PlayerTracer

Learn what are your players up to

⚠️ This plugin is still in development, so it's not recommended to use in production servers unless you know what are you doing. This means that anything can change any time without warning, which can lead to data loss, configuration overwriting, etc. Whatever happens during this phase, is your responsibility.

Info

This plugin logs player actions to let server admins view past actions. It also lets plugin developers registers their own logs, which can lead to a more detailed list of actions a player is doing, and has done.

❗ You need Java 17+ to use this plugin. If you are using a lower version consider upgrading

❗ This plugin is not compatible with CraftBukkit, Bukkit or Spigot servers. Please use Paper or its forks

❗ This plugin has active support for Minecraft 1.17+. So, if you are using a lower version, you will not receive any support

Features (not all are implemented yet, check below for the TODO list)

• Store logs in a database (MySQL/MariaDB, SQLite, H2)
• Search logs by player name, action and date
• View logs in chat
• View logs in a nice GUI
• (Not implemented yet) API to let plugin developers register their own logs
• (Not implemented yet) Purge system (manually and automatically)

"Why should I use this plugin?"

This plugin is useful for server administrators / moderators who want to keep track of anything that a player does. For example, if a player is being reported for being toxic in chat, you can retrieve their chat logs in order to verify that information or just to collect evidence against them.

Commands

• /playertracer - Main command. Has the following aliases: /pt, /ptracer, /trace, /tracer
• /playertracer help - Shows the help message
• /playertracer search <query> - Retrieves logs based on the query provided. Refer to the command's tab-completion to see the available options
• /playertracer page <page> - Switches between pages of the last logs retrieved with /playertracer search
• /playertracer actionlist - Lists all available actions that can be logged
• /playertracer tp <world> <x> <y> <z> - Teleports you to the location of the log that you clicked in chat after using /playertracer search
• /playertracer viewmode <gui|chat> - Switches between GUI and Chat view modes. Chat will be used by default
• /playertracer purge - Not implemented yet. Will be used to purge logs from the database by time, log type or player
• /playertracer reload - Reloads the plugin configuration and messages

Permissions

• playertracer.admin - Grants access to all commands and features of the plugin
• playertracer.search - Grants access to the /playertracer search command
• playertracer.teleport - Grants access to the /playertracer tp command
• There's still some permissions yet to be implemented

TODOs

• Store logs in a database (MySQL/MariaDB, SQLite, H2)
• In-Game Log viewer (GUI & Command)
• API
• Purge system (automatically and manually)