Loominary
Loominary turns an image, including an animated GIF, into map art that Minecraft renders on wall maps, and it adds a web editor and placement tools for building it.
What it does
Loominary is a Fabric mod that converts PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF and BMP files into map art. Colors are matched in the perceptual OKLab space, with optional dithering. A single image can be split across an N by M grid of wall maps, and the mod sizes the output to a byte budget automatically. GIFs are stored as AV1-encoded animations, and the maps play them back frame-synced for every viewer.
The mod includes an editor for arranging and previewing murals, an autonomous building routine called walk print, which walks the player along a platform while it places carpet, and AES-256-GCM password protection for art that should only be rebuilt by people who hold the key. Exported files can be rebuilt by anyone who has them, without the original world. Loominary is open source under the MIT License and is published for 1.21.4 only. Fabric API is required, and Litematica is an optional companion. The mod is client-side only, so servers run vanilla and the exported art works on a vanilla server.
Key features
Image to map art
Converts common image formats into wall maps with perceptual color matching and optional dithering.
Animated maps
GIF animations are encoded as AV1 and play back in sync across all viewers of the maps.
Multi-map murals
One image is split across a grid of maps, with dithering that continues across the seams.
Encrypted art
Password protection uses AES-256-GCM with multiple key slots, so several passwords can open one piece.
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 1
Optional 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Builders who want picture walls or animated displays in survival or creative worlds, and players who share map art with a password.
How it compares
Loominary is a client-side Fabric mod, licensed under the MIT License and open source. MapCanvas is also open source, but under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, is published for Fabric with 1.21.11 files, and is designed for client and server. Voxelmatica is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 under the MIT License, and it is not open source; it can run on either side.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loominary | Fabric | 1.21.4 | Client-side only | 2026-07-13 |
| MapCanvas | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-03-11 |
| Voxelmatica | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client or server, optional | 2026-02-28 |
Questions
Does Loominary need Fabric API?
Does a server need Loominary to show the art?
Which game versions does Loominary support?
In the catalog
Loominary is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
Turn any image, even an animated GIF, into Minecraft map art that works on any vanilla server. Loominary is a client-side Fabric mod (Minecraft 1.21.4) paired with a browser-based editor. You design and encode your art in the web editor, place a carpet schematic in-game, and scan it with a map. Everyone running…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/loominary
- Owner
- zerohpminecraft
- Published
- 2026-05-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15