Animated Doors
by Miraculixx
Animated Doors gives doors, trapdoors and fence gates an opening and closing animation, and links two neighboring ones so they move together.
What it does
Two doors, trapdoors or fence gates placed side by side open together when only one of them is opened or closed. The animation and the linking run on the client, so a player who installs the mod sees the motion, while the server needs the mod for redstone and similar triggers to connect the pieces. The mod requires Smooth Animated Doors as a dependency, and it is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.
The mod also replaces the vanilla door, trapdoor and gate models so their textures line up without jumping pixels. Resource packs or other mods that add custom models can bring those inconsistencies back. The mod is compatible with shader setups and custom models, although shaders may draw odd shadows on animated doors. Builds cover 1.19 – 26.3, with snapshot builds published, and the code is not open source, under the MIT License.
Key features
Animated opening and closing
Doors, trapdoors and fence gates play a motion when they open and when they close.
Connected pieces
Two neighboring doors, trapdoors or gates open and close as a pair when only one is operated.
Consistent textures
The vanilla models for doors, trapdoors and gates are replaced so texture edges stay aligned during movement.
Adjustable speed
Animation speed can be slowed for recording edits or story videos.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Required by 1 mod
Use cases
Building and video work
Slow animations and paired doors suit builders who record scenes or create edits.
Multiplayer servers
Server owners install the mod so redstone and similar triggers can drive connected doors for all players.
Who it’s for: Builders, map makers and server owners who want doors and gates to move in a more lively way.
How it compares
Double Doors is server-side only, published for 1.16.5 – 26.3 under All rights reserved and is not open source. Openable is server required with client optional, published for 1.21.5 – 26.2 under All rights reserved and not open source. Open Please is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and published for 1.20.1 – 1.21.10, so it covers older versions than Animated Doors, which is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animated Doors | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.19 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-16 |
| Double Doors | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-02 |
| Openable | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-06-26 |
| Open Please | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.10 | Server-side only | 2025-11-05 |
Questions
Does Animated Doors need Smooth Animated Doors?
Does the server need Animated Doors?
Why do some doors show floating iron ingots?
In the catalog
Animated Doors is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
*Actually doors, trapdoors and fence gates! But that would be too long of a name, right? Add a fancy opening and closing animation to your doors, trapdoors & fence gates.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/animated-doors
- Owner
- Miraculixx
- Published
- 2023-11-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15