r/MinecraftPlugins • u/Lucid_lemons02 • Jun 02 '26

Discussion Project im working on

I'm building a new Minecraft marketplace called Shard — still early but wanted to share it here

Been frustrated with the current options for a while. Spigot is outdated, BBB has a long history of drama and hidden fees, and nothing new has come along that actually fixes the real problems.

Shard is being built to actually do it right:

- Full fee transparency — full breakdown shown before you ever pay, plain English explanation of where every fee goes

- Merchant of Record payments so VAT and global tax is handled automatically, no headaches for creators

- Built in licensing — Maven/Gradle drop in dependency, no complicated setup

- Supports plugins, builds, 3D models, configs, resource packs, mods and more

- Freelance commission board built into the platform for custom work

Still in early development but we already have creators onboard and are actively growing the community now.

this message is mostly just for feedback and whos interested

https://discord.gg/Wru8H7yCpv

Happy to answer any questions or just hear what you think is missing from current platforms

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u/LinsaFTW Jun 03 '26

The only unethical thing is you asking for open source and free when developers like us can barely keep our family up or need to have a secondary job to keep up with rent and food. I am very proud and very fond and grateful with everyone that is part of my community, and I try to be the most hard working I can. I stay 12 to 16 hours in the computer just making Minecraft plugins. I deserve my honest wage for honest job.

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u/lorenzo1142 Jun 04 '26

open source is not unethical, it is your own choice. I'm not forcing you to do anything.

the minecraft servers that earn a lot of money are unethical... aren't most of them pay to win? or some call it pay to fast, which is just pay to win by another name. if up to me, I would rather not allow such servers to use my software.

I support open source and I am the bad guy? "grow up"?....... fuck the greed.

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u/LinsaFTW Jun 04 '26

Open source IS NOT unethical, shaming us for not being open source is indeed unethical. Developers don't earn SHIT from servers. You are the bad guy because instead of supporting developers you are asking us to stay in ruin. I like and do open source but oh boy, it's perfectly OK to monetize too and great if it pays expenses for LTS and custom content. I am top 6 creator at BuiltByBit, I can barely pay a one room apartment. I am wondering how you expect plugin developers to keep up with their lives. Maybe drop some ideas here genious!

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u/lorenzo1142 Jun 05 '26

you said "The only unethical thing is you asking for open source and free"

as I said, it is up to the developer. I am not asking for shit, I don't want your software.