Out Of Sight Out Of Mind
by Borukva
Out Of Sight Out Of Mind lets each player hide chat messages from chosen other players on a Fabric server, filtering them before they are sent.
What it does
A player keeps a personal ignore list. Messages from anyone on that list are cancelled for the player on the list, so they never reach the recipient's chat window. The sender receives no indication that their messages were dropped, and other players still see them normally.
Filtering happens on the server. The mod intercepts chat at the network handler level, in ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.sendPlayerChatMessage, before the message leaves the server. Because of that, the filter works on vanilla Minecraft clients without any installation on the player side, and a server owner can run it alone.
The mod needs Fabric API. It also bundles fabric-permissions-api internally. It is published for Fabric only, for game versions 1.21.10 and 1.21.11, and the environment is server-side only, so players join without installing anything. The code is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
Key features
Per-player ignore list
Each player can add or remove other players from a personal list, and only that player's view of chat changes.
Server-side filtering
Messages from ignored players are removed before they are sent, so they never appear in the recipient's chat at all.
Silent to the sender
The sender is not notified that their messages were blocked, and other players continue to receive them.
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
Embedded 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners who want a chat filter that needs no client mod, and players on servers that run the mod who want to hide messages from particular people.
How it compares
Personal Messages is open source under the MIT License and runs server-side only, for 1.21.1. Pingle is also server-side only and uses the MIT License, but is published for 1.21.8. FabrChatDisabling is client-side only under the MIT License for 1.21.11, so it changes only the player's own client. BetterChat is client-side only, not open source, and covers 1.21.8 – 1.21.11.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Out Of Sight Out Of Mind | Fabric | 1.21.10 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-01-09 |
| Personal Messages | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-07-02 |
| Pingle | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2025-08-22 |
| FabrChatDisabling | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-05-14 |
| BetterChat | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-02-24 |
Questions
Does Out Of Sight Out Of Mind need Fabric API?
Do players have to install the mod?
Does the sender know their messages were blocked?
Which server option interacts with the filter?
In the catalog
Out Of Sight Out Of Mind is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Messages from ignored players are filtered server-side before being sent to you, so they won't appear in your chat at all. This mod is compatible with: - Vanilla Minecraft - Works out of the box - StyledChat - Fully compatible, messages are filtered at the network level - FabrixProxy-Lite - Compatible if option…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/out-of-sight-out-of-mind
- Owner
- Borukva
- Published
- 2026-01-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15