Recipe Viewer
Recipe Viewer lets a player open a menu in-game and look up the crafting recipe for an item without leaving the world.
What it does
Pressing the R key opens a recipe menu on the client. From there the player can see how any crafted item is made, which ingredients go into it and where each one is placed in the grid. The interface is a plain GUI with no settings screen to learn, and it works alongside most mods that add crafting recipes, since it reads the recipes the game already knows.
The mod is useful in survival and modded play, where a player often meets an unfamiliar item and wants its recipe without searching a wiki. It runs on Fabric only and needs nothing else from the catalog to start. Only the player's own client needs it, so a server can run without it and players join normally.
Files are published for 1.21.11 only, with 1.0.0 as the latest Fabric file, uploaded on 2026-05-17. Recipe Viewer is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Recipe menu on R
Pressing R opens the recipe menu directly during play, so a lookup takes a single key press.
Crafting recipe view
The menu displays the crafting recipe for an item, showing the ingredients and their positions.
Plain, fast interface
The interface is a simple GUI with few controls, so the recipe for an item can be found quickly.
Works with other recipe mods
The viewer reads recipes added by other mods, so modded crafting items can be looked up as well.
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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.
Use cases
Learning modded items
A player who installs a pack with many new items can check how each one is crafted without leaving the game.
Checking a recipe mid-build
A player halfway through a build can open the menu to confirm a recipe instead of stopping to search online.
Who it’s for: Players who want recipe lookups inside the game, especially in survival and modded worlds. Only the client needs the mod, so it suits single-player and multiplayer players alike.
How it compares
Recipe Viewer runs on Fabric for 1.21.11 only and is closed to modification under All rights reserved. qLibs is a library that works on both Fabric and NeoForge for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 and is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only. Either side can run qLibs, and neither needs it. NBT Viewer is client-side only and open source under the MIT License, but it is built for 1.15 – 1.20.1 and does not reach 1.21.11.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recipe Viewer | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-05-17 |
| qLibs | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client or server, optional | 2026-05-14 |
| NBT Viewer | Fabric | 1.15 – 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2023-06-15 |
Questions
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In the catalog
Recipe Viewer is one of 3,514 Library mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,348 Library mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
A simple Minecraft mod that lets you view all crafting recipes ingame. Features - View every crafting recipe easily - Open the recipe menu with the R key - Fast and simple interface - Helpful for survival and modded gameplay
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/recipe-viewer
- Owner
- Supergamer_1310
- Published
- 2026-05-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15