Hearty
by zygzaggaming
Hearty is a NeoForge library that changes how hearts are drawn in the health display, and lets other mods customize that rendering.
What it does
Hearty alters how health hearts are rendered on screen. It is a client-side only mod, so only the client needs it and servers run without it. Its rendering hooks let other mods customize the hearts without stepping on each other. Builds are published for NeoForge across 3 release versions, 1.20.4 – 1.21.4, and the code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Heart rendering changes
Modifies how hearts are drawn in the health bar, changing the way player health appears on screen.
Customization hooks
Lets other mods customize the rendering of hearts, so several health-display mods can coexist.
Health display options
Provides several ways of showing health in the game interface, all handled on the client.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Mechanicals Lib is a NeoForge library for 1.21.1 that runs on client and server, under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only. Textualizer is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later and covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.8.9 – 1.21.4, while Hearty targets NeoForge alone.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hearty | NeoForge | 1.20.4 – 1.21.4 | Client-side only | 2026-06-30 |
| Mechanicals Lib | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-12 |
| Textualizer | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.8.9 – 1.21.4 | Client-side only | 2025-04-07 |
Questions
Does Hearty need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does Hearty support?
In the catalog
Hearty is one of 3,514 Library mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,449 Library mods for NeoForge. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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A NeoForge mod that provides several features that change how health is displayed in Minecraft. Then, configure the gpr.user and gpr.key Gradle properties to your GitHub username and a personal access token with read:packages access. It is HIGHLY recommended to keep these properties in your global gradle.properties…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/hearty
- Owner
- zygzaggaming
- Published
- 2024-03-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-30
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15