Kiwi Customization

Blocks and items are described in spreadsheets such as Excel or Google Sheets, or in YAML files, and the content is mainly blocks and items. A Python script turns an edited table into YAML files that Kiwi reads, and a data generation task then produces the resources. Changes appear in the game once the content is regenerated.

The mod is built to replace hand-written code for much of this work, and it focuses on giving development team members a scalable content workflow that people with no programming experience can follow. Non-programmers can change certain properties and see the effect in game without compiling anything. Combined with Lychee, Polytone, KubeJS or other mods, it can produce a range of gameplay additions with no coding at all. The mod also includes systems that make it easier for end users, and its example block, which changes state based on its surroundings, is fully data-driven.

Kiwi Customization requires Kiwi 🥝 as a dependency, and mods that depend on it should declare it directly, the same way they declare any other custom key mod file. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Builds cover 1.21.1, 26.1, 26.1.1 and 26.1.2 for Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt, and the code is under the MIT License.