Legacy Hitbox
A client-side Minecraft 1.8.9 mod that renders player hitboxes with fully configurable colors and thickness, built on Legacy Fabric.
Requirements
- Legacy Fabric API
Features
- Renders visible hitboxes for all players
- Choose any RGBA color or gradient for the hitbox color
- Configurable outline thickness
Config
Press H in-game to open the config screen. A few settings can be configured here:
Hitboxes: ON / OFF (enables or disables hitbox rendering)
Solid Color / Gradient (toggles between color modes)
Solid Color Mode: RGBA (customizable color)
Gradient Mode: RGBA (set separate RGB values for the top and bottom)
Thickness: # (controls line width; 0.5 - 5.0)
Building from Source
./gradlew build
Usage
Feel free to use Legacy Hitbox's source code in any of your own projects
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.8.9
- 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 legacy-hitbox-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 21 KB
- Download link checked 10 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.