converse
A feature-rich, client-side Minecraft mod focused on improving the chatting experience, including images and GIFs, adaptive chat width, and rounded corners!
- Loaders
- FabricNeoForgeQuilt
- Downloads on Modrinth
- 16.6K
- Followers on Modrinth
- 23
- versions
- 25
- Updated
- October 4, 2026Oct 4
- Published
- in 2023
At a glance
Install in the game only; not needed on the server
converse
A feature-rich, client-side Minecraft mod focused on improving the chat experience
Roadmap
0.1
- [x] Smart chat background
- [x] Input field animations
- [x] Message rendering animations
- [x] Hide message tags (e.g. unsigned messages / unverified signature)
0.2
[x] Render images in chat
- [x] Render static images in chat (e.g., PNG, WebP, JPEG, ICNS, GIF @ first-frame)
- [x] Inline
- [x] Tooltip-only mode
- [x] Mixed mode / allow multiple images
- [x] Render animated GIFs in chat
- [x] Configurable chat history limit
- [x] Persistent chat history
- [x] Mentions in chat
- [x] Adaptive rounded corners
- [x] Proxy support for image requests (skips the domain whitelist)
- [x] Max image size and GIF frame limits in config
- [x] Compact chat mode / stack consecutive identical messages
0.3
[ ] Link previews
- [ ] Bluesky
- [ ] GitHub
- [ ] Forgejo (e.g. Codeberg)
- [ ] Music streaming platforms via Odesli (e.g. Spotify, Apple Music, TIDAL)
- [ ] YouTube
- [ ] Select specific words in chat messages
- [ ] Chat message timestamps that let you define player-specific timezones
- [ ] Copy message contents to clipboard
- [ ] Search through chat history
- [ ] Pin important messages to the top of the chat
- [ ] Regex or keyword based message filtering and highlighting
0.4
[ ] Integration with server-specific formatting APIs
- [ ] [Adventure: MiniMessage](https://docs.papermc.io/adventure/minimessage/)
- [ ] [Text Placeholder API: Text Format](https://placeholders.pb4.eu/user/text-format/)
- [ ] [Text Placeholder API: QuickText Format](https://placeholders.pb4.eu/user/quicktext/)
[ ] Integration with external services
- [ ] [PronounDB](https://pronoundb.org/)
[ ] API for other mods to hook into converse
- [ ] Injecting custom inline components into messages
- [ ] Third-party image decoders / support external formats
- [ ] Chat events with actually useful metadata (still need to think this thru lol)
- [ ] 3D Render player head icons next to messages and player mentions
- [ ] Chat Bubbles
Contributing
Contributions are welcome. If you want to add a feature or fix a bug, either open an issue first to discuss it before writing code or contact me directly.
Merge requests generated by LLMs or other AI tools will be closed immediately. Write your own code, mate.
FAQ
How to install converse?
Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download converse 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 converse support?
converse has builds for Minecraft 1.14.4–1.21.7, 1.21.11–26.3.
Is converse needed on the server?
Client only — no need to install it on the server