Customize Join Leave
by Avro170
Customize Join Leave lets players and servers replace the default join and leave chat messages with custom text, colors and styling.
What it does
Customize Join Leave is a Fabric mod that changes the messages shown in chat when a player joins or leaves. The join and leave formats can be set separately, each with its own colors and text styles such as bold and italic. Player names and the symbols around them can be colored independently, so a message can show a green plus sign, a yellow bracket and a red name in one line. Default messages remain available for anyone who prefers the vanilla wording.
The mod works with the 157 Minecraft languages and handles complete color text formatting. Settings are reached from the mod configuration screen, which opens through a Mod Menu button once the mod and Mod Menu are installed. That screen is built on YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL), which is an optional dependency and gives the configuration its layout. The mod is open source under the MIT License, and its source code and issue tracker are public. It runs client-side only, so servers do not need to install it.
Key features
Custom join and leave formats
The text shown when a player joins or leaves can be rewritten, separately for each event.
Color control per element
Join and leave formats take their own colors, and the symbols around player names can be colored independently.
Bold and italic styling
Message text can be styled with bold and italic formatting in both join and leave lines.
Settings screen
A configuration screen built with YACL lets players adjust the messages without editing files.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Optional 2
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want their own wording and colors for join and leave messages in chat. The mod changes only the local client display, so a server does not need it installed.
How it compares
Better Join Messages is a server-side only Fabric mod under the MIT License, published for 1.21.11 – 26.3, so it changes messages on the server. Custom Join & Leave Messages covers Fabric and Forge for 1.16.5 – 1.19.3 and is server-side only under All rights reserved. No Join Leave Messages is also server-side only, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and covers 1.21 – 1.21.11. Customize Join Leave differs by running on the client alone.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customize Join Leave | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2025-11-06 |
| Better Join Messages | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-04 |
| Custom Join & Leave Messages | Fabric and Forge | 1.16.5 – 1.19.3 | Server-side only | 2023-01-19 |
| No Join Leave Messages | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-01-20 |
Questions
Does Customize Join Leave need to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does Customize Join Leave support?
Are the configuration options optional?
In the catalog
Customize Join Leave is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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A lightweight Fabric mod for Minecraft that allows you to customize join and leave messages in the chat. Fully supports all 157 Minecraft languages with complete color and text formatting customization. Press the Mod Menu button (if installed) or open the mod configuration to customize: - Join message format and…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/customize-join-leave
- Owner
- Avro170
- Published
- 2025-11-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-11-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15