Simple Frames
Turn item frames invisible with shears and back with leather.
- Loaders
- FabricPaperPurpurFolia
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- versions
- 20
- Updated
- July 30, 2026Jul 30
- Published
- in 2026
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Simple Frames
Make your item frames invisible — shear a frame and the wooden border disappears, leaving just the item floating on your wall. No more ugly borders breaking up your builds, map walls, or item displays.
Fully server-side: install it on the server and every vanilla client sees the effect — no client mod required.
✨ Features
- ✂️ Shear to hide — left-click an item frame with shears and the frame turns invisible while it holds an item.
- 🧵 Leather to restore — left-click an invisible frame with leather to bring the border back.
- 👁️ Empty = visible — an emptied invisible frame reappears so you can still find and interact with it; put an item back and it hides again.
- 🎒 Survives breaking — break an invisible frame and it drops as a named, glinting item; place it and it's invisible again.
- 🌟 Glow frames too — glow item frames work the same way (the item keeps its fullbright glow).
- ⚙️ Configurable — toggle shear durability loss and leather restoration, and rename the dropped item.
- 🔒 Permission-aware — the command is gated by a permission node (LuckPerms and friends) with an operator fallback.
🕹️ How to use
- Put an item in an item frame (or glow item frame).
- Left-click the frame with shears → it turns invisible.
- To undo, left-click the invisible frame with leather.
Take the item out and the frame reappears; add an item and it hides.
🔧 Requirements
Fabric mod
Plugin — none. Just drop the jar in plugins/. Works on Paper, Purpur and Folia. An optional permission plugin (e.g. LuckPerms) lets you grant the command node to non-operators.
⚙️ Configuration
- Fabric:
config/SimpleFrames.conf - Plugin:
plugins/SimpleFrames/config.yml
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
doShearsBreak | true | Shears take durability damage / break when used to make a frame invisible. |
fixWithLeather | true | Allow restoring with leather, and keeping invisibility when a frame is broken and re-placed. |
invisibleFrameName | Invisible Item Frame | Name shown on the dropped invisible-frame item. |
invisibleGlowFrameName | Invisible Glow Item Frame | Name shown on the dropped invisible glow-frame item. |
💬 Commands & permissions
/simpleframes doShearsBreak <true|false>/simpleframes doLeatherFix <true|false>
Running a subcommand without a value shows the current setting.
The command is guarded by the permission node simpleframes.command. Grant it via your permission manager (LuckPerms / fabric-permissions-api); with no permission plugin installed it falls back to operator (level 3).
FAQ
How to install Simple Frames?
Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download Simple Frames 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 Simple Frames support?
Simple Frames has builds for Minecraft 1.18–26.2.
