GlideUI
by LorDragon
When a player opens a chest, furnace or anvil, GlideUI makes the screen slide and fade in and out instead of popping up.
What it does
Each animation can use one of many easing curves, from Linear and Sine through Expo, Back and Elastic, plus Bounce variants, and can expand from the middle or slide in from any side. Screens added by other mods are picked up automatically, so modded GUIs animate without extra setup.
Animation duration is set in milliseconds. A background tint in a chosen color fades in with the animation, and a background blur whose intensity runs from 0 to 100 percent ramps up with it. The mod has a master toggle, a per-screen class blacklist and a toggle for modded GUIs and the creative inventory, all set in its editable config file.
Installation requires Fabric. It is installed on the player's side alone, so servers need nothing. The current file is 1.0.1 for 1.21.11, published 2026-06-08, released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license; the mod is not open source.
Key features
Open and close animations
Inventory-style screens get eased open and close animations, with a choice of 11 easing types and their Bounce variants.
Animation types
Screens can expand from the middle, or slide in from the left, right, top or bottom, set separately for opening and closing.
Background tint and blur
A configurable color tint and a blur from 0 to 100 percent both fade in with each animation.
Per-screen control
A master toggle, a creative inventory switch, a modded GUI switch and a class blacklist decide which screens animate.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
UTFFT is a Fabric client-side mod for 1.21.1 under the MIT License and is open source. FlowUI is also a Fabric client-side mod, for 1.21.11 under the MIT License, and is open source. Tablist Plus is a Fabric client-side mod for 1.21.11 that is not open source, covered by All rights reserved. GlideUI differs from these by offering animated container screens with blur and tint, while the alternatives are described here only by their loader, version range, environment and license.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GlideUI | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-06-08 |
| UTFFT | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2024-10-19 |
| FlowUI | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-07-28 |
| Tablist Plus | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-06-07 |
Questions
Does GlideUI need Fabric API?
Does GlideUI have to be installed on a server?
Can GlideUI be turned off for some screens?
In the catalog
GlideUI is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
GlideUI is a client-side Fabric mod that adds smooth open/close animations to inventory-style GUIs (player inventory, chests, furnaces, anvils, and other container screens). It works automatically with modded GUIs and screens added by other mods, inspired by flow mod! Features Ease In / Ease Out animations when…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/glideui
- Owner
- LorDragon
- Published
- 2026-05-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15