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Secure Skins

by Microcontrollers

Secure Skins makes skin and cape textures load over HTTPS instead of plain HTTP, so they still appear where HTTP is blocked.

FabricClient-side onlyMIT LicenseOpen source1.21.10 – 26.3

What it does

Once installed, vanilla skin and cape textures are fetched over HTTPS with no setup needed. The mod only rewrites how vanilla textures are fetched and leaves other custom skin or cape mods alone. It was built to restore skin loading for players in Russia. Secure Skins requires Fabric API, Mod Menu and YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL), and is published for Fabric across 7 release versions, 1.21.10 – 26.3, under the MIT License as open source.

Key features

  1. Automatic HTTPS textures

    Skin and cape textures from vanilla sources switch to HTTPS without any configuration.

  2. Vanilla textures only

    Only the default texture path is changed, so other skin or cape mods keep their own loading.

  3. No setup required

    Players install the file and launch the game; the change applies on its own.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.31.0.1
26.21.0.1
26.1.21.0.1
26.1.11.0.1
26.11.0.1
1.21.111.0.0
1.21.101.0.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 3

YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL)A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft!
Required
Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required
Mod MenuAdds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

SkinTLS is open source under the MIT License and runs on Fabric for 1.21.7 – 1.21.8. Simple Skin and capes is a client-required, server-optional mod for Fabric 1.21.8 – 1.21.11 that is not open source. Secure Skins covers 1.21.10 – 26.3 on Fabric, client-side only.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Secure SkinsFabric1.21.10 – 26.3Client-side only2026-04-08
SkinTLSFabric1.21.7 – 1.21.8Client-side only2025-09-02
Simple Skin and capesFabric1.21.8 – 1.21.11Client required, server optional2026-03-10

Questions

Does Secure Skins need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API, Mod Menu and YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL) are required dependencies and must be installed alongside it.

More from Microcontrollers

All projects
Smooth Skies1.8.9 – 26.3Mixmetica1.8.9 – 1.12.2QuickQuit1.8.9Cull Fewer Leaves1.21.1 – 26.3Scoreboard Tweaks1.20.3 – 26.2Simple Block Overlay1.20 – 26.2

What the author says

Secure Skins is a simple mod that makes skin and cape downloading use the more secure HTTPS, rather than HTTP. No setup required, all textures are automatically changed to use HTTPS. This fixes skin downloading for players in Russia!
Microcontrollers, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Microcontrollers
Published
2025-11-26
Updated on Modrinth
2026-04-08
Facts verified
2026-10-15
Open on ModrinthCompare