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Best Minecraft Permissions Plugins in 2026

Choosing a Minecraft permissions plugin means weighing how it handles access across the platforms and servers you run. The ranked entries include GroupManager, LuckPerms and ServerRoles, with comparison points for group inheritance, network support and temporary permissions.

  1. 01 BungeePerms

    BungeePerms suits administrators who need to manage permissions across supported proxy and server platforms.

    Free plan Open source API · Self-hosted
    8.8 Visit Specs
  2. 02 LuckPerms

    LuckPerms suits Minecraft server administrators who need to manage player permissions, including across multi-server networks.

    Free plan Open source Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.7 Visit Specs
  3. 03 Multipass

    Multipass suits Nukkit administrators who need permissions for users, groups, and worlds, including inherited group permissions.

    Free plan Open source API · Self-hosted
    8.4 Visit Specs
  4. 04 GroupManager

    It suits Minecraft server owners who need configurable permission ranks and group inheritance on Bukkit or Spigot.

    Free plan Self-hosted
    8.2 Visit Specs
  5. 05 MyPermissions

    MyPermissions suits Minecraft server operators who need to manage player access and group settings through web or in-game controls.

    Free plan Open source Web · Self-hosted
    8.2 Visit Specs
  6. 06 MultiPerms

    It suits Minecraft server administrators who need group permissions and inheritance across BungeeCord, Spigot, or Velocity.

    Linux · API · Self-hosted
    7.1 Visit Specs
  7. 07 ServerRoles

    It suits administrators of Paper or Purpur servers who want role and prefix management with configurable storage.

    API · Self-hosted
    6.5 Visit Specs
  8. 08 PermissionManager

    PermissionManager suits server administrators who need to add or remove individual player permission nodes on Paper or Folia.

    6.4 Visit Specs
  9. 09 ThunderPerms

    It is designed for small and medium Paper servers, plugin suites, and local development servers.

    Self-hosted
    6.4 Visit Specs
  10. 10 EditionPerms
    5.8 Visit Specs
  11. 11 FatsanPerms
    5.7 Visit Specs
  12. 12 PermissionCore
    5.2 Visit Specs
How this list is ordered. Specifiction scores each tool on how fully its maker documents it, whether its prices are published, where the research puts it, the platforms it runs on and whether it can be tried for free (how we rank). Makers can also buy a numbered place (how Specifiction is paid for).

Check storage backends and web editor availability to see how each fits your way of managing permissions, then compare supported platforms, free-plan availability and the starting price for paid use. The entries are ordered as a ranked best-of list, so weigh the same published criteria across options rather than focusing on one feature alone.

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