Compact Help Command
by Serilum
Compact Help Command changes how the in-game /help output is laid out, splitting long command lists into colored, paged pages that are easier to read.
What it does
Without a mod, the help command prints every available command as a long list of plain white text, sorted alphabetically. Servers with many mods installed produce lists that are even longer, and the output can exceed the number of lines chat will show, so some entries are lost. Compact Help Command sorts the commands the same way but divides them into pages, and the player moves between pages through the help output.
Each page can be given different text colors, which separates the commands from one another and makes them easier to scan. Vertical bar spacing, enabled by default, adds a space before and after the bars that mark subcommands. Server owners control the number of commands per page and the color through a config file, and a message is sent to players who use the help command so they know how to navigate pages.
Installation runs on the server alone: players join without installing the mod. Collective is required and must be installed alongside it. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, covering 29 release versions, 1.16.5 – 26.3, under All rights reserved, so the code is not open source.
Key features
Paged help output
Commands are sorted alphabetically and split across pages, so the full list is reachable without overflowing chat.
Colored text
Each page uses text colors that separate the commands, making the output easier to read than plain white text.
Adjustable page size
The amountCommandsPerPage setting, default 8 and ranging from 1 to 50, controls how many commands appear on each page.
Configurable command color
The commandColour setting, default 2 and ranging from 0 to 15, picks the color used for the help command output.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
ModList Command is server-side only, open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, and published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.18 – 26.2, so it lists installed mods rather than paging commands. Sorted Enchantments is a client-side only mod under the MIT License covering 1.14 – 1.21.4, and it has no bearing on the help command.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compact Help Command | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-02 |
| ModList Command | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2025-06-05 |
| Sorted Enchantments | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.14 – 1.21.4 | Client-side only | 2025-09-14 |
Questions
Does Compact Help Command need Collective?
Do players need to install Compact Help Command?
How can the number of commands per page be changed?
Which loaders does Compact Help Command support?
In the catalog
Compact Help Command is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Compact Help Command is a mod which fixes the issue of the in-game /help command not doing what it's supposed to do. Without the mod, the output is a long list of all white text and not sorted alphabetically. When users try to use the command with more mods installed, the list might even be longer than the maximum…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/compact-help-command
- Owner
- Serilum
- Published
- 2022-09-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15