
NeoChat
Native & Modern Formats, Full support for MiniMessage (gradient, rainbow, hover, click tags) and classic legacy codes (&).
⬇ Download on Modrinth
💬 NeoChat
The Ultimate Modern Chat Engine
Compatibility: 1.19 to 26.X, Folia (and forks)Tired of heavy, outdated chat plugins that cause lag on your server? NeoChat is a next-generation chat engine built exclusively to harness modern server performance and native tools (AsyncChatEvent & MiniMessage).
Everything you need to manage, protect, and beautify your server's chat in a single, ultra-lightweight plugin.
⚡ Why choose NeoChat?
Unlike traditional plugins (like ChatControl or older chat managers) that process text on the main thread and cause TPS drops, NeoChat processes string similarity, regex filters, and webhooks 100% asynchronously.
| Feature | 🟢 NeoChat | InteractiveChat | ChatControl Red | ZelChat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | FREE | Free | Premium ($) | Premium ($) |
| Core Engine | Native Async | Spigot / ProtocolLib | Bukkit (Heavy) | Spigot (Legacy) |
| Interactive Chat | Yes ([inv], [item]) |
Yes | No / Limited | Yes |
| Filters & Anti-Spam | Advanced Built-in | No (Visual only) | Complex / Bloated | Basic |
| Towny & Discord | Native Support | Requires Addons | Requires Addons | Requires Addons |
| Config Difficulty | Easy | Medium | Hard | Easy |
✨ Main Features
🎨 Native & Modern Formats
- Full support for MiniMessage (gradient, rainbow, hover, click tags) and classic legacy codes (
&). - Permission-based priority system (e.g., Different formats for VIPs and Default players).
- Fully compatible with ItemsAdder custom fonts and emojis.
🎒 Interactive Chat (Placeholders)
Allow your players to show off their items and stats without needing extra plugins:
[item]or[i]: Displays the item the player is holding when hovering over the chat.[inv]: Allows other players to click and open a live GUI copy of the player's inventory.[ender]/[shulker]: Share ender chests and shulker boxes in real-time.[ping],[pos],[playtime],[money]: Informational tags with customizable formats.
🛡️ Security & Moderation (Zero-Lag)
Protect your server with asynchronous filters that don't consume your TPS:
- Anti-Spam & Cooldown: Blocks fast message repetition.
- Similarity Check (Levenshtein): Blocks messages that are X% similar to the player's previous message.
- Character Filter & Anti-Flood: Say goodbye to "Heeeeeelloooo" and weird characters.
- Anti-Swear: Automatically censors bad words.
- Custom Regex Rules: Create your own rules (e.g., block IP addresses or specific phrases).
✉️ Complete Private Messaging System
- Built-in
/msg,/reply, and/togglemsgcommands. /socialspysystem for server administrators./ignoreand/ignoreallsystems to let players avoid toxic behavior.
🔌 "Plug & Play" Integrations
- Discord Webhooks: Send your in-game chat to a Discord channel asynchronously (zero lag).
- Towny Advanced: Town chat (
/tc) with interactive hover showing player health, ping, and rank. - PlaceholderAPI: Full support across all chat formats and hover messages.
💻 Commands and Permissions
Player Commands:
/msg <player> <message>- Send a private message (neochat.pm.use)/reply <message>- Reply to the last private message (neochat.pm.use)/togglemsg- Toggle incoming private messages (neochat.pm.toggle)/ignore <player>- Ignore a specific player (neochat.ignore.use)/ignoreall- Ignore everyone except Staff (neochat.ignore.ignoreall)/tc <message>- Toggle Towny chat (neochat.command.townychat)
Admin Commands:
/neochat reload- Reload configurations and messages (neochat.admin.reload)/chatmute|/chatunmute- Mute or unmute the global chat (neochat.admin.mute)/socialspy- Read other players' private messages (neochat.admin.spy)
(Note: Check the config.yml file for all filter bypass permissions like neochat.bypass.cooldown, etc.)
⚙️ Installation
- Download the
NeoChat.jarfile. - Place it inside the
pluginsfolder of your server. - Make sure you have PlaceholderAPI installed.
- Start your server and enjoy!
⚠️ Disclaimer: Compatible with versions 1.19 to 26.X (including forks like Purpur, etc.).
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.19.4, 1.20, 1.20.1
- 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 NeoChat-1.0.3.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 136 KB
- Download link checked 9 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.