Hotbar Heads
by BillBodkin
Hotbar Heads draws each player's hotbar above their head, so nearby players can see what others hold and how they are doing.
What it does
Each player's hotbar appears above their head for everyone around them. The display can show hearts, hunger, experience and armor, so the state of nearby players is visible without opening any screen. Client and server both need the mod for the hotbars to be shared.
Hotbar Heads is configurable. Options cover how long the hotbar stays visible, when it fades, and which changes trigger an update, such as a new selected item or a drop in health. The mod is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and the source code is public. Files target 1.21.5 only, with 1.0.1 on the beta channel as the latest Fabric build.
Key features
Hotbars above heads
Each player's hotbar is drawn over their character for everyone nearby to see.
Health, hunger, XP and armor
The overhead display can show hearts, hunger, experience and armor values for each player.
Adjustable display
Visibility time, fading and the events that refresh the hotbar can be changed in the settings.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
CoordsMod is client-side only, is released under the MIT License, and targets 1.21.8 on Fabric, so it does not share anything between players. Speech Heads is also client and server, but its license is All rights reserved and it targets 1.21.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotbar Heads | Fabric | 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2026-05-18 |
| CoordsMod | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Client-side only | 2026-02-06 |
| Speech Heads | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-11 |
Questions
Does Hotbar Heads need to be installed on the server?
In the catalog
Hotbar Heads is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.
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What the author says
When installed on the client and server, players can see eachother's hotbars with hearts, hunger, xp, armor etc too. You can configure if you want it to show all the time or just fade in when something on the hotbar changes (selected item, health etc).
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/hotbar-heads
- Owner
- BillBodkin
- Published
- 2026-05-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15