Better Health Indicators
by horyzonboi
Better Health Indicators shows each player's health above their head, updating in real time, and is a client-side Fabric mod for 26.1 – 26.1.2.
What it does
Floating hearts appear above other players so a player can read their health at a glance during fights and cooperative play. Updates arrive in real time as health changes. Only the client needs the mod, so a server can run without it and players join without installing anything on the server side. The author describes the mod as lightweight, aimed at performance-friendly use on clients.
The display works on most multiplayer servers, though some servers disable the function, which the server owner decides. Players on PvP servers and survival multiplayer worlds are the main audience. The author notes that more features are planned. Better Health Indicators is open source under the MIT License, with a public source code repository and issue tracker. Files are published for Fabric only, across the game versions 26.1, 26.1.1 and 26.1.2, with 1.0.0 for 26.1.2 as the latest file.
Key features
Health above player heads
Each visible player shows a row of hearts floating over their head, so their health is visible without opening any screen.
Real-time health updates
The hearts change as a player takes damage or heals, without needing a reload or a refresh of the view.
Lightweight rendering
The author builds the overlay to stay light on client performance, with no extra data sent from the server.
Toggleable display
The indicators can be shown or hidden on the client, depending on how a player wants the screen to look.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who join multiplayer servers, including PvP servers and SMPs, and want to read other players' health without a menu. Server owners who run a server with the function disabled should expect the display to stay off for their players.
How it compares
Health Indicators Port is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and targets 26.2 on Fabric, so it is not the same build line. Simple Health Indicator covers 1.20 – 26.3 and is not open source, with All rights reserved. Heart Indicator is published under the MIT License for 1.21 – 26.3, the same license as this mod, but it is not open source in the sense of the license terms shown. All of these are client-side only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Health Indicators | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-06-25 |
| Health Indicators Port | Fabric | 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-29 |
| Simple Health Indicator | Fabric | 1.20 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-15 |
| Heart Indicator | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-22 |
Questions
Does Better Health Indicators need Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod?
Can a server turn the display off?
Which game versions does the mod support?
In the catalog
Better Health Indicators is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
A clients-side mod that displays the health of other players in a multiplayer server. Excellent for use in PVP servers and SMPs. ## ## Features: - Displays player health above their heads. - Real-time health updates. - Lightweight and performance-friendly. - Works on most multiplayer servers(Some servers have…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better-health-indicators
- Owner
- horyzonboi
- Published
- 2026-06-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15