Leaning Or Not
by Raiiiden
Leaning Or Not lets players lean their character around corners and past wall edges, with a lean that follows the player's distance from the wall.
What it does
Leaning Or Not adds a leaning ability to Minecraft Java Edition for Forge 1.20.1. The lean is modeled on how leaning works in the tactical shooter Ready Not, and the author describes the mod as a clone of that mechanic rather than an original design. Players can toggle leaning on and off, hold a key to lean while it stays active, or lean incrementally in steps.
The lean angle adjusts on its own depending on how close the player stands to a wall, and the character's animations change with the angle. The mod also includes a fix for an animation bug where the opposite leg lifted during a lean, along with fixes for possible camera bugs. Both the normal lean and a left alt lean are available, and the extra degrees added by the alt lean can be set in the configuration.
The mod is distributed for Forge only, with a single game version, 1.20.1, and the latest file is 0.3.5-BETA from 2026-07-29. It runs on the client and the server, so both need it. The mod was developed by Zarra Studios and is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. The author has noted that the code was made available on request.
Key features
Toggle and hold lean
Leaning can be switched on and off with a toggle or kept active only while a key is held.
Incremental lean
A lean can be applied in steps, so the player can lean partway instead of only to the full angle.
Wall-based lean angle
The lean angle changes with the player's closeness to a wall, reducing the lean as the wall gets closer.
Lean animations
The character's animations adjust to the current lean angle, and an opposite leg lift bug during leaning is fixed.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Corner clearing in shooter-style play
Players who want a leaning mechanic like the one in Ready Not can lean around corners and wall edges in a survival or adventure world.
Multiplayer servers
Server owners can run the mod so that every player sees the same lean animations and angles, since the mod is needed on both sides.
Who it’s for: Players who want a tactical leaning mechanic on Forge 1.20.1, and server owners who run that version with a shooter-style setup.
Questions
Which Minecraft version and loader does Leaning Or Not support?
Does Leaning Or Not have to be installed on the server?
Can the alt lean angle be changed?
Is Leaning Or Not open source?
In the catalog
Leaning Or Not is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,316 Game mechanics mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Leaning Or Not is meant to clone how leaning works in Ready Or Not. It has both the normal leaning ability as well as left alt lean for 5 extra degrees (configurable). Please report bugs to Discord or GitHub.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/leaning-or-not
- Owner
- Raiiiden
- Published
- 2026-07-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15