ConsoleWhileLoad
ConsoleWhileLoad adds a separate startup console window when Minecraft launches on Fabric.
As soon as the game begins loading, a black boot-style window opens and shows live startup logs in green text. When boot finishes, the window can either close automatically or stay open if you enable that in the config.
Features
- Separate startup console window
- Black background with green terminal-style text
- Live Minecraft/Fabric startup logs
- Opens during early game boot
- Optional keep-open behavior after loading finishes
Config
Config file: config/consolewhileload.properties
Option: keep_window_open_after_boot=false
Set it to true if you want the console window to stay open after Minecraft finishes loading.
- Client-side only
- Fabric mod
If you like seeing what Minecraft is doing while it launches, or you want a cleaner separate boot log window instead of only watching terminal output, ConsoleWhileLoad gives startup its own retro console-style display.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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 consolewhileload-0.1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 2.9 MB
- Download link checked 14 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.