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GuideME

by shartte

With GuideME, mod and modpack makers can write in-game guidebooks using markdown, live 3D scenes and linked topics that players open from the item they describe.

ForgeNeoForgeClient and serverCustom license1.20.1 – 26.3

What it does

The toolkit renders guidebook pages from markdown with scrolling and an advanced text layout engine that supports reflow and inline elements. Pages can hold interactive 3D scenes with annotations that illustrate concepts from a mod, and recipes can be shown inline in a JEI-style layout. Authors can extend the markdown syntax with their own inline and block elements through a widget system, and extend recipe rendering so their own recipes appear in the guide.

Players reach the relevant page from an item tooltip by holding G, and topics link to one another with quick information in link tooltips. For modders, the library exposes an extensibility API for tags, widgets and recipe displays. Install it on the client and server together, since both sides need the mod. GuideME is published for Forge and NeoForge under a custom license that is not open source, with source code and an issue tracker linked from its listing. Files exist for 1.20.1, 1.20.4, 1.21.1, 1.21.5, 1.21.8, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1.1, 26.1.2, 26.2 and 26.3, and snapshot builds are published.

Key features

  1. Scrolling guide pages

    Guide pages scroll smoothly, with content kept at the front of the screen.

  2. Live 3D scenes

    Pages embed interactive 3D scenes with annotations that show how a mod's objects work.

  3. Inline recipes

    Recipes appear inside a page in a JEI-style layout, next to the text that describes them.

  4. Hold G lookup

    Holding G on an item tooltip jumps straight to the matching guidebook page.

  5. Custom markdown tags

    Inline and block tags can be added to markdown and backed by custom widgets.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
26.3Not available26.3.3-alpha
26.2Not available26.2.2-alpha
26.1.2Not available26.1.15-beta
26.1.1Not available26.1.9-alpha
1.21.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.11Not available21.11.1-beta
1.21.10Not available21.10.2-beta
1.21.8Not available21.8.3
1.21.5Not available21.5.9-beta
1.21.1Not available21.1.19
1.20.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.20.4Not available20.4.6
1.20.120.1.15Not available
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.

Required by 20 mods

Use cases

Modpack guides

Pack makers can document machines, quests and progression in one searchable guidebook.

Mod documentation

Mod authors can explain their items with 3D scenes and cross-linked topics instead of static images.

Who it’s for: Mod authors who want an in-game guidebook, and modpack makers who need a single place to document their pack.

Questions

Does GuideME need to be installed on the server?

Yes. Installation covers the server and each player's game.

Can GuideME be used with Fabric?

No. The mod is published for Forge and NeoForge only.

Which mods depend on GuideME?

20 catalog mods require it, for example Applied Energistics 2, Powah!, Modern Industrialization, Extended AE and Applied Flux.

In the catalog

GuideME is one of 3,514 Library mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,576 Library mods for Forge. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.

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What the author says

The following is an example page from the AE2 guidebook (source).
shartte, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
shartte
Published
2025-01-17
Updated on Modrinth
2026-10-08
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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