For parents who run their kids' Minecraft server
Minecraft parental controls that enforce bedtime inside the game.
Set each child's hours and daily limit once. Tilewick enforces them in Minecraft, gently, and tells you only when chat needs a look. No more "five more minutes".
Screen-time tools stop at the device. Minecraft doesn't.
Your kids play on a server you run, so phone and console limits never see it. Enforcing time yourself means a nightly negotiation, and checking who they're talking to means reading every line of chat. Tilewick does both for you, on your own server.
An evening with Tilewick
- A gentle warning. A bar appears in the game: 30 minutes left, then a countdown. No surprise.
- Bedtime, without a kick. Your child is moved to their own room in a walled garden. Need to give more time? Do it from your phone.
- Back in the morning. Their rules open the door again. You didn't have to be the bad guy.
- Only what needs you. A stranger asks your child where they live? You get a notification that says how soon to look, never what was said.
Everything a family needs, nothing it doesn't
Hours and allowance
Wake-up, bedtime and daily allowance, school days and weekends apart. Counts across all of a child's accounts.
Chat safety, privately
Flags personal info, bullying, grooming signs and self-harm. It runs on your machine, with no cloud and no AI, and children are told their family can see chat.
You decide who joins
New players wait in a holding room until you let them in. Children never get more than basic in-game powers.
Built for families
Several parents, each looking after their own children, with two-factor sign-in and a record of who changed what.
Safe if it goes down
If Tilewick stops, the server closes its door rather than run unguarded. Your rules and areas keep holding.
Your data stays yours
Chat and play history stay on your own server. Tilewick has no cloud to send them to.
Is this for you?
- You run, or would set up, a Paper Minecraft server at home or on a small host.
- Your kids play on it, on Java, or on Bedrock through Geyser.
- You want limits that hold without you standing over them.
Tilewick is software you run yourself, on a home machine or small host, with Docker. We provide tested images of Minecraft (Paper) with the plugins it needs already chosen and configured, Bedrock support included, so you don't assemble them. Already have a server? You can add the same plugins. Not for Minecraft Realms or large public servers. Chat checks are English only for now.
Minecraft parental controls: common questions
Can I set a bedtime and playtime limit in Minecraft?
Yes. Tilewick lets you set a wake-up time, a bedtime and a daily allowance for each child, with school days and weekends set apart. It enforces them inside the game, and a child out of time rests in their own room instead of being kicked.
Does it work with Minecraft Bedrock as well as Java?
Yes. Tilewick works with a Paper server for Java players, and Bedrock players join the same server through Geyser. Time counts across all of a child's accounts.
Does it work on Minecraft Realms?
No. Tilewick needs a server you run yourself, because it works through the server's own plugins. It doesn't work on Realms or on large public servers.
How does the chat safety work, and is chat sent anywhere?
Tilewick looks for patterns that suggest personal information being shared, bullying, grooming or self-harm, and tells you to take a look. It runs on your own machine, with no cloud service and no AI, and children are told their family can see chat. Chat checks are English only for now.
What do I need to run Tilewick?
A machine with Docker, at home or on a small host. We provide tested images of a Minecraft (Paper) server with the plugins Tilewick needs already chosen and configured, so you don't assemble them yourself. If you already have a server, you can add the same plugins.
How much does it cost?
Pricing isn't set yet. Tilewick is in private testing, and the early access form asks what you would expect to pay.
Get early access
Tilewick is in private testing. Tell us a little about your setup and we'll invite you as spots open.
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