Light Anti-Cheat+

Light Anti-Cheat+ is an ArkFlame-maintained fork of LightAntiCheat, a lightweight Minecraft anti-cheat designed to detect common and harmful cheats without adding unnecessary server overhead.

This fork is based on the original open-source project and continues the same core goal: accurate, practical detection for real Minecraft servers, with compatibility across legacy and modern versions.

Links

• Source code: ArkFlame/LightAntiCheat
• Original Modrinth project: LightAntiCheat
• Original upstream repository: tiredvekster/LightAntiCheat
• List of checks: CHECKS.md
• Frequently asked questions: F-A-Q.md
• More precise community config: MILKv2/lightanticheat-config
• Issues and support: GitHub Issues

Compatibility

• Minecraft versions: 1.8–1.21
• Platforms: Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Purpur, Folia
• Geyser: Most checks are compatible with Geyser players
• Dependencies: No additional libraries or plugins are required

Checks

Movement checks

• Flight (A, B, C)
• Speed (A, B, C, D, E, F)
• NoFall (A, B)
• Jump (A, B)
• LiquidWalk (A, B)
• FastClimb (A)
• NoSlow (A)
• Step (A)
• Boat (A)
• Vehicle (A)
• Elytra (A, B, C)
• Trident (A)

Combat checks

• KillAura (A, B, C, D)
• Reach (A, B)
• Criticals (A, B)
• AutoClicker (A, B)
• Velocity (A)

Interaction checks

• AirPlace (A)
• FastPlace (A)
• BlockPlace (A, B)
• GhostBreak (A)
• FastBreak (A)
• BlockBreak (A, B)
• Scaffold (A, B)

Packet checks

• MorePackets (A, B)
• Timer (A, B)
• BadPackets (A, B, C, D)

Inventory checks

• Sorting (A)
• ItemSwap (A)

Player checks

• AutoBot (A)
• SkinBlinker (A)

Features

• Accurate detection with rare false positives
• Lightweight design focused on common and harmful cheats
• Optimized and stable code
• No required external dependencies
• Folia-compatible server support
• Geyser-compatible checks where possible
• Discord webhook support for notifications
• Moderator utilities for alerts, teleporting to flags, TPS, ping, client brand, and CPS checks
• bStats metrics support

Commands

• /light reload - Reloads the plugin configuration
• /light teleport - Teleports to the flag location
• /light checks - Shows all enabled and disabled checks
• /light alerts - Toggles alerts on and off
• /light tps - Shows the TPS calculated by the plugin
• /light client - Shows a player's client brand
• /light ping - Shows a player's ping and connection stability
• /light cps - Shows a player's CPS

Permissions

• lightanticheat.checks - Allows use of /light checks
• lightanticheat.reload - Allows use of /light reload
• lightanticheat.alerts - Grants all alert permissions
• lightanticheat.alerts.notify - Allows receiving debug and alert messages
• lightanticheat.alerts.toggle - Allows use of /light alerts
• lightanticheat.alerts.teleport - Allows use of /light teleport
• lightanticheat.tps - Allows use of /light tps
• lightanticheat.ping - Allows use of /light ping
• lightanticheat.client - Allows use of /light client
• lightanticheat.cps - Allows use of /light cps
• lightanticheat.bypass - Bypasses detection
• lightanticheat.bypass.<check> - Bypasses a specific check, for example lightanticheat.bypass.flight_a
• lightanticheat.* - Grants all Light Anti-Cheat permissions

Specific bypass permissions can be enabled in the configuration.

Project Scope

Light Anti-Cheat+ is not intended to be a heavy, all-in-one anti-cheat suite. It focuses on lightweight detection for the most common and damaging cheats seen on survival, SMP, PvP, and general-purpose Minecraft servers.

Server owners should test and tune the configuration for their player base, server version, combat mechanics, latency profile, and plugin stack.

License and Attribution

This project is an ArkFlame fork of the original LightAntiCheat project.

Original project:

• Modrinth: LightAntiCheat
• GitHub: tiredvekster/LightAntiCheat

Fork source:

• GitHub: ArkFlame/LightAntiCheat