ThunderPerms

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ThunderPerms is ranked #5 of 9 in Minecraft permissions plugins on Inferse. It runs on Self-hosted.

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Free plan
Yeshangar.papermc.io
Group inheritance
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Storage backends
YAML, SQLite, MySQL, MariaDBhangar.papermc.io
Supported platforms
Paperhangar.papermc.io
Temporary permissions
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Facts

Purpose
ThunderPerms is a lightweight permissions plugin for Paper servers that manages users, groups, inheritance, wildcard permissions, temporary and world-scoped grants, backups, audits, and storage diagnostics.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
Permission management
It supports UUID-based player permissions, permission groups, group memberships, true and false nodes, and wildcard nodes.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
Inheritance
Groups support inheritance with cycle prevention and weights to control priority between inherited permissions.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
Temporary grants
Users can receive temporary permissions, group permissions, and group memberships, with expired entries cleaned automatically.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
Storage
YAML is the default storage backend, with optional SQLite, MySQL, and MariaDB support.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
Diagnostics
Commands include permission checks and explanations, data verification, repair, status reporting, and backups.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
Security
The listing says configured file paths are protected from directory traversal and database credentials are redacted, with safer default TLS settings for MySQL and MariaDB.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
Auditing
The plugin writes audit logs for permission, group, repair, and backup actions.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
Integrations
ThunderPerms applies Bukkit PermissionAttachment entries for standard permission checks and supports the AugmentedThunder plugin suite, StormEconomy, StormParty, and StormFactions.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
API
ThunderPerms registers an API for permission checks, detailed permission reasons, user and group inspection, assignments, known groups, and storage health.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
Admin safeguards
The default group and built-in admin group are protected from deletion, and operators can bypass API checks when op-bypass is enabled.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
Intended users
The listing describes ThunderPerms as designed for small and medium Paper servers, plugin suites, and local development servers.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
Release
Version 0.1.1 adds effective-permission inspection, attachment refresh, cleanup and audit commands, and makes repair and group deletion preview-first.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
License
The Hangar listing identifies the license as Apache 2.0.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
Temporary and scoped grants
Users and groups can receive temporary permissions or memberships, and permission grants can be scoped to a world.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
Backups and audits
ThunderPerms can back up YAML and database-backed storage and logs permission, group, repair, and backup actions.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
Plugin integrations
StormEconomy, StormParty, and StormFactions include direct ThunderPerms permission bridge support; AugmentedThunder plugins can use its permission nodes and fall back when it is absent.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026
Compatibility
The version page lists Paper as the platform and Minecraft version 26.1.2.hangar.papermc.io · 3 Oct 2026

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