Minecraft: Folia Plugins

Folia plugins are Bukkit/Paper-style plugins that were written or updated for Folia's regionized threading. They declare folia-supported: true in plugin.yml or paper-plugin.yml and run their tasks through Folia's region, entity and global schedulers instead of the classic main-thread scheduler. Plugins without that flag are not loaded by Folia.

Folia is an official fork of Paper by the PaperMC team, the same people behind Paper and the Velocity proxy. It splits the loaded world into independent regions that tick in parallel on several CPU cores. It targets very large servers and is not a drop-in replacement for Paper.

Paper ticks the whole world on one main thread and has by far the broadest plugin support. Folia ticks each region on its own thread, which helps when hundreds of players are spread across a huge map, but far fewer plugins support it. For most community servers Paper is the simpler choice; Folia is for scale problems Paper can't solve. Paper plugins

Usually not out of the box. Plugins that expect a single main thread have to be adapted by their developer, and Folia skips any plugin that doesn't declare support. If you plan to move an existing Paper server, back up the world, check every installed plugin for a Folia build and test the switch with a small group before going public again.

Open the plugin's jar and look for folia-supported: true in plugin.yml or paper-plugin.yml. On Modrinth, check that Folia is listed under supported platforms; on Hangar, look for the Folia support tag. The changelog tells you from which version support was added. If none of these mention Folia, assume the plugin won't load.

The catalog on this page lists plugins tagged for Folia on Modrinth, sorted by popularity, newest or recently updated, and you can filter it by category. PaperMC's Hangar is a second source: filter it for Folia support. Community lists on GitHub help too, but they only change when someone edits them.

That depends on the build you install, so check each plugin's current release and platform tags instead of relying on old forum posts. Where the original has no Folia build, the community maintains Folia-specific alternatives and forks, for example for Vault and for permissions. Search the catalog above for the function you need and compare what each plugin declares.

Folia is used by large public servers with many players spread across a big map, such as busy SMP, anarchy or SkyBlock servers, where one main thread becomes the bottleneck. PaperMC's own Folia documentation recommends at least 16 physical cores. With a small player count, or everyone in one area, Folia adds complexity without a real gain and Paper is the better fit.

Upload the plugin's .jar into the plugins folder and restart the server. On a ZAP-Hosting Minecraft server you choose Folia as the server type when you order, the matching Folia build installs automatically, and the plugin browser in the ZAPX panel installs Folia-compatible plugins in one click. Your own jars go into the plugins folder through the file manager. Guide: ZAP-Hosting Plugin Uploader

No. Folia is a plugin platform based on Paper and does not load Fabric, Forge or NeoForge mods. Mods need a mod loader on the server and usually on the client too. If your setup depends on mods, use a mod loader; if it depends on plugins, use Folia or Paper.

No. Folia plugins run only on the server, so players join with the normal Minecraft Java Edition client of the matching version. Folia is built for Java Edition; Bedrock players can only join a Java server through extra software such as Geyser.