ContainerView
This is a minecraft plugin that will allow you to view ingame container's contents without physical access.
Using the command below you can highlights the containers around you.
This is especially useful to check something like a redstone lottery machine.
Features & Demos
Main Mechanism
Remotely access container's read-only contents.
Break Detection
Remove the glowing outline and automatically end the view session if all the containers are broken.
Fully Customizable Details
Customize viewable containers, colors and more via config.yml.
Maximum displaying up to 32 Containers at a time!
Doubled chest will be displayed separately and will not count towards the color limits of other containers.
(16 for single-type containers + 16 for double chests).
Pre-Player View
Each player's view session are completely independent, below player on the left was viewing, but player on the right could not see it.
Commands & Permissions
(Almost)Everything is customizable in config.yml & messsage.yml.
User command, containerview.use:
/cview view/cview end/cview help
Admin command, containerview.reload:
/cview reload
Contact
Feel free DM my discord: mromango
With any bug report or feature ideas!
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as ContainerView-2.3.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 151 KB
- Download link checked 9 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.