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Neat

by Vazkii

Unit Frames drawn above every entity, showing health, armor and name, come from Neat, a client-side utility mod by Vazkii.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltClient-side onlyCC-BY-NC-SA-3.01.7.10 – 26.2

What it does

Each mob or player in view gets a small frame above its head. The frame shows the entity's name, a health bar and its armor value. The health bar shifts from green through yellow to red as health drops, and the bar is hidden when a block sits between the player and the entity.

Neat groups the health bars of mobs that stack together, such as a spider riding a jockey, into one frame. It also reads Minecraft's scoreboard teams, so members of a team show a colored name. A mob with a Smite or Bane of Arthropods attribute displays that attribute as well. Most of the display can be adjusted in the configuration screen. Neat requires Cloth Config API and Fabric API, and it is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with the latest build at 26.2-49 for 26.2. It is released under the CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license and is not open source.

Key features

  1. Entity name and health

    Every visible entity shows its name above its head together with a health bar.

  2. Health color scale

    The health bar moves from green to yellow to red as the entity loses health.

  3. Armor and attributes

    The frame displays the entity's armor value and any Smite or Bane of Arthropods attribute.

  4. Stacked mob groups

    Mobs stacked on each other, such as jockeys, are combined into a single health display.

  5. Team name colors

    Players and mobs placed in scoreboard teams have their names drawn in the team color.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
26.226.2-49-fabricNot available26.2-49-neoforge26.2-49-fabric
26.1.226.1.2-48-fabricNot available26.1.2-48-neoforge26.1.2-48-fabric
26.1.1Not availableNot available26.1.2-48-neoforgeNot available
26.1Not availableNot available26.1.2-48-neoforgeNot available
1.21.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.21.81.21.6-45-fabricNot available1.21.6-45-neoforge1.21.6-45-fabric
1.21.71.21.6-45-fabricNot available1.21.6-45-neoforge1.21.6-45-fabric
1.21.61.21.6-45-fabricNot available1.21.6-45-neoforge1.21.6-45-fabric
1.21.51.21.5-44-fabricNot available1.21.5-44-neoforge1.21.5-44-fabric
1.21.41.21.4-43-fabricNot available1.21.4-43-neoforge1.21.4-43-fabric
1.21.11.21.1-47-fabricNot available1.21.1-47-neoforge1.21.1-47-fabric
1.211.21-40-fabricNot available1.21-40-neoforge1.21-40-fabric
1.20.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.20.11.20.1-41-fabric1.20.1-41-forgeNot available1.20.1-41-fabric
1.201.20-35-fabric1.20-35-forgeNot available1.20-35-fabric
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.15.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.14.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.12.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.11.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.10.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.9.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.8.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.7.x1 of 1 version with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 2

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required
Cloth Config APIConfiguration Library for Minecraft Mods
Required

Required by 1 mod

ExtraDE Neat Compat1.20 – 1.20.2

Use cases

Monster hunting

A player checking how much health a mob has left before the next hit can read it without targeting.

Mob farm setup

A player tuning a mob farm can see which entities are stacked and how much armor they carry.

Who it’s for: Players who want more information about nearby mobs and other players in the world view, and who are comfortable adjusting display settings.

How it compares

Full comparison

Player Health Indicators is a Fabric-only client mod for 1.16 – 1.21 under the MIT License, and it is open source. Nameplate is open source under the MIT License and covers 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 on Fabric, but it needs both the client and the server. ne0hud is client-side for Fabric 1.18.2 – 1.19 under the MIT License and is not open source. Neat is client-side only and not open source, released under CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
NeatFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.7.10 – 26.2Client-side only2026-06-19
Player Health IndicatorsFabric1.16 – 1.21Client-side only2024-07-27
NameplateFabric1.19.2 – 1.21.1Client and server2025-09-04
ne0hudFabric1.18.2 – 1.19Client-side only2022-07-10

Questions

Does Neat need Fabric API on Forge?

No. Fabric API is required only on Fabric and Quilt. Cloth Config API is required on every loader.

Does the server need Neat installed?

No. Neat is client-side only, so only the player's client needs it and the server can run without it.

Which mods use Neat?

ExtraDE Neat Compat requires Neat, so it is one of the mods that depend on it.

Can the health bars be turned off for some mobs?

Most of the display options are set in the configuration screen, so the frames can be adjusted to suit the player.

In the catalog

Neat is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.

Utility mods36,990Fabric modsMods for 26.213,894

More from Vazkii

All projects
Patchouli1.12.2 – 26.1.2Quark1.9.4 – 1.21.1Zeta1.20.1 – 1.21.1Botania1.6.4 – 1.20.1AutoRegLib1.12.2 – 1.19.2Quark Oddities1.12.2 – 1.21.1

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What the author says

Neat is a mod that adds Unit Frames to the top of every entity, as seen in the image above. You can see info such as name, health, and armor. Yes, the name is a pun on Tidy Plates.
Vazkii, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Vazkii
Published
2022-05-30
Updated on Modrinth
2026-06-19
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

Utility
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