(Legally) Getting PlotSquared for Free

I like to help people host small servers, often for free for small friend groups. To me at least, it doesn't make sense to pay the €15 for small servers. (PlotSquared can be purchased on Spigot)

If you are hosting medium to larger sized servers and can afford it, you totally should support the software you use!

GitHub - IntellectualSites/PlotSquared: PlotSquared - Reinventing the plotworld

PlotSquared - Reinventing the plotworld. Contribute to IntellectualSites/PlotSquared development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Regardless, the choice is up to you. This also allows you to use bleeding edge git builds.

Prerequisites

• Java JDK 17 or higher
• FastAsyncWorldEdit plugin installed on the MC server
• Git

Building

First, you should git clone the repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/IntellectualSites/PlotSquared
This will download the repository from GitHub, which you should then cd into or open.

If you are on Windows

run .\gradlew.bat build within the directory

If you are on a Unix-based system

run ./gradlew build within the directory

After running the build command, the PlotSquared jar should be placed in Bukkit/build/libs/plotsquared-bukkit-X.X.X-SNAPSHOT.jar or some variant.

Note there will be two other files, ending in -javadoc.jar and -sources.jar You do not need either of these.

You can then move the plotsquared-bukkit-X.X.X-SNAPSHOT.jar into your Minecraft server's plugin folder.

Keep in mind, as indicated by SNAPSHOT these are development builds, which you should not expect official support for, especially if you have not bought the paid version.

However, the wiki is free and available for all at https://intellectualsites.gitbook.io/plotsquared/