LyttleHotbar
✨ The ultimate lightweight navigation bar and actionbar overlay plugin for modern Minecraft servers. ✨
📚 Features • ⌨️ Commands • 🔑 Permissions • 📥 Installation • ⚙️ Configuration • 📱 Support
🌟 Features
🎯 Core Plugin Features
- Real-time overlay using MiniMessage formatting
- Player direction (
<PLAYER_FACING>), in-game 24h time (<SERVER_TIME_24_H>), and total server days (<STATISTIC_TOTAL_SERVER_DAYS>) - Supports PlaceholderAPI for coordinates and more:
%player_x%,%player_y%,%player_z%, etc. - ActionBar display updates on inventory, join, teleport, or world change
- Fully configurable, lightweight, and open source
🤌 Lyttle Certified
- Basic plugin without fluff
- No unnecessary features
- Full flexibility and configurability
- Open source and free to use (MIT License)
⌨️ Commands
💡
<required>[optional]
| Command | Permission | Description |
|---|---|---|
/lyttlehotbar reload |
lyttlehotbar.reload |
Reloads plugin configuration |
🔑 Permissions
| Permission Node | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
lyttlehotbar.* |
Grants all plugin permissions | ❌ |
lyttlehotbar.reload |
Allows reloading config/messages | ❌ |
📥 Installation
Quick Start
- Download the latest version from Hangar
- Place the
.jarfile in your server'spluginsfolder - Download and add PlaceholderAPI for coordinate placeholders (
%player_x%, etc.) - Restart your server
- Edit the configuration file to customize navigation overlays
📋 Requirements
- Java 21 or newer
- Paper 1.21.x+
- PlaceholderAPI for player coordinates
- Minimum 10MB free disk space
💫 Dependencies
- PlaceholderAPI - Required for player coordinate placeholders
📝 Configuration Files
🔧 config.yml
The main configuration file controlling plugin behavior and features.
Supports placeholders like <PLAYER_FACING>, <SERVER_TIME_24_H>, <STATISTIC_TOTAL_SERVER_DAYS>, and PlaceholderAPI values such as %player_x%, %player_y%, %player_z%.
💬 messages.yml
Customize all plugin messages. Supports MiniMessage formatting.
🔄 The #defaults Folder
The folder serves several important purposes: #defaults
- Backup Reference: Contains original copies of all configuration files
- Reset Option: Use these to restore default settings
- Update Safety: Preserved during plugin updates
- Documentation: Shows all available options with comments
💡 Never modify files in the #defaults folder! They are automatically overwritten during server restarts.
💬 Support
📜 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
🌟 Made with the lyttlest details in mind by Lyttle Development
If you enjoy this plugin, please consider:
⭐ Giving it a star on GitHub
💬 Sharing it with other server owners
🎁 Supporting development through Donations
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.8
- 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 LyttleHotbar-1.0.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 38 KB
- Download link checked 12 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.