Dear All

The astute among you might have noticed that this website began on 21 November 2012 (*AEDT). This means that today is our 10-year anniversary! While there have probably been many milestones over the course of this year, today is an important one because it marks the definitive start of the SpigotMC Community. Whether obvious and agreeable or not, the Community has always been central to this project and is the reason for celebrating today.

10 years is a long time. So long in fact that we have a special word for it — a decade. In the last decade a lot has happened within the Minecraft community, and no doubt even more outside it. I encourage everyone to think back to where they were they were a decade ago and how far they have come since then. Certainly, we have come a long way and that is no mean feat.

For some of you a decade brings you back to almost this very same place — our Community. I know that you are still out there, and you are the first group which I wish to thank for getting us this far. Your support in the early days was crucial, and your continued support even more so. I hope that you can all stand back and be proud of your membership and role within this community.

Next, I wish to thank all those who have volunteered in an official capacity over the years. Without your contributions this Community would simply not run. Few appreciate and understand the difficulties of these roles, but all can see the successful output. On a personal level I also thank you all for your support and guidance through thick and thin.

To our sponsors who have quite literally kept the lights on for many years now, thank you for your trust and support in us and the Community. It has been a pleasure to grow alongside you and we are eternally grateful for the hugely significant role you have played and will hopefully continue to play.

you.thank(); to all the developers who have contributed code to our various projects over the years — your contributions have been most welcomed by us and the Community. Similarly, thank you to all of those who have made active and explicit contributions in other ways — carefully considered bug reports, generous donations, proactive help & support to others, and more.

Finally, thank you to everyone else who has kept this community going and made it what it is over the last decade. Thank you to the server owners for trusting us and engaging with the wider community. Thank you to the developers who have brought their own creative flair and skill to the community. Thank you to all those who hang around to provide quality support, memes, and banter.

Thank you everyone and a very happy 10-year anniversary!
Plenty more to come and looking forward to the next milestone.
~SpigotMC.