Ghost Inventory
by manuel197494
Ghost Inventory catches items a player tries to pick up while the inventory is full, holding them in a hidden buffer for 300 seconds.
What it does
When a player walks over an item with no free slot, the mod detects the attempt and moves the item into a server-side buffer instead of leaving it on the ground. Each stored item stays there for exactly 300 seconds, or five minutes, before it is cleared from the buffer.
Pressing G opens a storage menu that lists the buffered items. Clicking one there swaps it straight into the active hotbar slot, and items move from the buffer into the inventory on their own as soon as a slot frees up.
Ghost Inventory is built for Fabric on Minecraft 1.20.1 only, and the environment is client and server, so the server and every player need it. The mod is released under the MIT License and is not open source.
Key features
Smart interception
The mod detects when an item pickup would exceed the inventory's capacity and routes the item elsewhere.
Hidden buffer
Excess items are stored server-side in a buffer rather than being left lying on the ground.
Ghost menu
A keybind opens a view of the buffered items, so the contents can be checked without emptying the inventory.
Instant hotbar swapping
A click in the menu moves a buffered item into the active hotbar slot at once.
Five-minute grace period
Each item is held for exactly 300 seconds before it is cleared from the buffer.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Ghost Logout is a server-side only Fabric mod for 1.19.2 – 1.20.1, open source under the Apache License 2.0. Inventory swapping works on Fabric and Forge for 1.20 – 1.21.4 and is client-side only under the MIT License, so it is not open source. Ghost Fishing Fixes is client and server on Fabric for 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 and open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Inventory | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-01-02 |
| Ghost Logout | Fabric | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2023-08-23 |
| Inventory swapping | Fabric and Forge | 1.20 – 1.21.4 | Client-side only | 2025-03-22 |
| Ghost Fishing Fixes | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-03-30 |
Questions
Does Ghost Inventory need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does Ghost Inventory support?
How long does a buffered item stay in the menu?
In the catalog
Ghost Inventory 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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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ghost-inventory
- Owner
- manuel197494
- Published
- 2026-01-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15