Better Homes
Better Homes is a complete, configurable and professional homes plugin for Bukkit, Spigot and Paper servers.
Created by Vit Theo, Better Homes gives players a clean home system with commands, GUI menus, teleport safety, cooldowns, permissions, public/shared homes and a solid YAML storage backend.
Highlights
- Complete homes system with named homes
- Modern inventory GUI with pagination
- Safe teleport checks
- Teleport delay and cooldown
- Cancel teleport on movement, damage or combat
- Configurable home limits
- Per-world home support
- Public and shared homes
- Admin commands for player home management
- Fully configurable messages
- Configurable GUI items, titles, sounds and effects
- YAML storage by default
- Clean architecture ready for future SQLite/MySQL support
- Built for broad Bukkit/Spigot/Paper compatibility
Player Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/sethome [name] |
Create a home at your current location |
/home [name] |
Teleport to one of your homes |
/home <player>:<name> |
Teleport to a public/shared home |
/delhome [name] |
Delete one of your homes |
/homes [page] |
List homes and open the GUI |
Admin Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/betterhomes reload |
Reload configuration and messages |
/betterhomes info |
Display plugin information |
/betterhomes sethomeplayer <player> <name> |
Create a home for another player |
/betterhomes delhomeplayer <player> <name> |
Delete a player's home |
/betterhomes listhomes <player> |
List a player's homes |
/betterhomes clearhomes <player> |
Clear all homes of a player |
/betterhomes givehome <player> <name> |
Create a home for a player from your position |
/betterhomes rename <old> <new> |
Rename one of your homes |
/betterhomes move <name> |
Move a home to your current position |
/betterhomes share <home> <player> |
Share a home with a player |
/betterhomes unshare <home> <player> |
Remove shared access |
/betterhomes public <home> <on/off> |
Toggle public access |
Permissions
| Permission | Description |
|---|---|
betterhomes.use |
Allows basic plugin usage |
betterhomes.sethome |
Allows /sethome |
betterhomes.home |
Allows /home |
betterhomes.delhome |
Allows /delhome |
betterhomes.gui |
Allows GUI usage |
betterhomes.bypass.cooldown |
Bypasses teleport cooldown |
betterhomes.bypass.limit |
Bypasses home limits |
betterhomes.admin |
Grants admin permissions |
betterhomes.reload |
Allows /betterhomes reload |
betterhomes.others |
Allows managing other players' homes |
betterhomes.rename |
Allows renaming homes |
betterhomes.list |
Allows listing homes |
betterhomes.teleport.instant |
Bypasses teleport delay |
betterhomes.teleport.safely |
Allows safe teleport adjustment |
betterhomes.world.<worldname> |
Allows homes in a specific world |
betterhomes.limit.<number> |
Gives a custom home limit |
GUI Features
Better Homes includes a clean inventory interface designed for regular server use:
- Main homes menu
- Page selector menu
- Home edit menu
- Delete confirmation menu
- Buttons for teleport, move, rename, public toggle and delete
- Configurable icons and item lore
- Configurable rows, titles, sounds and filler items
- Pagination for players with many homes
Teleport Safety
The teleport system is designed to prevent common home-related issues:
- Configurable warmup delay
- Configurable cooldown
- Movement cancellation
- Damage cancellation
- Combat cancellation
- Safe destination search
- Block danger checks for lava, fire, cactus and similar hazards
- World whitelist/blacklist support
- Optional per-world permission checks
Storage
Better Homes uses YAML storage by default. Player homes are saved automatically and loaded on startup.
The internal storage layer is interface-based, making it easy to add SQLite or MySQL support later without rewriting the home system.
Configuration
The plugin generates:
config.ymlmessages.ymlhomes.yml
You can configure:
- Home limits
- Teleport delay
- Teleport cooldown
- Safe teleport behavior
- GUI layout
- GUI icons
- Sounds
- Effects
- Messages
- Allowed or blocked worlds
- Shared/public home behavior
- Command behavior
Compatibility
Better Homes is compiled against the Bukkit 1.8.8 API and avoids direct usage of modern-only API calls.
Material, sound, title and effect handling uses compatibility helpers and fallback names, which makes the plugin suitable for a wide range of Bukkit, Spigot and Paper versions.
Installation
- Download
BetterHomes.jar. - Put it in your server's
pluginsfolder. - Restart your server.
- Edit
plugins/BetterHomes/config.ymlandmessages.yml. - Run
/betterhomes reloador restart the server again.
Why Better Homes?
Better Homes is built for server owners who want more than a basic /home command. It provides a complete home management experience with a professional structure, strong configuration options and a user-friendly GUI.
It is lightweight, dependency-free and designed to stay stable on active servers.
Support
If you need help, find a bug or want to suggest a feature, contact the author or open a discussion on the resource page.
Author
Vit Theo
