IntelliJ IDEA plugin for Hytale server plugin development, inspired by the Minecraft Development plugin.

Hytale Development brings IDE support for Hytale server plugin development to IntelliJ IDEA.

Features:

• Auto-detect HytaleServer.jar from your Hytale installation
• JSON schema validation and completion for manifest.json
• Ctrl+Click navigation to Hytale API source (decompiled)
• Code inspections for plugin classes and manifest files
• Gutter icons for plugin classes
• Template variable support (${version}, ${entry_point}, etc.)

• Automatically detects HytaleServer.jar from your Hytale installation
• Registers Hytale API as a project library for code completion and navigation
• Supports Flatpak, Windows, and macOS installation paths

• JSON schema validation for manifest.json
• Auto-completion for all manifest fields
• Ctrl+Click navigation from "Main" field to your plugin class
• Template variable support (${version}, ${entry_point}, etc.)

• Main Class Validation: Ensures your Main class exists and extends JavaPlugin/PluginBase
• Required Fields: Validates Group, Name, Version, and Main fields
• Plugin Structure: Checks plugin classes have proper constructors

• Ctrl+Click on Hytale API classes to view decompiled source
• Gutter icons for plugin classes extending JavaPlugin or PluginBase

• Auto-detection of Hytale plugin projects
• Hytale Facet for project configuration

1. Open IntelliJ IDEA
2. Go to Settings → Plugins → Marketplace
3. Search for "Hytale Development"
4. Click Install

1. Download the latest release from GitHub Releases
2. Go to Settings → Plugins → ⚙️ → Install Plugin from Disk...
3. Select the downloaded .zip file

• IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2 or later (Ultimate or Community)
• Hytale installed (for HytaleServer.jar detection)

1. Create a new Java/Kotlin project
2. Add manifest.json to your resources folder:

{
  "Group": "com.example",
  "Name": "MyPlugin",
  "Version": "1.0.0",
  "Description": "My first Hytale plugin",
  "Main": "com.example.MyPlugin",
  "ServerVersion": "*"
}

3. Create your plugin class:

package com.example;

import com.hypixel.hytale.server.core.plugin.JavaPlugin;
import com.hypixel.hytale.server.core.plugin.JavaPluginInit;

public class MyPlugin extends JavaPlugin {
    public MyPlugin(JavaPluginInit init) {
        super(init);
    }
    
    @Override
    public void onEnable() {
        getLogger().info("MyPlugin enabled!");
    }
}

4. The plugin will automatically detect your project and provide IDE support!

Key classes from HytaleServer.jar:

• Project creation wizard
• Live templates (hplugin, hevent, hmanifest)
• Run configurations for Hytale server
• Event completion for EventRegistry.registerGlobal()

• Plugin Hot Reload
• Hytale API Reference browser
• Hytale IDE Theme

# Build the plugin
./gradlew build

# Run in sandboxed IDE
./gradlew runIde

# Run tests
./gradlew test

# Verify plugin compatibility
./gradlew verifyPlugin

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues and pull requests.

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

• GitHub Repository
• Issue Tracker
• Hytale Modding Community
• IntelliJ Platform SDK