GroupManager vs Multipass

GroupManager is a free permissions plug-in for Bukkit and Spigot Minecraft servers. It lets server administrators organize permissions into groups, assign players and set up inheritance hierarchies with promotion or demotion paths. Permission rules can use wildcard, negative and exception nodes. Users and groups can be managed through configuration files, console commands or in-game commands, and permissions can be given expiration periods. Group and user variables include prefixes, suffixes and build status; PlaceholderAPI placeholders expose group details and permission checks to other plug-ins. The listed storage options include YAML, H2, MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL and MariaDB. Installation involves putting the JAR in the server's plugins folder and editing config.yml. The v3.2 release is listed for Minecraft 1.8 to 1.20+. GroupManager does not provide antigrief functionality; other plug-ins must handle that behavior. The project is released under the GNU General Public License version 3.

Multipass is a free permissions plugin for Nukkit. Administrators can assign or remove positive and negative permissions for individual users and groups, and groups can inherit permissions from parent groups. Permissions and groups can also be associated with specific worlds. The project documents an API for other plugins, along with commands to export users and groups to one file and import permissions from a file. Configuration supports YAML storage and database options including MySQL and SQLite; using database mode requires the DbLib plugin. A configurable auto-update interval can refresh groups and permissions across a multi-server system, and configuration includes an option for world mirroring. The multipass.admin permission is required to use Multipass commands. The README links to a latest development build and notes that its project page is outdated. It describes translations into Russian, Turkish, French, and Korean and invites community translation contributions through Crowdin. Multipass is listed for Nukkit rather than general-purpose use on unspecified platforms.