Administration Overview
Welcome to the Admin Section for Pumpkin server administrators. Pumpkin is a high-performance, multithreaded Minecraft server written in Rust, engineered to support massive player counts with minimal resource consumption.
Key Features for Server Admins
- Extreme Multithreading: Designed from the ground up for modern multi-core processors.
- WASM Plugin Architecture: Secure, sandboxed plugin execution in Rust, Python, Kotlin, C#, Go, or C without JVM overhead.
- Native Cross-Proxy Support: Out-of-the-box support for Velocity, BungeeCord, and modern proxy forwarding.
- TOML-Based Configuration: Clean, human-readable configuration files located in
pumpkin.tomland feature-specific TOML configs.
Admin Guides & Topics
Explore the following administration guides:
- Migrating from Bukkit / Paper / Spigot Server — Key differences in server administration, plugins, world storage, and performance.
- Server Configuration — Detailed breakdown of
pumpkin.tomlsettings. - Proxy Setup — Configuring BungeeCord & Velocity player forwarding.
- Commands & Permissions — Managing in-game operator commands and permissions.
- Authentication — Online-mode vs offline-mode and Yggdrasil settings.
- Troubleshooting & Common Issues — Resolving port binding, memory, and plugin loading issues.