Pocket Tools
by L0TCH4
Pocket Tools opens a crafting table and a furnace from the inventory screen, so players can craft and smelt without walking to a block.
What it does
Two buttons added to the inventory screen open the vanilla 3x3 crafting interface, with its recipe book and search field, and a furnace interface with fuel, input and output slots. Both work with a single click and need no block placed in the world.
The furnace keeps cooking after its screen is closed, so items can be left smelting and collected later. A small overlay on the HUD shows whether a furnace is active, its fuel and cook progress bars, how much fuel remains and how many more items the current fuel can smelt. A sound plays when smelting finishes, which removes the need to keep checking.
Pocket Tools is for Fabric on 1.21.11 only, and it requires Fabric API. Installation covers the server and each player's game. The code is under the MIT License, and the mod is not open source.
Key features
Crafting table in the inventory
A button in the inventory screen opens the full crafting table with the recipe book and search.
Furnace in the inventory
A second button opens a working furnace interface with fuel, input and output slots.
Background smelting
The pocket furnace keeps smelting after its screen is closed, and items are ready when the player returns.
Live HUD overlay
A small overlay shows fuel and cook progress, the remaining fuel and how many items it can still smelt.
Gallery
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
Who it’s for: Players on Fabric 1.21.11 who often craft or smelt away from a base, and server owners whose players want these features. Both client and server need the mod.
How it compares
Portable Crafting UI is server-side only, open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, and covers 1.21 – 1.21.5 on Fabric, so it does not add the furnace or the HUD overlay. Nether Smelting is also server-side only and open source under the MIT License, for 1.19.3 – 1.21.4 on Fabric. Furnace Progress Tooltip is client-side only and not open source, released under the MIT License for 1.21.3, and shows furnace progress as a tooltip rather than an overlay.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocket Tools | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-07-18 |
| Portable Crafting UI | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.5 | Server-side only | 2025-04-12 |
| Nether Smelting | Fabric | 1.19.3 – 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2025-01-18 |
| Furnace Progress Tooltip | Fabric | 1.21.3 | Client-side only | 2024-11-10 |
Questions
Does Pocket Tools need Fabric API?
Does the server need Pocket Tools?
Can the pocket furnace keep smelting while the player is away?
Which game versions does Pocket Tools support?
In the catalog
Pocket Tools is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Craft and smelt without ever leaving your inventory. Pocket Tools adds two buttons to your inventory screen — Crafting and Furnace — that open a full crafting table or furnace instantly, from anywhere. No more digging through your inventory for a table, or hauling ore back to base to cook it.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pocket-tools-l0tch4
- Owner
- L0TCH4
- Published
- 2026-07-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15