This is a maven archetype ("template project") to quickly create a new Spigot plugin from scratch. See below on how to use it.

Features

• Automatically creates a whole project setup including main class, plugin.yml and pom.xml
• Set a custom package name, main class name, plugin name, ...
• Set a custom Spigot version to use (e.g. "1.19.3")
• Choose whether you want to use NMS or not
  • If you use NMS, it automatically adds the mojang mapping stuff to your pom.xml if using 1.17+
• Creates an "exportToServer" profile so you can deploy your .jar to your test server with one click
• Choose which dependencies you want to add, and automatically shade them when needed (JeffLib, Vault, CustomBlockData, MorePersistentDataTypes...)
• Optionally add a static instance getter to your main class
• ...and much more!

Available options

General options

Option	Description	Default value
groupId	The Maven Group ID of your plugin
artifactId	The Maven Artifact ID of your plugin
version	The version of your plugin	1.0-SNAPSHOT
pluginName	The name of your plugin
package	The main package name of your plugin	com.example.myplugin
mainClass	The name of your main class	MyPlugin
description	Your plugin's description
author	The author of your plugin	Someone
spigotVersion	The Spigot version to use	1.19.3
javaVersion	The Java version to use, e.g. 8 or 17	8
pathToTestServer	The path to your server (optional)	C:\mctest\plugins
addStaticGetter	Whether to add a static instance getter	false
useKotlin	Whether to use Kotlin instead of Java	false

Optional dependencies

You can also automatically add the following dependencies. Allowed values are true and false. Default is false for all.

Option	Dependency	Scope	Description
dependNMS	Spigot (NMS)	Provided	Allows accessing CraftBukit and NMS classes + automatic remapping for 1.17+
dependLombok	Lombok	Annotation	Annotation-based library to reduce boilerplate code
dependJeffLib	JeffLib	Shaded	General-purpose library
dependVault	Vault	Soft-Depend	Permissions, Chat & Economy API
dependACF	ACF	Shaded	Command framework
dependMockBukkit	MockBukkit	Test	Unit testing. Automatically creates an example test, too.
dependMorePersistentDataTypes	MorePersistentDataTypes	Shaded	More PersistentDataTypes + Collections, Maps & Arrays for PDC
dependCustomBlockData	CustomBlockData	Shaded	PDC for Blocks
dependProtocolLib	ProtocolLib	Soft-Depend	Packet sending & listening library
dependWorldEdit	WorldEdit	Soft-Depend	WorldEdit API
dependWorldGuard	WorldGuard	Soft-Depend	WorldGuard API (includes WorldEdit API)
dependSpigotUpdateChecker	SpigotUpdateChecker	Shaded	Powerful Update checker library
dependTaskChain	TaskChain	Shaded	Control Flow framework
dependConfigurateGson	Configurate-Gson	Shaded	Simple configuration library for JSON using Gson
dependConfigurateHocon	Configurate-HOCON	Shaded	Simple configuration library for HOCON
dependConfigurateJackson	Configurate-Jackson	Shaded	Simple configuration library for JSON using Jackson
dependConfigurateXml	Configurate-XML	Shaded	Simple configuration library for XML
dependConfigurateYaml	Configurate-YAML	Shaded	Simple configuration library for YAML
dependRecordBuilder	RecordBuilder	Annotation	RecordBuilder library
dependAdventure	Adventure-API	Shaded	Adventure API
dependMiniMessage	MiniMessage	Shaded	MiniMessage API (includes Adventure API)
dependInventoryFramework	IF (InventoryFramework)	Shaded	GUI library
dependCirrus	Cirrus	Shaded	GUI library

Usage (Spigot-Plugin-Generator)

You can use the Spigot-Plugin-Generator to use this archetype without having to install it locally. Simply download the Spigot-Plugin-Generator from the releases page and run it. It will automatically download the latest version of this archetype.

Usage (Advanced)

You simply have to clone this repo, then mvn install it.

git clone https://github.com/JEFF-Media-GbR/maven-spigot-plugin
cd maven-spigot-plugin
mvn install

Then, you can create a new project using the archetype, either through your IDE or using the command line:

From within IntelliJ

1. Open IntelliJ
2. Click File -> New -> Project...
3. Select Maven Archetype on the left
4. Choose Default Local in the Catalog menu
5. Select com.jeff-media:spigot-plugin in the Archetype menu. If this does not appear, click on Add, then enter com.jeff_media as Group ID, spigot-plugin as Artifact ID and 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT as Version.
6. Fill in the properties to your likings

From Command line

You can either declare all properties that you want to change:

mvn archetype:generate \
  -DarchetypeArtifactId=spigot-plugin \
  -DarchetypeGroupId=com.jeff_media \
  -DarchetypeVersion=1.0.0-SNAPSHOT \
  -D<option>=<value> ...

Or you can use the interactive mode and make maven ask you for each property:

mvn archetype:generate \
  -DaskForDefaultPropertyValues=true \
  -DarchetypeArtifactId=spigot-plugin \
  -DarchetypeGroupId=com.jeff_media \
  -DarchetypeVersion=1.0.0-SNAPSHOT

Todo

• Add SpigotUpdateChecker dependency
• Add WorldEdit / WorldGuard dependency
• Add ProtocolLib
• Add Lombok
• Add PaperLib