Ordinary SMP is a vanilla survival server on Java 1.21.11 and it stays up to date. It is whitelisted so the player base is meant to stay respectful and chill.
The community seems tight knit and active with people building together and working on big shared projects. There are also server wide events like PvP battles build contests and huge community builds so it does not feel dead.
For safety they use Ledger to track player activity so griefing or stealing can be investigated. There is also BlueMap for a live map Simple VoiceChat for talking in game and AudioPlayer for custom audio.
They also have dragon elytra drops and a custom resource pack with cosmetics trophies and event rewards with a HermitCraft inspired vibe.
