Pingspam
Pingspam lets players and server staff send attention-grabbing pings to other players through chat, mentions and highlighted messages.
What it does
Players can mention another player by name in chat, or mention a group, and the target receives a highlighted message that plays a sound and stays on the actionbar until dismissed. Pings persist between relogins, so a player who was offline receives the ping on the next join. The notifications command clears a pending ping once it has been acknowledged. Operators can assign players to groups, so one ping reaches every member of a group such as redstone builders, and a default sound is set to minecraft:block.bell.use.
The mod is meant for reaching players who are AFK, tabbed out or ignoring chat. Pings are configured per server, and up to 10 ping aliases can be added, including one for the player's own name. Aliases are first come, first served. Installing the mod on a client also adds chat autocompletion for mentions, so names can be completed while typing a ping. Pingspam works with vanilla clients and needs Fabric API on the server. It runs on the server side only, so players join without installing anything, and the code is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only.
Key features
Mention and group pings
Players are pinged by name or by a group they belong to, from anywhere in chat.
Highlighted chat with sound
A ping plays a sound and shows an actionbar message until the player dismisses it.
Persistent pings
Pings wait for players who log out and are delivered again on their next join.
Ping aliases
Up to 10 aliases can be set per player, including one based on the player's own name, first come, first served.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.20.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.19.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.18.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.17.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x2 of 2 versions with builds
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
Who it’s for: Server owners and operators who run multiplayer servers and want a way to get the attention of players who are away or not reading chat. Players on vanilla clients can take part without installing the mod.
How it compares
TeaBridge is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and published for 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 on Fabric and Quilt. Pingspam covers a wider range of game versions, 1.16.4 – 1.21.8, and is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only. Mention is server-side only, but it is licensed as CC0 1.0 Universal and is not open source, and it is published only for Fabric on 1.21.11.
Questions
Does Pingspam need Fabric API?
Do players need to install Pingspam?
Which game version should be used for the newest build?
In the catalog
Pingspam is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
Reach those pesky AFKers, alt-tabbers, chat-ignorers and offline people with one simple trick! Pingspam allows you to mention players in chat. You can mention by name (i.e "@GreatGrayOwl") or group.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pingspam
- Owner
- BasiqueEvangelist
- Published
- 2021-03-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15