No Chat Delay

The mod is a client-side change to how incoming chat is handled. Normally a chat packet waits in a processing queue before its text is rendered. No Chat Delay forces the game to verify chat signatures and render the text within the same frame the packet arrives, which removes roughly 50 milliseconds of wait depending on context. Because the change sits on the client, chat appears instantly even when server ticks per second drop.

Only the client needs the mod, so players can join vanilla or modded multiplayer servers without any change on the server side. It works on single-player worlds too. The author states the change leaves message filtering and secure signing intact, and that it only forces the vanilla processing order instead of skipping it. It needs Fabric API on Fabric. On Quilt it has no required dependencies, and the author lists High Compatibility as a companion option.

Builds cover 1.21.11 – 26.2 across five release versions, with 26.2 as the latest Fabric file and 26.1.2 as the latest Quilt file. The code is released under CC0 1.0 Universal, so the mod is open source, and public links exist for the source code and issue tracker. It was first published on 2026-04-09 and last updated on 2026-07-03.