
Styled Nicknames
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.17–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Simple, but configurable nicknaming mod allowing your server's players (and admins) to change their nickname with full formatting support
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Styled Nicknames
It's a configurable mod allowing your server's players (and admins) to change their nickname with full Simplified Text Formatting support. It supports LuckPerms, PlayerRoles or any other fabric permission api compatible mod, with automatic removal of nicknames for players without permissions. If you have any questions, you can ask them on my Discord
Commands (and permissions):
/styled-nicknames- Main command (stylednicknames.main, available by default)/styled-nicknames reload- Reloads configuration (requiresstylednicknames.reload)/styled-nicknames set <player> <value>- Changes target players nickname (requiresstylednicknames.change_others)/styled-nicknames clears <player>- Clears target players nickname (requiresstylednicknames.change_others)/nickname set <value>//nick set <value>- Changes own nickname (requiresstylednicknames.use)/nickname clear//nick clear- Clears own nickname (requiresstylednicknames.use)
Configuration:
You can find config file in ./config/styled-nicknames.json. Formatting uses PlaceholderAPI's Simplified Text Format for which docs you can find here.
{
"CONFIG_VERSION_DONT_TOUCH_THIS": 1,
"allowByDefault": false, // Enables player commands by default
"defaultPrefix": "#", // Default prefix of nickname
"maxLength": 32, // Max length (without formatting) of the nickname, set to 0 to disable it
"changeDisplayName": true, // Changes player's display name
"changePlayerListName": false, // Changes nickname in player list (This option will be incompatible with some mods, use placeholder instead when possible)
"allowLegacyFormatting": false, // Allows usage of legacy text format in nicknames (&X)
"nicknameChangedMessage": "...", // Message send after changing nickname
"nicknameResetMessage": "...", // Message send after clearing nickname
"defaultEnabledFormatting": {
/*"tagname": value*/ // These values allow you to change tags enabled by default
}
}
Permission
To use commands/permissions, players require stylednicknames.use to use commands and optionally permissions stylednicknames.format.[tag_name] ([tagname] is Simplified Text Format tag), for additional formatting.
You can also give stylednicknames.ignore_limit to disable nickname length limit for them (which already ignores tags).
You should also give stylednicknames.change_others permission to your admins, so they can remove bad nickname
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.11, 1.21.9, 1.21.10
- 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 CurseForge — 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 styled-nicknames-1.13.0+26.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 292 KB
- Download link checked 3 Nov 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.