Server Pause
by byteManiak
Server Pause stops world ticking on a Fabric server after a set number of seconds without players.
What it does
Server Pause brings a newer vanilla feature to Fabric servers for versions 1.17 – 1.21.1. After the configured number of seconds with no players present, the server stops ticking the world. The option mirrors the pause-when-empty-seconds setting that vanilla reads from server.properties. The mod runs only on the server, so players join without installing anything. It is released under the GNU General Public License v2.0 only and is open source.
Key features
Pause when empty
The world stops ticking once the server has been empty for the configured amount of time.
Vanilla-style setting
The delay is set with the same pause-when-empty-seconds key that the vanilla server reads.
Lower CPU use
Stopping world ticks on an idle server reduces CPU load while nobody is online.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Server Pause need Fabric API?
Do players need to install Server Pause?
In the catalog
Server Pause is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,575 Optimization mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This Fabric mod is a backport of the new feature introduced in Minecraft 1.21.2 that allows the server to pause after a given time when there are no players present. Similar to how it works in 1.21.2, a server admin can set pause-when-empty-seconds in server.properties. After this amount of seconds, the server will…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/server-pause
- Owner
- byteManiak
- Published
- 2026-01-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15