SimpleChat
A simple chat mod for your server.
❗The current supported version of the mod is: https://modrinth.com/mod/simplechatfork❗
Works even in a single player game.
Requires the Fabric API!
❗Version 1.17 requires Java 16 to work❗
Features
- Global and local chat (you can turn it off)
- Color chat (you can turn it off)
- Reloading the configuration with the command
- For developers: Player chat event

Configuration
The configuration is located in <game or server directory>/config/simplechat.json.
| Name | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| enable_chat_mod | Enables (true) or disables (false) chat handling by the mod. | boolean |
| enable_global_chat | Enables (true) or disables (false) the global chat. | boolean |
| enable_chat_colors | Enables (true) or disables (false) the use of color codes in the chat. | boolean |
| local_chat_format | Defines the appearance of the local chat. | String |
| global_chat_format | Defines the appearance of the global chat. | String |
| chat_range | Specifies the distance after which local chat messages will not be visible (if global chat is enabled). | int |
{
"enable_chat_mod": true,
"enable_global_chat": false,
"enable_chat_colors": false,
"local_chat_format": "%player% > &7%message%",
"global_chat_format": "&8[&bG&8] &r%player% > &e%message%",
"chat_range": 100
}
You can use the placeholder %player% to specify the player's nickname and the placeholder %message% to specify their message in the chat.
You can reload the configuration without restarting the server or the game using the /simplechat command (requires permission level 1 or more).
API
If you are a developer, you can use an event called when a player writes something to the chat.
Look me.vetustus.server.simplechat.api.event.PlayerChatCallback.
To control the behavior, use the ChatMessage subclass, which can be used to cancel sending a message or change it.
Example:
/**
* Prohibits players from writing messages by canceling an event.
*/
PlayerChatCallback.EVENT.register((player, message) -> {
PlayerChatCallback.ChatMessage chatMessage = new PlayerChatCallback.ChatMessage(player, message);
chatMessage.setCancelled(true);
return chatMessage;
});
License
The MIT license is used.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.18.2
- 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 simplechat-1.3.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 24 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.