Endstone Python Example Plugin

A starter template for building Endstone plugins in Python. Endstone is a plugin framework for Minecraft Bedrock Dedicated Server, similar to Bukkit/Spigot/Paper for Java Edition. This template demonstrates commands, events, configuration, and permissions.

Use This Template

1. Click Use this template on GitHub (or fork/clone it)
2. Rename the following to match your plugin:

3. Set api_version = "0.11" (or the Endstone version you target)
4. Delete the example command/listener code and start building

Development

This template uses uv for fast dependency management. If you prefer pip, replace uv sync with pip install -e ".[dev]" and uv run with just running the command directly.

git clone https://github.com/EndstoneMC/python-example-plugin.git
cd python-example-plugin
uv sync --extra dev       # Install dependencies
uv run ruff check src/    # Lint

For live development on a running server, activate the server's virtualenv and install in editable mode:

pip install -e .

Then use /reload in-game to pick up code changes without restarting.

Project Structure

src/endstone_example/
  __init__.py       Re-exports the plugin class
  plugin.py         Plugin lifecycle, commands, config
  listener.py       Event listener (player join/quit)
  config.toml       Default config (copied on first run)

Adding Dependencies

To use third-party packages from PyPI, add them to the dependencies list in pyproject.toml:

[project]
dependencies = ["requests>=2.31", "aiosqlite>=0.19"]

Then run uv sync (or pip install -e .) to install them. They will be bundled automatically when you build the wheel.

Install on a Server

uv build

Copy the .whl from dist/ into your server's plugins/ folder and restart.

Releasing

This template includes a GitHub Actions release workflow. To make a release:

1. Add your changes under ## [Unreleased] in CHANGELOG.md
2. Go to Actions > Release > Run workflow
3. Enter the version (e.g. 0.5.0) and run

The workflow validates the version, updates the changelog, creates a git tag and GitHub release, builds the wheel, publishes to PyPI (if configured), and attaches the .whl to the release.

Use dry run to preview without making changes.

Versioning is handled automatically by hatch-vcs: tagged commits get clean versions (e.g. 0.5.0), untagged commits get dev versions (e.g. 0.5.1.dev3).

Documentation

For more on the Endstone API, see the documentation.

License

MIT License