Crafting Station
by MrTeki
Crafting Station is a Fabric storage block that pairs a crafting table with the chest or container placed directly behind it, so players can craft from that storage without moving items by hand.
What it does
When a crafting table is placed against a container, the station reads the container and shows its contents in a panel beside the usual 3×3 crafting grid. Both halves stay live, so items can be dragged or shift-clicked between the container and the grid. Shift-clicking a container slot sends the item straight to the grid of the station that was opened for it. Recipe ingredients are drawn from nearby storage while the screen stays open, so there is no need to leave it and walk back.
Detection relies on the same vanilla lookup that hoppers rely on, which means any container a hopper can draw from is also readable by the station. A comparator placed against the container reads how full the grid is. Items left in the grid stay set up with the recipe when the screen closes.
Crafting Station is published for Fabric only, with a single version: 0.1.0 for 1.20.1, marked beta and dated 2026-08-22. It needs both the server and every player, since the environment is client and server. The code is released under the MIT License, but the mod is not open source.
Key features
Container display
The crafting table shows the chest or container behind it in a panel next to the 3×3 grid.
Both halves live
Items can be dragged or shift-clicked between the container and the grid, like a normal container screen.
Pull without closing
Ingredients are pulled from storage into the grid while the screen stays open, so recipes are laid out in one place.
Self-sizing panel
The panel grows to match the container and scrolls with the mouse wheel when the storage is larger than the view.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Crafting Continuum Fabric is also a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 with client and server environment and the MIT License, but it is not a container-linked station. Craft From Chests is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 under All rights reserved, so it targets newer builds and is not open source. More Chunk Border Grids is a Fabric mod for 1.20.4 that runs client-side only, with no crafting from storage.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crafting Station | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-22 |
| Crafting Continuum Fabric | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-25 |
| Craft From Chests | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-01-30 |
| More Chunk Border Grids | Fabric | 1.20.4 | Client-side only | 2024-01-16 |
Questions
Does Crafting Station need Fabric API?
Do servers need Crafting Station?
Which Minecraft version does Crafting Station support?
In the catalog
Crafting Station is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
A crafting table that shows the container behind it. Lay out a recipe and pull the ingredients across without closing the screen or walking back and forth. Place the Crafting Station against a container — it faces you when placed, so the block it reads is the one directly behind it. Opening the station shows two…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/crafting-station
- Owner
- MrTeki
- Published
- 2026-08-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15