Markdown
Markdown lets players type chat messages with formatting marks, so bold, italic, strikethrough and other styles appear in the chat window.
What it does
Markdown changes how chat messages are shown on the client. A player writes text with formatting marks and the chat displays bold, italic, obfuscated, strikethrough and underscored text instead of the raw characters. The changes affect only the chat window of the player who installs the mod, so nothing is altered on a server.
The mod runs on Fabric for Minecraft 1.20.1 alone, and installation requires MCEF (Minecraft Chromium Embedded Framework) next to it. Markdown is client-side only, so a player who joins a server without it sees plain text from others and still can use the styling with their own installation. The file is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Bold text
Text wrapped in the usual markers appears in bold inside the chat window.
Italic text
Text marked for emphasis is rendered in italics, leaving the surrounding message unchanged.
Obfuscated text
Marked characters cycle through random glyphs, a style that vanilla chat cannot show.
Strikethrough and underscore
Strikethrough and underlined spans are drawn in the chat, so crossed-out or emphasized words stand out.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Chatting on a multiplayer server
A player who installs the mod can format their own messages while other players continue to see them in the chat window.
Single-player chat
The styling works in a single-player world, where it can be used to test formatting before using it on a server.
Who it’s for: Players who use Minecraft 1.20.1 with Fabric and want richer chat formatting on their own client. The mod suits players who already run MCEF or are willing to install it.
How it compares
mark it! is a Fabric and Forge client mod for 1.20 – 1.20.6, open source under the BSD 3-Clause License, with the same client-side environment. Minedown is a server-side only mod for Fabric and NeoForge across 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, so it changes what the server sends rather than what a player sees. ChatAbove is a client mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 under the MIT License.
Questions
Does Markdown require MCEF?
Does Markdown need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Markdown support?
In the catalog
Markdown is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/markdown
- Owner
- maxmag_change
- Published
- 2026-06-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-26
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15