BukkitOfUtils (BOU)

BukkitOfUtils (BOU) is both a Bukkit plugin and a development framework/library. It simplifies Bukkit plugin development and provides a shared foundation for plugins that depend on it — keeping them lighter and faster to download.

Supported Platforms

Bukkit Platforms: Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Purpur, Folia, and forks (ImmanitySpigot, FlamePaper, AxolotlSpigot, etc.)

Minecraft Versions: 1.7 through 1.21+

Fire Strings

Fire Strings are text commands you can send to BOU to execute actions. They are used throughout BOU-based plugins for running commands, sending messages, and broadcasting.

Fire String	Description
(console) save-all	Runs /save-all as the console
(player) Drakified spawn	Runs /spawn as the player Drakified
(consolechat) save-all	Runs /save-all as the console (chat variant)
(playerchat) Drakified Hello everyone!	Sends Hello everyone! as a chat message from Drakified
(message) Drakified &cHello, &lWorld!	Sends a private message to Drakified
(title) Drakified &cHello\n&lWorld!	Shows a title (&cHello) and subtitle (&lWorld!) to Drakified
(broadcast) &cHello, &lWorld!	Broadcasts a message to all online players
(broadcasttitle) &cHello\n&lWorld!	Shows a title and subtitle to all online players

Placeholders

BOU integrates with PlaceholderAPI.

Placeholder	Description
%bou_expansions_loaded%	Number of BOU-dependent plugins loaded
%bou_expansions_papi_loaded%	Number of BOU BetterExpansion PAPI expansions loaded
%bou_colored_<text>%	Colorizes <text>, supports hex colors (e.g., #ff0000 for red)

For Developers

See the Developer Guide for how to use BOU as a framework in your plugins.