Capey
by JGJ52
Capey lets a player pick a custom cape in-game, and the cape can be seen by other players who run the mod.
What it does
Capey is a Fabric client mod for the Social category, also tagged Decoration. Servers do not need it; each player installs it for their own game. It requires Mod Menu and ScreenAPI. Files cover 1.21.9 – 26.3 across eight release versions, with the latest Fabric file, 1.0.0-alpha.3+26.3, published for 26.3 on 2026-09-18 on the alpha channel. The mod is released under the MIT License and is open source, and its source code is public. The first release went out on 2026-05-12.
Choosing a cape happens inside the game, which makes it a modern alternative to editing textures by hand. Creating capes and having others see them depends on an account at capey.app and a paid Minecraft login. Without that login, only the capes selected locally are shown, and new capes cannot be made. A paid login can create up to 5 capes.
Key features
In-game cape selection
Players choose a cape from a screen inside the game instead of editing files.
Capes visible to others
A selected cape is shown to other players who run the mod, so it appears on their screen too.
Cape creation on premium accounts
Premium accounts can create up to 5 capes through the capey.app service.
Known gaps
Capes cannot be deleted yet, and toggling elytra when joining a world does not work since the game launched.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
How it compares
Elytra Capes is client-side only, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and built for Fabric 1.17 – 1.21.1. More Capes is also client-side only and open source under the MIT License, with Fabric files for 1.21.8 – 26.3. Better Capes covers 1.20 – 26.3 on Fabric, is client-side only, and is not open source, carrying the All rights reserved license.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capey | Fabric | 1.21.9 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-18 |
| Elytra Capes | Fabric | 1.17 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2024-08-24 |
| More Capes | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-16 |
| Better Capes | Fabric | 1.20 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-21 |
Questions
Does Capey need Mod Menu or ScreenAPI?
Can a cracked account create capes?
Does Capey have to be installed on the server?
In the catalog
Capey is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
A modern cape mod where you can make and select your cape in-game
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/capey
- Owner
- JGJ52
- Published
- 2026-05-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15