Bow Tie
Did you ever get annoyed by not being able to write comments in your Minecraft JSON files?
Do you want whitespace to decide on your data nesting?
Did you ever want to write your recipes as lovely XML compared to JSON?
Then I got the right thing for you :)
This Minecraft Fabric mod uses the data API of Tweed 4.
You can use all data formats that Tweed supports to replace your JSON mess. Supported are:
Examples
Example files formulated in alternate data formats can be found in the testmod.
How does it work?
Bow Tie tries to intercept all data loading and checks for supported files with the same name. It then loads these files with the respective serializers and uses Tweed's API to convert them to JSON files. These are then handed back to the game.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.17.1
- 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 bowtie-1.0.0+mc1.17.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 573 KB
- Download link checked 5 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.