Convenient Name Tags
by mim1q
Convenient Name Tags lets players right-click a held tag in the air to open a rename screen, with no Anvil needed.
What it does
Holding a tag and right-clicking opens a screen where it can be renamed directly, bypassing the Anvil. The change applies to the tag itself, so the mod works as a shortcut around the usual item workflow.
The mod also extends naming to more mobs and adds a crafting recipe. Villagers and Wandering Traders can now be renamed. Renamed mobs drop their tag when killed, and a mob that already carries one can receive another. Shift-right-clicking a renamed mob with Shears removes its name.
Convenient Name Tags is open source under the Apache License 2.0 and is published for Fabric only, for 1.19 – 1.20.1 across six release versions. Fabric API is required. Installation covers the server and each player's game. The latest file is 1.1.0 for 1.20.1, released on 2023-10-01.
Key features
Rename screen
Right-clicking a held tag in the air opens a screen for typing a new name.
Crafting recipe
A crafting recipe for the tag is added, so the item can be made without finding one first.
Villager renaming
Villagers and Wandering Traders can be renamed with a tag.
Tag recovery
Renamed mobs drop their tag on death, and Shears remove the name when used with a shift-right-click.
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.
Required 1
Use cases
Naming animals and villagers
Players who keep named livestock, pets or villagers can rename them without visiting an Anvil.
Shared servers
Server owners can run it so that players on the same world all rename mobs the same way.
Who it’s for: Players who rename mobs often, and server owners who want a simpler renaming flow for their players. Because both the server and clients need the mod, it suits groups that agree to install it together.
How it compares
Craftable Name Tags is a server mod with files for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 1.14 – 1.20.6, under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, and it is not open source. Colored Name Tags runs on both the client and the server, is open source under the MIT License and covers Fabric builds for 1.20.1 – 1.21.8. Name Tailor is licensed as All rights reserved, is not open source, and targets Fabric for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convenient Name Tags | Fabric | 1.19 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-10-01 |
| Craftable Name Tags | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.14 – 1.20.6 | Server required, client optional | 2025-08-28 |
| Colored Name Tags | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-09-09 |
| Name Tailor | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-03-12 |
Questions
Does Convenient Name Tags need Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod?
Which game versions does it cover?
In the catalog
Convenient Name Tags is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Surprise - that's exactly what this mod does! It makes several improvements to the way Name Tags work. After right clicking with a Name Tag in your main hand, you will be presented with a screen that allows you to rename the Name Tag without the use of an Anvil.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/convenient-name-tags
- Owner
- mim1q
- Published
- 2022-08-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-10-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15