as a JWT-signed ZIP (30 min expiry)
Version-Agnostic Providers — GeyserMC and PaperMC/Hangar don't filter by MC version
Search Retry — If search with version filter fails, automatically retries without version filter