Silk [sɪlk]
is a Minecraft API for Kotlin - targetting Fabric, Quilt and
Paper.
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Features of the API:
- an inventory GUI API
- a Kotlin wrapper for Brigadier
- a Kotlin DSL for creating complex
Textobjects - coroutine utilities and tasks
- kotlinx.serialization support for Minecraft classes
- a scoreboard (sideboard) API
ItemStackutilities- serialization of any class to NBT with kotlinx.serialization
- an NBT builder
- an API for storing persistent data on Chunks, Entities etc
- kotlinx.serialization based networking (packets c2s, s2c and c2c)
- Kotlin Compose UI support
- general extensions for Entities, Worlds and more
- geometry utilities
Docs
The docs link can be found on Silk GitHub.
Read them to get started with each module and see how to add it to your Gradle project.
Note: Currently, the ingame ID of the wrapper mod is silk-all
License
Current versions of Silk are available under the GPL-3.0, while older versions below 1.5.1 of (at that time FabrikMC) have been shared under the Apache-2.0 License.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.2
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as silk-all-1.12.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 861 KB
- Download link checked 27 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.