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What is Velocity?
Velocity is a modern, high-performance proxy server that excels in every aspect. With its unparalleled speed and next-level design, Velocity offers a comprehensive alternative to Waterfall/BungeeCord, complete with its own plugin ecosystem.
Why Choose Velocity?
Out with the Old, In with the New
Velocity is the ultimate choice when it comes to proxy software. Its next-level technical design significantly enhances its capabilities, allowing it to outperform BungeeCord by leaps and bounds.
Active and Growing Community
Velocity boasts an active and rapidly growing community of server administrators and developers. If you encounter any issues or need assistance, you can connect with the Velocity development team on Discord and receive real-time support.
Plenty of Plugins to Choose From
While BungeeCord may have a larger selection of third-party software due to its longer lifespan, Velocity ensures that it doesn't fall short on essential plugins. It provides you with a robust set of plugins to get started, and new ones are constantly being added to meet your needs.
Getting Started
Getting started with Velocity is simple. Follow the Getting Started guide to quickly set up and configure your Velocity server.
Necessary Plugins
Permission
- LuckPerms Velocity: A powerful permissions management plugin for your server.
Antibot
- LimboFilter: The most powerful bot filtering solution for Minecraft proxies, built with LimboAPI.
- EpicGuard: A bot protection system for Minecraft servers and proxies.
Moderation
- LibertyBans: A comprehensive punishment plugin that offers effective moderation and management of player behavior.
OnlineTime
- VelocityOnlineTime (WIP): A plugin that tracks and displays players' online time.
Skin
- SkinsRestorer: A plugin that restores skins for offline mode servers and networks, allowing players to change their skins with a single command.
Queue
- ajQueue: A plugin that adds a queuing system to manage player connections during server restarts or when the server is full.
Authentication
- AuthMeVelocity: Provides AuthMeReloaded support for Velocity, enhancing player account security through authentication.
Utils
- EnhancedVelocity: A plugin that offers various utility features to enhance your Velocity network experience.
- VelocityTools: A collection of tools including a brand changer, BungeeCord commands, protocol blocker, and hostnames manager for Velocity.
Placeholders
- MiniPlaceholders: MiniMessage Component-based Placeholders for Paper, Fabric, Sponge, Folia and Velocity platforms.
- PAPIProxyBridge: A library bridge plugin that allows proxy plugins to format text with PlaceholderAPI placeholders.
MOTD
- MiniMOTD: A basic server list MOTD plugin/mod for Minecraft servers and proxies that allows customization of the server's MOTD, favicon, player count text, and player count hover.
- AdvancedServerList: A plugin that enhances the appearance of your server list in the player's multiplayer server list based on conditions and priorities.
Report
- VelocityReport: Provides a comprehensive reporting system for effective management of player reports.
Vanish
- VelocityVanish: A modern vanish system for your server with Velocity support, allowing players to vanish from the server and granting them invisibility.
LoadBalancer
- VelocityLoadBalancer: A simple plugin that offers load balancing capabilities for distributed server environments on a Velocity proxy.
Chat
- VentureChat: A versatile chat plugin rated as the #1 Bukkit chat resource on Spigot. It provides various configurable and toggleable features, including a Moderation GUI, mute management, JSON hovers, channels, Bungee/network channels, grouped server channels, private channels, placeholders, and much more.
Fixes
- UnSignedVelocity: Allows your moderation plugins to work again for users with versions 1.19.1 or higher.