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UniversalProtect

Block, container, entity and chat logging with full rollback and restore for Paper servers. A replacement for CoreProtect with a compatible API and familiar workflow.

Minecraft 26.3 · Paper · Java 25 · API v13

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Overview

Property	Value
Compatibility	Minecraft 26.3 on Paper (first release)
Runtime	Java 25
Databases	DuckDB (default), SQLite, MySQL, ClickHouse
API	Modelled on CoreProtect API v13, plus networking

Capabilities

Area	Description
Blocks	Placing, breaking, explosions, fire, buckets and block state changes such as grass to path, stripped logs and item frames
Containers and inventories	Chests, barrels, furnaces, hoppers, ender chests, crafting, dropping and picking up
Entities	Kills and spawns. Killed mobs are revived with their data, villagers keep profession, level and trades
Chat and sessions	Chat, commands, signs, logins, deaths and username changes linked to the UUID
Rollback and restore	Blocks, containers, entities and inventories, with a detailed and reliable #preview
Databases	Four engines with live migration through /up migrate-db
Purge	By time, radius, world, block type or entity kills, with #optimize
Blacklist	Users, commands, blocks and entities, including id@user rules
Per-world configuration	world_nether.yml overrides the global config.yml

Quick start

/up inspect                              Toggle the inspector, then click blocks
/up lookup u:Steve t:1d a:+block         What did Steve place in the last day?
/up rollback u:Steve t:1h r:20 #preview  Preview a rollback, nothing changes yet
/up apply                                Confirm the preview
/up undo                                 Revert the last rollback

Recent additions

• Command rollback: undo /fill, /setblock and /clone with #command, see Rollback and Restore
• Investigation: /up investigate and /up timeline show suspects, causes and a chronological history, see Investigation and Alerts
• Alerts: X-ray and other anomaly detection with an optional Discord webhook, see Investigation and Alerts
• Staff audit log: /up audit records what staff did
• CoreProtect import: /up import-coreprotect, see Migrating from CoreProtect
• Database compaction: /up compact, see Purge
• 20-line chat limit: long results are split into clickable pages

All changes are listed in the Changelog.

Documentation

Getting started

• Installation
• Building from Source
• Configuration
• Permissions

Using the plugin

• Commands
• Inspector
• Parameters and Tags
• Actions
• Lookup Examples
• Rollback and Restore
• Purge

Administration

• Databases
• Blacklist
• Per-World Configuration
• Migrating from CoreProtect

Developers

• API
• Networking

Help

• Troubleshooting
• FAQ

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UniversalProtect is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the CoreProtect authors. CoreProtect is a trademark of its respective owners.