Photo Chat
by AndrewImm-OP
Photo Chat lets players send real images straight into Minecraft chat, with inline previews that scroll alongside ordinary messages.
What it does
Photo Chat draws pictures inside the chat window, placed just below the Photo label. Thumbnails move with other messages, and a click opens a full viewer that supports zoom and pan. Images can be chosen through the operating system file picker or sent as a direct URL, and a sent photo can be marked as a spoiler so it stays censored until a viewer chooses to reveal it.
On a multiplayer server, the server must also run Photo Chat, because it relays each photo to everyone in the chat. Players without the client mod still join the server and receive a brief text message in place of the picture. The mod modifies the chat interface to draw previews, so other chat-UI mods can behave differently with it. The mod runs on the client and the server, and it is released under the MIT License, but it is not open source. It is published for Fabric only, across four release versions 1.21.11 – 26.1.2, and it requires C-erva Core.
Key features
Inline image previews
Received pictures appear directly in the chat window and scroll with the messages around them.
Full image viewer
A click opens the photo in a viewer with zoom and pan controls.
Spoiler photos
A photo can be sent already hidden behind a censor plate, and the receiver reveals it with a click.
Reveal toggle
A right-click hides a received photo again, and the key binding can be changed under the Options Controls screen.
Text fallback
Players lacking the client mod see a short notice in the chat rather than the picture.
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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
Sharing screenshots
Players can send a screenshot from their own computer through the file picker or a direct link, and others see it inline in chat.
Sensitive images
Spoiler photos stay censored until each viewer chooses to reveal them, which suits mixed-audience servers.
Who it’s for: Players who want to share pictures during play, and server owners who want images relayed to everyone on the server, with a text fallback for players who lack the mod.
Questions
Does Photo Chat require C-erva Core?
Does the server need Photo Chat?
Which game versions does Photo Chat support?
In the catalog
Photo Chat is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Send real images straight into Minecraft chat. PhotoChat renders pictures inline in the chat window — right under a [Photo] line. Previews scroll and fade together with normal messages, open in a full viewer with zoom and pan, and can be sent as spoilers so sensitive images stay censored until the viewer chooses to…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/photo-chat
- Owner
- AndrewImm-OP
- Published
- 2026-06-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15