No Creative Menu
by Joii-exe
No Creative Menu replaces the vanilla creative inventory with a lighter survival-style inventory for players who rely on JEI, REI or EMI.
What it does
The mod is a client-side utility that turns off the vanilla creative inventory. Inside the inventory screen, a single button toggles between the complete creative view and a lighter survival-style layout, and the creative tabs load only once a player opens them. Because the full menu has to fill dozens of tabs with thousands of items and build search trees, opening it can cause noticeable lag spikes in large modpacks; skipping that work saves CPU time and memory.
Players who already use JEI, REI or EMI for item lookup gain little from the vanilla creative screen, and the mod is built for that setup. Installation is required only on the client, so servers run without it and players join without changes. Files are published for Fabric and NeoForge, with builds for 1.21.1, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2 and 26.2, and the latest is 1.1.0 for 26.2, released 2026-07-21. The code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Hidden creative inventory
The vanilla creative inventory is turned off, so its tabs and item grids are never built.
Inventory switch button
A button in the inventory toggles between the full creative screen and the survival-style inventory.
Toggle fly control
A toggle lets the player keep or remove the ability to fly while the creative screen is hidden.
Configurable button corner
Eight corner presets move the switch button so it does not overlap buttons from other mods.
Startup timing log
Power users can read the exact initialization time in milliseconds on the screen or in the console.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who run item browsers such as JEI, REI or EMI and want the inventory to open quickly, and players in large modpacks who notice lag when the vanilla creative screen loads.
How it compares
Free Cursor is a client-side mod for Fabric and NeoForge, open source under the GNU General Public License v2.0 only, with files for 1.20.5 – 26.3; it changes cursor behavior rather than the inventory. Idle Boost is a client-side mod for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, published for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 under a custom license that is not open source. Distraction Free Recipes covers JEI, REI and EMI on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20 – 1.21.1 under a custom license that is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Creative Menu | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-21 |
| Free Cursor | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20.5 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-27 |
| Idle Boost | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2024-09-26 |
| Distraction Free Recipes (EMI / REI / JEI) | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2025-01-21 |
Questions
Does No Creative Menu need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does No Creative Menu support?
Does the mod remove creative mode?
In the catalog
No Creative Menu is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,575 Optimization mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
NoCreativeMenu is a lightweight, high-performance client-side utility for Minecraft that allows you to disable the vanilla creative inventory. Perfect for those who rely on external item browsers like JEI, REI, or EMI. For both Fabric and Neoforge In large modpacks, the vanilla creative menu becomes a source of…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/no-creative-menu
- Owner
- Joii-exe
- Published
- 2026-04-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15