Welcome to Homestead
Homestead is a lightweight, open-source land claiming plugin designed to give players full control over their land. Perfect for survival and SMP servers, Homestead lets players claim chunks in any world while enforcing customizable claim limits.
Each claimed region includes 50+ customizable flags, enabling owners to configure gameplay settings — from PvP and mob spawning to block interaction and environmental effects.
Homestead is purely written in Java .
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Getting Started
New to Homestead? Start here.
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Configuration
Customize every aspect of the plugin.
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Economy
Banking, upkeep, taxes, renting, and selling.
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Usage
Guides for players and admins.
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Development
Integrate Homestead into your own plugins.
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Support
Get help, report bugs, check the changelog.
Why Choose Homestead?
Lightweight & Efficient — Built with a concurrent caching system for fast region protection checks, even with thousands of claims.
Fully Customizable — Every aspect can be modified. Custom language files, configurable flag defaults, adjustable limits, and more.
Open Source & Free — Completely free and open source. No paid features, no gated content.
Active Development — Regular updates bring new features, bug fixes, and compatibility with the latest Minecraft versions.
Six Database Providers — SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and YAML are supported.
Easy Migration — Built-in migration tools for GriefPrevention, ClaimChunk, LandLord4, Lands, and HuskClaims.