Minecraft plugin TAB

🔌 About TAB

TAB is a Minecraft plugin that centralizes display-related features: configurable tab list entries, scoreboard (SIDEBAR) output and custom nametags. It provides a compact, configurable system intended for server administrators who need flexible on-screen information without adding multiple separate plugins.

🎯 Purpose

TAB's core purpose is to control how player-related information is presented to others: the tab list, sidebar scoreboard values, and visible nametags/above-name information. It is useful when you need consistent, configurable displays across single servers or across proxy networks.

⚙️ Features

• Configurable tab list formatting (multiple columns/rows and per-player placeholders).
• Scoreboard support using the SIDEBAR slot with options to manage or restore a scoreboard when other plugins interfere.
• Nametag/above-name and below-name formatting for players.
• Built-in placeholder support and integrations for common data sources (used by the plugin to show dynamic values).
• Public API (TabAPI) for other plugins to interact with TAB programmatically.
• Multi-platform source: the project contains builds/modules for Bukkit-style servers and for proxy/modded platforms.
• Universal jar option that bundles modules for supported platforms.

🧩 Who It Is For

• Server administrators who want consolidated control of tab list and scoreboard displays.
• Networks using proxy software that need consistent displays across backend servers.
• Developers who need an API to expose or consume display placeholders.

🏗️ Example Use Cases

• Show player rank and ping in the tab list with dynamic placeholders.
• Use a sidebar scoreboard to display server statistics like online players or money balance.
• Replace or override another plugin's scoreboard temporarily and restore it when needed.

⚙️ Installation

📥 Setup

• Download the plugin jar for your target platform (the project provides releases and a universal jar).
• Place the jar into the server's plugins/ directory.
• Restart the server and check the server console to confirm the plugin loaded.

📦 Build notes

• The universal build contains modules for multiple platforms.
• The repository notes that compiling the project requires a modern JDK (JDK 25 or newer) and that the jar appears in the build output when compiled.

🧠 Technical Notes

• Official license: Apache-2.0.
• Source repository is publicly available and includes platform-specific modules (bukkit, bungeecord, velocity, fabric, forge, neoforge).
• The plugin exposes an API (TabAPI) for integration by other plugins.
• Tested/advertised Minecraft coverage includes a wide range of versions; official listings indicate support across legacy and modern versions (notably from 1.7 through 1.21).

🤝 When This Plugin Is Useful

If you need a focused system to manage tab list layout, sidebar scoreboards and nametag formatting—optionally across a proxy network—TAB provides a single configurable plugin and an API so server admins and plugin developers can present consistent player information without chaining many separate display plugins.