BetterScoreboard
While originally written to be a simple and small scoreboard plugin, BetterScoreboard has quickly evolved past that. Today, BetterScoreboard is a platform-independent, packet-based, and highly modular plugin that includes scoreboard and boss bar support, with things like action bars and tab modification being planned additions.
This project and its collaborators use the following regularly and are thankful for their maintenance:
Requirements
This plugin only supports 1.20.3+ on platforms with an existing BetterScoreboard implementation. This includes Spigot, Paper (and its forks), Folia, Sponge, and Fabric.
You MUST install PacketEvents for BetterScoreboard to work!
Quick Feature Breakdown
- Platform independent design.
- Fully packet-based.
- Highly modular and expandable.
- Scoreboard and boss bar support.
- Non-flicker updates.
- Unlimited character support for all text.
- Built-in placeholders.
- Conditional logic and placeholder system.
- Fully configurable.
For individual platform features, please check each module.
Documentation
Please check the BetterScoreboard wiki.
Necessary documentation will either be included in the config.yml file or in the wiki.
Support
For general support, please join my Discord server.
For issues with the project, please open an issue in the issues tab.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.3
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as BetterScoreboard-sponge-2.2.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 94 KB
- Download link checked 28 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.