PunishBAN vs ReportsGUI

PunishBAN is a lightweight punishment plugin for self-hosted Paper Minecraft servers. It handles bans and mutes for players who are online or offline, using presets or custom durations and reasons. Its chat filter checks configured terms without regard to capitalization and normalizes leetspeak. Staff can receive clickable ban and mute alerts, with a cooldown to limit repeated notifications. Three filter violations within 24 hours trigger an automatic 24-hour ban; a violation in the racism category results in a permanent ban on the first offense. The `/playerinfo` command shows a player's UUID, first and last login, punishment status and alternate accounts that share an IP. `/banlogs` displays ban and mute history, listing the last 10 entries. Presets, filter terms and durations can be configured in `config.yml`. The plugin stores data in YAML files and does not require a database. It supports English and German, which can be switched without restarting. Its requirements are Paper 1.21.1+ and Java 21+; LuckPerms is recommended for permission management.

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.