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Chat Plus

Movable/resizable chat, chat windows, chat tabs, copy/translate/select/bookmark/screenshot messages, player heads, speech to text, filter messages, scrollbar, etc.

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Updated
August 1, 2026Aug 1
Published
in 2023
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At a glance

Runs on Fabric, NeoForge and Forge
For Minecraft 1.20.6–1.21.1, 1.21.3–26.2 …
Client only — no need to install it on the server
Latest version — 2.9.0 from August 1, 2026
Requires Cloth Config API, Fabric API and Fabric Language Kotlin
License GPL-3.0-only — free
Where it's needed
In gamerequiredOn servernot needed

Install in the game only; not needed on the server

Game versions1.20.4, 1.20.6–1.21.1, 1.21.3–26.2 …

Adds more customization to the chat.

  • /chatplus
  • Discord
  • Wiki

Vanilla Changes

  • Increases the maximum messages Minecraft can store.
  • Increases the maximum number of command suggestions shown.
  • Resize/Relocate the chat box.
  • Scroll through the chat faster/slower.
  • Made the tiny scrollbar larger and actually functional.
  • Removed the "Server message. Cannot be reported" sidebar.
  • And more!

Custom Features

General

  • Create chat windows with chat tabs.
  • Customize the chat window.

    • Resize
    • Relocate
    • Background Color
    • Scale
    • Text Opacity
    • Unfocused Opacities
    • Unfocused Height
    • Line Spacing
    • Outline
    • Padding
    • Message alignment (left/middle/right)
    • Message direction (top down/bottom up)
  • Automatically create tabs.
  • Tab notifications.
  • Highlight lines automatically*.
  • Bookmark messages manually or automatically* and jump to them.
  • Highlight the current hovered over line.
  • Find messages in chat and jump to them.
  • Take screenshots of the whole chat or specific messages and auto upload them to imgur.
  • Select groups of messages by right clicking them, and then perform many of the custom options on them (Screenshot/Copy/Bookmark/etc).
  • Adds timestamps to messages.
  • Adds player heads next to messages.
  • Peek chat.
  • Compact messages.
  • And more!

Language Related

  • Automatically* translate incoming messages.
  • Send messages in different languages.
  • Control click messages to translate them.
  • Send messages using speech to text (can be auto translated) using VOSK, download your desired model and place in config/chatplus/models. (NOTE: This uses push to talk and larger models are slower!)

*Based on user defined regexes.

Compatibility

This mod overrides the vanilla chat renderer. Any mod that uses mixin on it will probably not work.

FAQ

How to install Chat Plus?

Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download Chat Plus for the same version and loader, put the file into the mods folder and launch the game with the loader profile.

Which Minecraft versions does Chat Plus support?

Chat Plus has builds for Minecraft 1.20.1–1.20.2, 1.20.4, 1.20.6–1.21.1, 1.21.3–26.2.

Is Chat Plus needed on the server?

Client only — no need to install it on the server

License and source
GNU General Public License v3.0 onlyfree to use and share; changes to the mod itself must be published under the same license
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