Iconic
Iconic lets players attach a custom icon to their chat messages, client side, on Fabric and Quilt for 1.20.4 – 1.20.6.
What it does
Icons are chosen from the mod's built-in set or uploaded as images, and they appear next to chat messages. Because the feature runs on the client, a server does not need the mod to show icons to players who have it installed. The mod is open source under the GNU General Public License v2.0 only, with its source code and issue tracker public.
Iconic requires Fabric API and Fabric Language Kotlin, and Figura and No Chat Reports are optional companions. Symbol Chat is listed as incompatible. Files are published for 1.20.4, 1.20.5 and 1.20.6, and the latest builds are 2.0.0 for 1.20.4, released on 2024-07-16 for both Fabric and Quilt.
Key features
Built-in icon set
A set of ready icons is bundled, including animated ones such as a spinning banana, a dancing bird and a bopping cat.
Uploaded icons
Players can use their own image files as icons, with a 1 megabyte size limit and a square layout recommended.
Generated icons
Icons can be created from a player skin as a 3D render, from a player's PetPet animation, or from a URL.
Animated icon frames
An animated icon is a strip of square frames, each shown for about 37.5 milliseconds before the loop restarts.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Optional 2
Incompatible 1
Use cases
Themed chat on a client
Players who want distinct icons in their own chat can use the built-in set or uploaded images without asking the server for anything.
Animated icons from GIFs
An animated GIF can be converted into the frame layout the mod expects, then added as an icon.
Who it’s for: Players who want to personalize their chat on Fabric or Quilt, and anyone who wants icons in private and team messages.
How it compares
Emotional Support Block is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 that runs on client and server together, under the MIT License, and it is not open source. Toggle /teammsg is a client-side only Fabric mod for 1.20.1, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. meeps is a client-side only Fabric mod for 1.20.4 under All rights reserved, and it is not open source. Iconic covers 1.20.4 – 1.20.6 on Fabric and Quilt.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iconic | Fabric and Quilt | 1.20.4 – 1.20.6 | Client-side only | 2024-07-16 |
| Emotional Support Block | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-12-22 |
| Toggle /teammsg | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2023-10-30 |
| meeps | Fabric | 1.20.4 | Client-side only | 2024-03-08 |
Questions
Does Iconic need Fabric API?
Does the server have to install Iconic?
Can Iconic be used with Symbol Chat?
Which game versions does Iconic support?
In the catalog
Iconic is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
The following document is relevant for Iconic 2.0.0. The mod works by hiding an icon id in the chat. If the actual chat message sent exceeds the maximum length of 256 characters, a warning will be shown. Don't icon spam too much.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/iconic-chat
- Owner
- Totobird-Creations
- Published
- 2024-07-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-07-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15