Tired of having no Chatty alternatives on Fabric? Can’t even build your orbital redstone nuke because every server runs on polished Paper? Yeah… same problem. So here’s one small step to fixing that.
Ex-chat is a simple server-side mod that adds global and local chat to Fabric — just like Chatty.
• Local chat - only players within a certain radius can see your messages
• Global chat - type ! before your message to send it to everyone
That’s it. Clean, lightweight, and actually useful for both survival and RP servers.
Finally, a basic chat system Fabric was missing.
You can also customize chat text colors in the mod config.
Currently, there is no command to reload the config - a server restart is required.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.5
- 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 Exchat1.21.5-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 6 KB
- Download link checked 10 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.