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BungeeCord works best on a VPS / dedicated server, however it can also
work on various control panels such as Multicraft. If you choose to
install BungeeCord, it is expected that you are familiar with Minecraft
server administration, and if you own a VPS / dedicated server, it is
expected you have a basic knowledge of SSH and Linux servers.
 
For a long time, Minecraft server owners have had a dream; a dream of a
free, easy and reliable way to connect multiple servers together.
BungeeCord is the answer to this dream. Whether you are a small server
wishing to string multiple game modes together, an established 250
player server wishing to expand your capacity, or the megalithic
monolith of the ShotBow Network, BungeeCord is ideal for you.



The author has been writing similar systems for over a year now, and
BungeeCord is the pinnacle of this. Written from the ground up, using
all new development practices and principles, BungeeCord aims to be the
most efficient, reliable and feature packed system around, already
dominating similar systems costing hundreds of dollars each month. With
the ability to load BungeeCord plugins, written against BungeeCord's
expansive API, and many plugin message based hooks available for use by
Bukkit plugins and back-end servers, the BungeeCord system can not only
seamlessly integrate with existing setups, but can be limitlessly
expanded to create anything from custom global ban integration to your
very own MMO multiverse.

I would like to thank everyone who has made Spigot possible over the
last few months, it has been a great journey for everyone involved.
Special mentions to andrewkm
and the folks over at EcoCityCraft who have been my driving force. I
would also like to say thanks @Afforess for his wonderful work in
creating CraftBukkit++ which inspired me to create Spigot, and from whom
I drew a lot of work from in the early days. Finally special mentions
to the entire Bukkit team and the enormous amount of work they put into
making the best Minecraft server API out there!



What is it?

Well put it simply, Spigot is it. Spigot is the "special sauce"
used by many of the world's top Minecraft servers to ensure that they
can cope with their huge player base, and ensure the satisfaction of
their players, by reducing and eliminating many causes of lag. The end
result is your server becomes a cut above the competition, and you no
longer have to spend time tearing your hair out over players complaining
of lag. You know your players are getting the best experience they can
possibly be getting. As well as increases in player satisfaction and
performance, Spigot includes some cool features, not possible via a
Bukkit plugin, which help make server administration and caring for your
players easier. It must be noted as well that Spigot is also perfect
for smaller servers, especially due to its newer features like
cutting idle CPU usage, saving power and resources when only a few or no
players are online.



How does it work?

Spigot is a huge collection of various tweaks to the stock CraftBukkit
to increase performance, and make it more flexible as a server.
Performance increasing modifications are always a priority, however over
time many small features which increase the capabilities of the server
without requiring API modifications or changes. As well as these small
configuration and behaviour fixes, Spigot may also be the source of
zero-day patches designed to fix and test fixes for critical issues
before they are applied to the mainline CraftBukkit. Many performance
increasing fixes designed for CraftBukkit by mikeprimm
are placed in Spigot for early testing to see how they impact gameplay
and performance. Some make it into CraftBukkit whilst others never do.



Features

There are many more features than listed below, check the source of
just try yourself to get a complete idea. In general Spigot has no
regressions on CraftBukkit, only a plethora of options, APIs and
performance enhancements.





There are many features in Spigot, some are only present for a limited
time, whilst others form the backbone and very essence of Spigot. As
there are just so many changes, this section is reserved for those which
either fit into the latter category, or post a significant change or
feature for you, the server admin.



Server Changes

• Huge TPS increases
  
• Optimized growth, decay and chunk ticking
  
• Optimized, auto merging itemstacks and experience orbs.
  
• Chunk garbage collector, prevents chunk leaks
  
• Memory reducing nibble arrays
  
• Optimized tick loop -> perfect for GSPs, reduces idle load to nearly 0%
  
• Prevents insane CPU load caused by maps in item frames
  
• Disabling of random light updates
  
• Spamguard exceptions
  
• Customizable whitelist deny message
  
• Configuration options for command logging
  
• Configurable message on server stop
  
• Restart command
  
• Automatically stays up to date with latest CraftBukkit changes
  
• Ultra efficient anti xray
  
• High performance Netty based networking
  
• Smart crash and server hang detection / prevention
  
• Send player tab list pings which CraftBukkit disabled in an efficient manner.
  
• Use ultra inefficient CraftBukkit map renderer only when needed - otherwise use efficient vanilla renderer.
  
• Entity activation and tracking ranges to ensure resources are only used when they are needed
  

Disclaimer & Issue Reporting

Spigot is a high performance fork of CraftBukkit.
It is not affiliated with the Bukkit project in any way, shape or form,
and I ask that you please direct all support queries to the Spigot team
and not the Bukkit team. Start by discussing an issue on the forums,
and if it is confirmed to affect multiple people, please report them to
the issue forum linked above. If an issue is identified by a Spigot team
member as being a Bukkit issue, you will be forwarded appropriately.

Spigot comes with no warranty, explicit or implied. No guarantees are
made on performance gains, it is up to you as the server admin to test
and find out what is best for your server.