Design the two-line message players see in the server list. Preview it live and copy an escaped motd= line for server.properties.
✔ renders in vanilla Java chat & signs. Bedrock's font is narrower, test before relying on a glyph. Full-color emoji (😀) only show in Discord and nicknames, not in-game.
The MOTD (Message of the Day) is the two lines of text shown next to your server in the multiplayer list. It lives on the motd= line of server.properties, where the § character has to be written as its escape \u00A7, get that wrong and colors show as raw codes. This generator handles the escaping for you: style your text with colors and gradients, watch it render on an authentic server-list mockup, and copy a motd= value that pastes straight in. MOTDs are limited to two lines and roughly 250px wide, so the preview flags anything that will be clipped. Restart the server or reload the file for changes to take effect.
Type in the editor and style selections like a word processor, bold, colors, gradients. Paste existing § or & codes and they import as styled text.
See your text on authentic chat, sign, server-list, book and item-tooltip renders, with warnings when a line won't fit or a style won't work on Bedrock.
One click switches between § codes, & plugin codes, hex, MiniMessage, /tellraw and MOTD escapes. Copy, share as a link, or download a PNG.
Click any row to use it on your selected text instantly.
Underline, strikethrough and hex colors are Java-only. §k animates random characters in-game, and in our preview.
In server.properties the section sign must be escaped as \u00A7. This tool outputs the escaped form automatically so colors render instead of showing literal codes.
Two. The server list shows a maximum of two lines, and each is limited by width (~250px). The preview warns you before text gets clipped.
Type your text, pick two or more colors in the gradient bar and hit Apply. Every character gets interpolated automatically. Export as &#hex or MiniMessage for modern servers, or §x sequences for vanilla Java 1.16+.
The 16 classic colors, bold, italic and magic text work on Bedrock. Hex colors, underline and strikethrough are Java-only. Flip on the Bedrock check and the tool flags anything unsupported before you paste it in-game.
MiniMessage is the text format used by Paper, Velocity and the Adventure library, most modern plugins accept it in configs. It reads like HTML: <red><b>text</b>, and supports full hex colors and gradients.
Yes, paste any § or & string straight into the editor and it becomes styled text. Or open the § Code view and edit raw codes; both views stay in sync.
The /tellraw pill gives you a complete command ready for chat or a command block. The JSON pill gives you the raw text component for /title, books, or datapacks.
Everything autosaves in your browser. You can also save named presets, or copy a share link that encodes your whole creation in the URL, nothing is ever sent to a server.
