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Animated Mod Menu Icons

by DerpDerpling

Animated Mod Menu Icons lets the icons shown in Mod Menu play as animations, using the frames of an animated texture on Fabric.

FabricClient-side onlyMIT License26.2

What it does

Mod Menu lists each installed mod with an icon. Animated Mod Menu Icons, called AMMI for short, detects an extra file named icon.animation.png next to a mod's normal icon and plays it in that slot. The animated file is a vertical strip of square frames, and the timing comes from a Minecraft .mcmeta file, the same format used by animated textures in resource packs. A GIF can be converted into frames and an .mcmeta file with a tool. The mod's own page shows an example of an animated icon.

The mod needs Mod Menu, which is required. It is installed on the player's side alone, so servers need nothing. Nothing in the fabric.mod.json of other mods has to change, because AMMI finds the animation file on its own. If AMMI is not present, the static icon stays in place. The mod is released under the MIT License and is not open source. It is published for 26.2 only, with version 1.0.0 dated 2026-07-08.

Key features

  1. Animated mod icons

    Icons in the Mod Menu list play an animation when a mod ships an animated icon file.

  2. Automatic detection

    A file named icon.animation.png beside the normal icon is found and used without any manifest edits.

  3. Resource-pack timing

    Frame timing is read from a .mcmeta file in the same format that animated textures use in resource packs.

  4. Static fallback

    Without the mod installed, the ordinary static icon is displayed, and the original icon is kept.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.21.0.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Mod MenuAdds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
Required

Use cases

Animated icons for a mod

A mod author adds a frame strip and a .mcmeta file so the icon in the mod list moves instead of staying still.

Converting a GIF

An author converts an animated GIF into square frames and a timing file to use as a mod icon.

Who it’s for: Players who use Mod Menu on Fabric and mod authors who want an animated icon in its list. Players only need the mod on the client.

How it compares

Full comparison

VanillaUi+ is a client-side only Fabric mod under the MIT License, open source, for 1.21.4. Pixture is a server-side only Fabric mod under the MIT License, not open source, for 1.21.11. Animated Mod Menu Icons is client-side only, for 26.2, and changes only the icons in the mod list, so it does not overlap with them in function.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Animated Mod Menu IconsFabric26.2Client-side only2026-07-08
VanillaUi+Fabric1.21.4Client-side only2026-09-15
PixtureFabric1.21.11Server-side only2026-07-12

Questions

Does Animated Mod Menu Icons require Mod Menu?

Yes. Mod Menu is a required dependency, and the animated icons appear inside its mod list.

Do servers need Animated Mod Menu Icons installed?

No. Servers do not need it; each player installs it for their own game.

How does a mod author add an animated icon?

The author adds a file named icon.animation.png as a vertical strip of square frames, plus a .mcmeta file. No change to fabric.mod.json is needed.

What happens if the mod is removed?

The normal static icon is shown for each mod instead.

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What the author says

Animated Mod Menu Icons (AMMI) adds support for animated mod icons in Mod Menu using Minecraft's.mcmeta animation format. This mod enables other mods to provide animated icons in Mod Menu. Mods that don't include animated icons are unaffected. The animated icon used by AMMI itself is included as an example of what is…
DerpDerpling, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
DerpDerpling
Published
2026-07-08
Updated on Modrinth
2026-07-08
Facts verified
2026-10-15
Open on ModrinthCompare