VGSources / Best Minecraft Anti-Cheat Plugins / Vacan
What it is
Vacan is a free anti-cheat plugin for self-hosted Minecraft servers. It is built with BukkitAPI and SpigotAPI and lists checks for FastBreak, Vehicle, Flight and AirPlace. Administrators can reload the plugin, freeze or unfreeze players, ban or unban them, and display its version. Additional commands expose the checks, inspect players and show help. The resource identifies Minecraft 1.21 as its native major version and lists tested versions from 1.12 through 1.21, including 1.20.6. Vacan is distributed as a 5.4 MB .jar download, with English listed as its language. The resource page names TheRealAlzore as author and Ashly and Jprxz10 as contributors. It lists version 1.0.8, released May 18, 2025, and says the plugin is currently being recoded. Replay analysis is not available.
Good, and not so good
- Free Minecraft anti-cheat plugin
- Checks FastBreak, Vehicle, Flight and AirPlace
- Includes freeze, ban and reload commands
- Tested across Minecraft 1.12 through 1.21
- Small 5.4 MB .jar download
- Currently being recoded
- Replay analysis is unavailable
- English is the listed language
- Packet library was not expected at posting
Who it suits
Vacan suits administrators of self-hosted Minecraft servers who need basic movement and interaction checks plus moderation commands. It covers the Minecraft versions listed on its resource page.
Vacan provides a free set of anti-cheat checks and server moderation commands across many listed Minecraft versions. Its recoding status and lack of replay analysis are important considerations before deployment.
Plans
- VacanMinecraft server anti-cheat plugin · download is a 5.4 MB .jarFree
As spigotmc.org lists them, read 5 Oct 2026.