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Fancy Door Animations - Hold My Doors

by Yomna

With Fancy Door Animations - Hold My Doors installed, vanilla doors and trapdoors open and close with a smooth animation on the client.

FabricClient-side onlyAll rights reserved1.20.2 – 26.2

What it does

The Fancy Door Animations - Hold My Doors mod replaces the instant swing of vanilla doors and trapdoors with a fluid open and close motion. The animation can start from any source, whether a player, redstone, a mob or a network event, and it changes only how the model moves, leaving the block itself as it is.

The mod is client-side only, so a server does not need to install it and players can join without it. Settings can be changed in-game through Mod Menu, or by editing the config file directly. Manual edits apply on the next world or server join, while Mod Menu changes take effect as soon as they are saved.

Fabric API is required. Cloth Config API and Mod Menu are optional and add the in-game settings screen. The mod is published for Fabric only, with files across 21 release versions in the 1.20.2 – 26.2 range, and it is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.

Key features

  1. Animated doors and trapdoors

    Vanilla doors and trapdoors open and close with a fluid motion instead of snapping into place.

  2. Any trigger

    The animation plays whether a player, redstone signal, mob or network event moves the door.

  3. Double doors together

    Both halves of a double door open at once, so the pair moves as one unit.

  4. Adjustable timing

    Duration can be set between 60 and 5000 milliseconds, and the reveal point controls when the vanilla model reappears before the animation ends.

  5. Resource pack support

    The animation works with existing resource packs and models without replacing their textures.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
26.21.4.1
26.1.21.4.0
26.1.11.4.0
26.11.4.0
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.21.111.3.0
1.21.101.1.1
1.21.91.1.1
1.21.81.0.1
1.21.71.0.1
1.21.61.0.1
1.21.51.0.1
1.21.41.0.1
1.21.31.0.2
1.21.21.0.2
1.21.11.0.2
1.211.0.2
1.20.x5 of 5 versions with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

Optional 2

Mod MenuAdds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
Optional
Cloth Config APIConfiguration Library for Minecraft Mods
Optional

Use cases

Building with doors

Builders who use many doors in a house, castle or town can give them a smoother look without changing any blocks.

Redstone contraptions

Doors driven by redstone circuits animate as they open and close, which makes timed or automated passages easier to follow.

Who it’s for: Players who want smoother door movement in vanilla-style builds, and server owners who want the effect without requiring a server install.

How it compares

Full comparison

Smooth Double Doors is open source under the Apache License 2.0, runs on client and server, and is published for Fabric only for 1.21.8 – 1.21.11. Well Greased is client-side only and works for 1.21.4 alone under All rights reserved. Stupid Block Animations is client-side only under a custom license and covers 1.20.1 – 26.3, which is wider than the range this mod targets.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Fancy Door Animations - Hold My DoorsFabric1.20.2 – 26.2Client-side only2026-07-22
Smooth Double DoorsFabric1.21.8 – 1.21.11Client and server2026-01-03
Well GreasedFabric1.21.4Client-side only2025-11-25
Stupid Block AnimationsFabric1.20.1 – 26.3Client-side only2026-09-19

Questions

Does Fancy Door Animations - Hold My Doors need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is required, and the mod is published for the Fabric loader only.

Does a server need to install this mod?

No. The mod is client-side only, so players can join a server without it and still see the animation on their own client.

Why do config changes sometimes wait until the next join?

Manual edits to the config file are read on the next world or server join. Changes saved in Mod Menu apply immediately.

Does the fence gate animation work yet?

No. The fence gate option exists in the settings, but the animation is still in progress, so enabling it has no visual effect yet.

In the catalog

Fancy Door Animations - Hold My Doors is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.

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What the author says

Smooth, client-side animations for vanilla doors. Multiplayer-safe, resource-pack friendly, Sodium and Iris compatible by design. Manual JSON edits are picked up on the next world/server join. ModMenu changes apply immediately on save.
Yomna, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Yomna
Published
2025-09-28
Updated on Modrinth
2026-07-22
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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