Why LightHealth?¶

Many mob health plugins put numbers directly into an entity's custom name. LightHealth takes a different approach: it adds a clear, private combat layer without changing the mob itself.

Aim before you fight¶

Look at a mob to inspect its health without attacking. The raycast respects solid blocks, and the range and display channels are configurable.

Keep nametags untouched¶

Health holograms use per-viewer TextDisplay entities instead of custom names. That means named pets, NPCs, and other nametag-based plugins keep their own text.

Show only what you need¶

Holograms, floating damage numbers, the action bar, and the boss bar can be configured separately. The boss bar is opt-in on new installs to keep ordinary combat uncluttered.

Give players control¶

/lh toggle saves a player's choice across restarts. /lh status shows the personal setting, active server channels, look-at state, and current style.

Run on modern Paper servers¶

LightHealth targets Paper, Purpur, and Folia 1.21.4+ with Folia-aware scheduling, no hard dependencies, and Java 21 bytecode.