ChatSentinel vs ReportsGUI

ChatSentinel is a self-hosted moderation plugin for Minecraft Paper servers. Its local trie filter checks chat and can load word lists for 28 languages, with leet-speak normalization and abbreviation expansion. It can also moderate whispers, signs, books, and anvil renames. Flagged content can be blocked or masked, with configurable escalation to warnings, mutes, or staff alerts. Optional moderation API and LLM review layers can add checks; both are disabled by default, so the local filter can operate without API keys. The first layer uses an OpenAI-compatible moderation endpoint. The second accepts compatible chat-completions providers, including Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, Azure OpenAI, Together, and Groq. SQLite is the default database, with MySQL and PostgreSQL also supported. An optional PlaceholderAPI integration exposes moderation-related player details as placeholders. The README lists Java 21 or later and a Paper server as requirements. It describes a fail-open pipeline: local filtering remains active if APIs are unreachable, with a configurable timeout before messages pass through. ChatSentinel is free and open source.

ReportsGUI is a self-hosted Minecraft plugin for handling player reports and administering punishments. Staff can report, kick, ban, warn, mute or freeze players. The /reports command shows up to 54 unhandled reports, while /profile displays player information and lets staff issue punishments even without an active report. Team chat is available through /teamchat: logged-in staff can send staff-only messages using @tc or @teamchat. Staff must be logged into Teamchat to receive report and warning notifications and to manage reports and punishments. The listing identifies Minecraft 1.17 as the plugin’s native major version and provides a 422.5 KB JAR download. It says other languages can be used if users translate them themselves. A public GitHub repository is linked, with an invitation to fork, download and edit the project with credit to the author. ReportsGUI costs nothing. Its configuration has a specific limit: adding more than 27 report reasons will cause the plugin to break.