ByteChat
ByteChat is a modern and modular chat formatting plugin for PaperMC.
It allows server owners to create elegant, dynamic, and interactive chat layouts using YAML configuration files.
Overview
ByteChat replaces the default chat display with a flexible, component-based layout system that lets you fully control how messages look and behave.
Each chat message is built from elements such as player names, prefixes, separators, and message bodies.
Every element can include gradients, hover tooltips, and click actions — all defined directly through configuration.
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Features
- Supports MiniMessage (
<gradient:#fff:#000>) and LegacyAmpersand (&a) serializers. - Each chat format is fully customizable through YAML.
- Hover and click events for every element.
- PlaceholderAPI integration.
- Multiple format support with priority and permissions.
- Live reload command for configuration updates.
- Compatible with PaperMC 1.20.2+.
Showcase
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.20.2
- 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 ByteChat-2.0.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 122 KB
- Download link checked 11 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.