Showoff
Showoff lets a player insert the item held in the main hand into ingame chat, in the vanilla style that Terraria uses for item links.
What it does
Once the mod and its Fabric dependencies are installed, a player types in chat, sends the item from the main hand and sends the whole hotbar. Other players then see the item in the message. Showoff works in a vanilla-style way, so the chat item is placed with tags that the client reads and displays as a preview.
A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Without it, server players see blank text where the item tags sit, and clients without the mod see the regular message with no item preview. The mod changes client messages that contain item tags, which causes the game to flag them as insecure.
Showoff targets Fabric only, with files for 26.2 and 26.3 and 1.1.0 for 26.3 as the latest file. The source code is open source under the GNU General Public License v2.0 or later, and the issue tracker is public.
Key features
Main-hand item in chat
The item held in the main hand is inserted into the chat message and shown with a preview for other players.
Whole hotbar sharing
A single command sends the entire hotbar to chat, so several items can be shown in one message.
Vanilla-style item tags
Chat items are placed with tags that the client reads, so they follow the game's own chat formatting.
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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
Showing off gear on a server
A player can display an enchanted tool or armor piece to others in a multiplayer chat.
Sharing a build kit
Several block types from the hotbar can be sent at once to show what a build needs.
Who it’s for: Players who want to show held items in chat, and server owners who want the feature for their community. Both sides need the mod for previews to appear.
How it compares
Copy Chat is client-side only, open source under the MIT License and published for 26.2 – 26.3, so only the player installing it gets the feature. SVC Screen Share is not open source, under All rights reserved, and covers 26.2 alone. PrivyChat runs on client and server, is not open source and targets 26.1.2 – 26.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Showoff | Fabric | 26.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-22 |
| Copy Chat | Fabric | 26.2 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-07 |
| SVC Screen Share | Fabric | 26.2 | Not published | 2026-09-05 |
| PrivyChat | Fabric | 26.1.2 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-24 |
Questions
Does Showoff need Fabric API?
Does Showoff have to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does Showoff support?
In the catalog
Showoff 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
This mod was originally just a random 3am thought: > It'd be cool if I could chat items like in Terraria Many desk-slamming sessions later, we finally have it: A vanilla-style way to chat items
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/showoffminecraft
- Owner
- Floatingjacob
- Published
- 2026-06-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15