Butler
Butler is a NeoForge search tool for Minecraft that lets a player look up items and recipes from a command-palette style window.
What it does
Butler adds a lightweight command-palette interface to Minecraft. Its focus is finding items faster and understanding how they are made, so a player can type a name and see matching results without digging through menus. Recipes are searched directly inside the Butler window, and the results can be opened to show how an item is crafted.
Butler uses the recipe viewer from JEI, so recipes appear with the same detail JEI shows. No required dependency is listed for NeoForge. The mod is built around one job and aims to keep the workflow quick and simple while leaving the rest of how Minecraft plays unchanged. Further features are planned but none are described yet.
Butler is published for NeoForge 1.21.1 only. It is client-side only, so players install it on their own game and servers do not need it. The code is not open source; the mod is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Command-palette search
A search window that accepts a typed name and lists matching items and recipes as the player types.
Recipe lookup
Recipes can be searched directly from the Butler interface, so a player can check how to craft an item without opening a separate menu.
JEI-based recipe display
Recipes are shown using the JEI recipe viewer, with the same level of detail JEI provides.
Quick item finding
Items are located by name in a single window, which cuts down on scrolling through inventories and creative tabs.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Checking a crafting path
A player who knows the result they want can search for it and see the recipe before gathering materials.
Finding an item by name
A player looking for a specific item type can type part of its name instead of browsing menus.
Who it’s for: Players on NeoForge 1.21.1 who want to look up items and recipes quickly from one search window, and who already run JEI or Enough Items for recipe viewing.
Questions
Does Butler need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Butler support?
Does Butler require JEI?
In the catalog
Butler is one of 8,016 Management mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,689 Management mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Butler adds a lightweight command-palette experience to Minecraft, focused on finding items faster and understanding recipes better. Search for recipes directly from the Butler interface. Perfect when you know what you want, but not how to craft it.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/butler
- Owner
- i_am_steve_oh
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15