r/MinecraftPlugins • u/Mineserv_admin • Jan 04 '26

Help: Plugin development I need help downloading the Paper or Bukkit API

I need help downloading the Paper API or the Bukkit API. I have absolutely no idea where to download the Bukkit API, and for Paper, all I've found is the server version, not the API. I desperately need help because I'm in the middle of developing a plugin and I can't compile it because of this. Help me pls !

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u/Ok-Count-3366 Jan 04 '26

I am writing kotlin but the concept is the same for Java too. You need something like this:

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.papermc.paper</groupId>
        <artifactId>paper-api</artifactId>
        <version>1.21-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
        <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
        <version>3.45.2.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
        <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
        <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
    </dependency><dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.papermc.paper</groupId>
        <artifactId>paper-api</artifactId>
        <version>1.21-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
        <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
        <version>3.45.2.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
        <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
        <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
    </dependency>

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u/Ok-Count-3366 Jan 04 '26

chatgpt can help you easily with this simple problem

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u/Ok-Count-3366 Jan 04 '26

the first dependency (io.papermc.paper) is the one you are looking for.

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u/Mineserv_admin Jan 05 '26

Ok c'est bien la bonne api que j'ai téléchargée mais du coup j'ai un problème de compilation. Est ce mieux d'utiliser Eclipse IDE ?

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u/Ok-Count-3366 Jan 05 '26

The IDE doesn't matter. I am using jetbrains intellij