Capable Composters
by KingLemming
Capable Composters exposes the vanilla composter block through Forge capabilities, so other mods can insert and extract its contents.
What it does
Other mods can interact with a composter through the same Forge capability interface they use for chests and hoppers. The composter keeps its normal behavior for players, and the capability layer only adds ways for machines and automation to fill it or take bone meal out of it.
The example given by the author is a Phytogenic Insolator or a Thermal Expansion machine that pulls bone meal from a composter automatically once it is ready. A composter filled by a Dispenser is another interaction the mod enables. Pistons still move composters, since the mod leaves the block's vanilla behavior unchanged.
The mod runs on the server alone, so players join without installing it. It is published for Forge across four game versions, 1.18.2 – 1.20.1, and its latest file, 1.2.0, targets 1.20.1. Its dependencies use mixins, and it is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Forge capability access
The composter exposes item handling through Forge capabilities, the same route other mods use for inventories.
Automated bone meal extraction
Machines from other mods can pull finished bone meal from a composter without a player opening it.
Dispenser filling
A dispenser placed next to a composter can fill it, so composting can be automated with ordinary parts.
Vanilla behavior kept
Pistons and the composter's normal use by players continue to work as they do in vanilla.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Farm automation
A server with bone meal machines can collect it from composters as crops are composted, instead of by hand.
Modpack integration
Pack makers can connect composters to other automation mods that use Forge capabilities.
Who it’s for: Server owners and modpack authors who want machines from other mods to work with composters. Players who only compost by hand need nothing beyond the vanilla block.
Questions
Does Capable Composters have to be installed on the client?
Which loader does Capable Composters support?
Does the mod change how pistons treat composters?
More from KingLemming
What the author says
This is a very simple mod - it enables Forge capabilities for the Composter Block, which allows all sorts of various mods to interact with it the same way that they would interact with each other. For example, the Phytogenic Insolator from Thermal Expansion can automatically extract the bonemeal when the composter is…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/capable-composters
- Owner
- KingLemming
- Published
- 2023-02-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-12-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15