Emote
by hanhy06
Emote adds a server-side emote system that plays animations on players using Minecraft display entities, with an optional client-side emote wheel.
What it does
Emote plays animations with Minecraft display entities. The server runs the feature, so players can join without installing it. A client that also runs the mod gets an emote wheel, and the view switches to third person during playback. Fabric API is required, and Polymer and fabric-permissions-api are bundled inside the mod, so neither needs a separate install.
Emote is released for Fabric across five release versions, 26.1 – 26.3, with snapshot builds published for the same line. Its latest file, 2.3.1+26.3, targets 26.3 and dates from 2026-10-05. The code is open source under the Apache License 2.0, and public links exist for the source, the issue tracker and the wiki.
Emote lets server owners set emote permissions with LuckPerms, and other mods can register emotes and control playback through the server API. A web converter turns models from BD Engine, GeckoLib and Animated Java into emote files, and processing happens locally in the browser.
Key features
Emote wheel and editor
The client wheel lets a player add, remove and reorder entries, and the editor searches emotes by name, ID, description and tags.
Permissions per emote
Emote permissions decide which emotes and idle emotes each player can use, and administrative commands require the emote.manage permission.
JSON emote files
Emotes load from JSON files in a configuration directory, with sample emotes created on first startup. Invalid files are skipped one at a time.
Player skin textures
A Mineskin API key can generate player skin textures for registered accounts, and cached textures stay usable without either credential.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Embedded 2
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners who want player emotes on Fabric, and mod authors who want to register their own animations through the server API.
How it compares
Emote is server-side and open source under the Apache License 2.0, published for 26.1 – 26.3. TwitchierChat is also server-side and open source, under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, but it targets 26.2 – 26.3. Cosmiq is client-side only and not open source, with files for 1.21 – 26.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emote | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-05 |
| TwitchierChat | Fabric | 26.2 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-19 |
| Cosmiq | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-24 |
Questions
Does Emote require Fabric API?
Does every player need to install Emote?
How are custom emotes added?
In the catalog
Emote is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Emote is a server-side emote mod that plays animations with Minecraft display entities. All server features work when the mod is installed only on the server. Installing it on the client is optional and adds an emote wheel and automatic third-person view during playback. The web converter supports BD Engine…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/emote
- Owner
- hanhy06
- Published
- 2026-03-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15