How do I install HowManyItems?

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. Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does HowManyItems work with?

The listing gives Minecraft b1.5_01. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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HowManyItems

Minecraft Java mod. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

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HowManyItems (HMI) is an inventory editor and recipe viewer mod for older versions of Minecraft.

Left click on items for recipes.
Right click on items for uses.
Go to the previous recipe you searched with 'BACKSPACE'
If your inventory contains all the items in a recipe you can click the '+' button to automatically fill the recipe in
Feel free to configure the mod to your liking in the options: turn cheat mode on to spawn stuff in.

Modmakers can add their own tabs with addModTab(new Tab()) in mod_HowManyItems

INSTALL

Install Modloader
Delete META-INF from the minecraft.jar
Insert this zip into the .minecraft/mods folder
???
Success!

SUPPORTED MODS

Industrial Craft 1 & 2 - Macerator, Extractor, Compressor
Industrial Craft 2 - Canning Machine, Recycler, Matter Fabricator
Equivalent Exchange v3.55 - Glowstone Aggregator, Obsidian Aggregator, Dark Matter Locus
Better Than Wolves v2.94 - Millstone, Saw, Turntable, Kiln, Crucible, Cauldron, Anvil
Aether Mod v1.02 - Enchanter, Freezer (Compatible with older/mp versions)
Uranium Mod - Reactor
Flan's Planes - Plane Workbench
Buildcraft - Auto fill recipe support for Automatic Crafting Table
New Frontier Craft - USE BETA PRERELEASE BUILDS OF HMI

CREDITS AND SOURCES

Original mod for b1.7.3 by rekadoodle

Port to b1.8.1 by Logan

Backport of Logan's b1.8.1 port to b1.5_01 by MagicD3VIL

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft version listed: b1.5_01
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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Downloads as HMI.backport.v2.b1.5_01.MagicD3VIL.release.zip
Download size: 65 KB
Download link checked 11 Oct 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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