Zander

Zander is an open-source community platform built by Modular Software for Minecraft networks. It brings your community together across Minecraft, Discord, and the web — giving you one integrated system to manage players, moderation, communications, and events rather than juggling separate tools for each.

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📸 Screenshot: The Zander web homepage showing the network stats, announcements, and navigation

What Zander Provides

A web platform your players can log in to, browse forums, submit tickets, check events, and manage their profile
An admin dashboard for your staff to manage every aspect of the network in one place
A REST API that your Minecraft plugins call to record sessions, relay chat, and sync data
A Discord bot with community slash commands, staff punishment tools, and automated event handling
Minecraft plugins for your hub server, game servers, auth server, and Velocity proxy

Components

Zander is split across two repositories:

Minecraft Plugins

These plugins are installed on your Minecraft servers and proxy and communicate with the Zander API.

Module	Platform	Purpose
`zander-addon`	Paper/Spigot 1.21+	In-game policy viewer, social links, player freeze
`zander-auth`	Paper/Spigot 1.19+	Links players' Minecraft accounts to their website accounts
`zander-hub`	Paper/Spigot 1.19+	Hub server management — spawn, fly, compass
`zander-velocity`	Velocity proxy	Private messaging, announcements, network commands

Web Platform

The web platform (zander-web) runs as a Node.js/Fastify application:

Component	Purpose
Web dashboard	Admin interface for managing the network
REST API	Backend consumed by Minecraft plugins and the dashboard
Discord bot	Community bot with commands, moderation, and event handling
Database	MySQL database via Prisma — users, sessions, punishments, forums, and more

Architecture

Each Minecraft plugin communicates with the Zander API over HTTP using a shared API key. The Discord bot, API, and web dashboard all run as part of the same Node.js process.

Minecraft Servers (plugins)
        │
        ▼
  Zander REST API  ◄──  Discord Bot
        │
        ▼
   MySQL Database
        │
        ▼
   Web Dashboard

Getting Started

Section	Description
Installation	Prerequisites and install steps for all components
Configuration	Config files for plugins and web
Permissions	Full permissions reference
Features	Detailed feature documentation
API Reference	REST API documentation
Administration	Deployment and server management

What Zander Provides​

Components​

Minecraft Plugins​

Web Platform​

Architecture​

Getting Started​