Player Highlighter
by lyuwenhan
Player Highlighter gives the client a glowing outline and a small target icon on other players, plus a HUD list of nearby players, with no server-side install needed.
What it does
Other players can be outlined in a glow modeled on the vanilla Glowing effect, and a small target icon is drawn over each visible player. Players who stand beyond the camera's view or past the screen edge still receive an icon, so their direction can be read at a glance. Highlighting can be kept on, or limited to moments when a configured hold key is pressed, and it switches off at once when neither condition is active.
A separate panel lists nearby players along the lower-left edge of the screen, one per line, each with a direction arrow. The panel can stay visible while highlighting is off, and a client command decides whether it appears. Hiding the HUD also hides Minecraft's GUI.
Player Highlighter is a Fabric mod only, with files for 1.21.11, 26.1.2, 26.2 and 26.3. Everything runs on the client, so only the player who installs it sees the effects. It is released under the MIT License and is open source.
Key features
Glowing player outlines
Other players are outlined in a glow modeled on the vanilla Glowing effect, making them easier to spot on screen.
Target icons over players
A small icon is rendered over each visible player, and players outside the view receive an icon as well.
Hold key highlighting
Highlighting can run continuously or only while a chosen key is held, and it stops immediately when both conditions are off.
Nearby player HUD
A list of nearby players shows name, direction, distance, health and coordinates, and can be shown or hidden by command.
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 want to keep track of other people in multiplayer or shared worlds. Only the person who installs the mod gets the highlights and the HUD.
How it compares
Crosshair Health Indicator(CHI) is a client-side Fabric mod for 1.21.4 – 26.2 under the Apache License 2.0, and it is not open source. Lead Me There is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 1.21.5 that needs both the client and the server, and it is under All rights reserved. Near Player is a client-side Fabric mod for 1.21 – 1.21.11 under the MIT License, and it is open source like Player Highlighter.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player Highlighter | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-26 |
| Crosshair Health Indicator(CHI) | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-31 |
| Lead Me There | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2025-05-23 |
| Near Player | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-03-21 |
Questions
Does Player Highlighter need to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does Player Highlighter support?
Can the highlights be turned on only when needed?
In the catalog
Player Highlighter is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
A client-side Fabric mod that improves player awareness with glowing outlines, on-screen target icons, and a nearby-player information HUD. Player Highlighter makes other players easier to locate and track without requiring any server-side installation.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/player-highlighter-mod
- Owner
- lyuwenhan
- Published
- 2026-01-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-26
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15