Utility plugins for Rust
Utility plugins cover the small server-side helpers that keep a Rust server organised: countdowns, info and time commands, player lists, scheduled restarts, grid lookups and permission-friendly aliases. Admins typically install these to cut down chat spam, keep players informed about the next wipe, and automate routine maintenance instead of typing the same commands each day.
8 plugin recipes for Oxide and Carbon
- Command aliasesThis plugin maps short chat commands like /h and /k to longer ones such as /home and /kit, defined entirely in its config file, using the…OnServerInitializedOnPlayerCommandOnPlayerDisconnected
- Info commandsA config-driven text command plugin: every entry in the config defines a command name and a list of chat lines, and the plugin registers them all…
- Map grid locationA /grid chat command that converts a player's world position into a Rust map grid cell (like G12) using the server's world size, with exact…OnServerInitializedOnPlayerConnected
- Online players listAdds a /players chat command that prints an alphabetically sorted, paginated list of online players with online, sleeping and joining counts; admins…
- Playtime group promotionTracks each player's connected playtime in oxide/data and moves them into stacked Oxide groups when they cross configured hour thresholds.OnServerInitializedOnServerSaveOnPlayerConnected
- Scheduled restartsRuns the configured server restart command at fixed daily times, broadcasts chat warnings at 15, 10, 5 and 1 minutes, and saves the server right…OnServerInitializedOnPlayerConnected
- Time commandA /time chat command that reports the in-game clock, the real UTC server time, and the minutes until the next sunrise or sunset.
- Wipe countdownWipeCountdown shows players how long is left until the next wipe, either from a fixed date/time in the config or from the first Thursday of the…OnServerInitialized
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About utility plugins
What owners solve with this category: showing players how long until the next wipe countdown, exposing map and server facts through info commands, listing who is currently online, running scheduled restarts with warnings, converting a position to an map grid location for callouts, and granting groups by accumulated playtime. Command aliases reduce memorised chat input, and a time command keeps the in-game clock accessible.
Watch for: chat command floods on busy servers, restart warnings that need enough lead time for players to leave combat, wipe countdown timers that must be reset each cycle, and permission grants that should not hand out groups before a player has genuinely accrued playtime.
Plugins here are standard Oxide builds (Carbon loads them too). They register console or chat commands, read a JSON config for messages, durations and thresholds, and expose permissions so you can limit who runs admin-only helpers.