About EmptyServerStopper
From SpigotMCShutdown your server when there is no one arround.
Latest versions are available on github :
https://github.com/vincss/mcEmptyServerStopper/releases
This plugin will stop your server after a defined time when the last player leaved.
To wait until someone reconnects :
- For 1.8+ : you can use SleepingServerStarter
- For older version : MCSignOnDoor to restart it. (Sentry mode).
- Wait for the last player to leave. Trigger at X minutes timers.
- After the X minutes, check if no one is connected.
- No one is connected: shutdown the server.
- Someone is connected: cancel the timer.
- No one is connected: shutdown the server.
The delay before service shutdown is configurable in : plugins/EmptyServerStopper/config.yml
(Then it can restart using MCSignOnDoor.)
- TBC on GitHub
- 1.15.1
- Updated for latest 1.15.1 version
- v0.3:
- Update to be compatible with 1.9.
- v0.2:
- New parameters :
- ShutdownTime: shutdown after x minutes when the last player left.
- ShutdownAtStart: launch the shutdown timer at start.
- ShutdownTime: shutdown after x minutes when the last player left.
- New parameters :
- v0.1:
- Working but not configurable.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 2 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.16.
Loaders
Runs on Spigot and Paper.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
EmptyServerStopper on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers, for Paper servers. We download it from SpigotMC, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Spigot, Paper
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- latest, released 2021-03-04
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Paper | 1.15 to 1.16 (2 versions) | 1.16 |
| Spigot | 1.15 to 1.16 (2 versions) | 1.16 |
From 3 recorded builds of EmptyServerStopper.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| latest | 2021-03-04 | 1.15 to 1.16 (2 versions) | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.15.1 | 2020-02-15 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.15.1 | 2016-03-03 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
Run EmptyServerStopper on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogAdmin & protection
Permissions, moderation, anti-cheat and land protection for the people running the server.
Runs on your server
From source side supportSpigotMC lists EmptyServerStopper as required on the server. Check its SpigotMC page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- SpigotPaper
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.16 and 1 earlier
- Requires
- One-click install needs a Paper server.
Verified at the source
- ✓SpigotMCOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorVincs, as published on SpigotMC
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree










