Easy Channels
by Riser876
Easy Channels lets server owners set up custom chat channels that players can join, leave and manage from inside the game, with message rules set per channel.
What it does
Chat channels for Fabric servers. Players create and manage their own custom channels, and each one can be tuned for how messages behave and how they look. Local and custom channels both accept permission settings, so a server can decide who may read or write in each one. The mod targets only the 1.20.1 game version on Fabric.
Fabric API is required and must sit next to the mod. Text Placeholder API and fabric-permissions-api are bundled inside the mod, so nothing extra is needed for them. LuckPerms and Styled Chat are optional: Styled Chat supplies the local channel format, and LuckPerms supplies permission nodes, though a permission manager like it is needed for permission nodes to be used. Easy Channels is server-side only, so players join without installing it, and it is released under the Apache License 2.0 as open source.
Key features
Custom chat channels
Players can create and manage custom channels, each with its own message settings.
Permission nodes per channel
Send and receive permissions can be set with nodes or an operator level, and default channels require them to talk.
Local channel radius
The local channel uses a configurable message radius, limited to one dimension, and can use a literal or global format.
Styled Chat integration
When Styled Chat is present, the local channel format is provided through it, while regular chat keeps its own format.
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
Optional 2
Embedded 2
Use cases
Separating team chat
A server can give a group its own channel and limit who may send or receive messages in it.
Local conversation
Players near each other can talk in a radius-based local channel rather than the whole server.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want organized, permission-controlled chat for their players. Players join without installing anything.
How it compares
Fabric Automessage is a server-side Fabric mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License, covering automated messages rather than channels. Carbon Chat is an open source Fabric mod under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, published for 1.19.4 – 26.3, with a broader chat scope. StaffChat is server-side only for 1.21.1 under the MIT License and is not open source. Client Chat Channels is client-side only, for Fabric and NeoForge across 1.21 – 26.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy Channels | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2024-10-28 |
| Carbon Chat | Fabric | 1.19.4 – 26.3 | Not published | 2026-09-18 |
| Fabric Automessage | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2023-07-24 |
| StaffChat | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-04-16 |
| Client Chat Channels | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-08 |
Questions
Does Easy Channels need to be installed on the client?
Does Easy Channels require LuckPerms?
Which loader does Easy Channels support?
In the catalog
Easy Channels is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
EasyChannels is a Minecraft mod enabling players to create and manage custom chat channels with extensive options for message behavior and appearance. Made to Work With: Styled Chat If the local channel from EasyChannels is enabled, only the style format for the regular chat provided by Styled Chat will be overwritten.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/easychannels
- Owner
- Riser876
- Published
- 2024-10-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-10-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15