How do I install ForgedFabric API?

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. Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does ForgedFabric API work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.16.5, 1.19.2, 1.19.1, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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ForgedFabric API

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.19. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by lukegrahamlandry · on CurseForge

Which Minecraft do you have?

Every version of the game needs its own build. Pick yours, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game. This mod is built for Forge only.

Minecraft 1.19.2Newest
Minecraft 1.19–1.19.1
Minecraft 1.16.5

⬇ Download for 1.19.2 ⬇ Download for 1.19–1.19.1 ⬇ Download for 1.16.5

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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ForgedFabric is a partial reimplementation of the Fabric API on Forge. Same idea as QuiltMC/quilted-fabric-api but much less comprehensive (for now). Useful in porting mods from fabric to forge and developing multiplatform mods in general. It's currently in the early very stages of development. I'm only implementing parts as they're used by mods that I'm working on. Eventually it should transition to being a fork of FabricMC/fabric and trying to maintain parity with the full fabric api.

This is a utility for mod developers, it adds no content on its own! Please do not install this expecting it to magically make any random fabric mod work on forge... yet.

development sponsored by: Adam
projects using this: BetterCombat, CombatRoll, PowerScale

star us on GitHub if you're interested in future development!

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.16.5, 1.19.2, 1.19.1
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 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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as forgedfabric-0.0.7+1.16.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 116 KB
Download link checked 15 Oct 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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