Chest Preview
by Timexo_YT
Chest Preview lets players look inside a chest, barrel or shulker box before opening it, with a screen that shows the contents at a glance.
What it does
Opening every container just to check what it holds costs time, and Chest Preview removes that step. Looking at a chest, barrel or shulker box shows a clean, animated preview of everything inside, so an empty container can be skipped without opening it. The preview covers standard chests, double chests and shulker boxes.
The mod suits survival play, storage building, technical builds and multiplayer servers, and it is used by loot hunters and streamers as well. It runs on Fabric for 1.21.1 only, and it is client and server, so the server and every player need it. The latest Fabric file is 1.0.0 for 1.21.1, dated 2026-06-06, and the code is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Instant container preview
Looking at a chest, barrel or shulker box shows its contents at once, without opening it.
Double chest and shulker box support
The preview works on double chests and shulker boxes as well as single containers.
Rare item highlights
Rare items such as Ancient Debris and Enchanted Gear receive subtle visual glow effects in the preview.
Vanilla-friendly visuals
The preview keeps the classic Minecraft feel while adding a more modern storage workflow.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Survival looting
Survival players can check a container for useful loot before spending time on it.
Storage management
Storage builders can see what each chest holds without walking through every one.
Multiplayer servers
Servers that run the mod let players scan shared storage faster.
Who it’s for: Survival players, storage builders, technical players, multiplayer server owners, loot hunters and streamers or YouTubers who film container checks.
How it compares
Shulker Preview is client-side only, open source under the MIT License and published for 1.20 – 26.3, so players can use it without the server. BetterPeek is also client-side only and is not open source, with files for 1.21.11 under the MIT License. Chest Preview differs by needing the client and server together and by targeting 1.21.1 alone.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest Preview | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-06 |
| Shulker Preview | Fabric | 1.20 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-16 |
| BetterPeek | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-05-25 |
Questions
Does Chest Preview need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Chest Preview support?
Does the preview work on double chests and shulker boxes?
In the catalog
Chest Preview is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Chest Preview lets you instantly preview container contents just by looking at them — fast, smooth, and completely vanilla-friendly. No more wasting time checking empty chests, barrels, or shulker boxes one by one. Simply look at a container and a clean animated preview appears on your screen showing everything inside.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/chest-preview
- Owner
- Timexo_YT
- Published
- 2026-06-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15