Simple Pipes
by AlexIIL
Simple Pipes is a Fabric and Quilt transport mod, a heavily stripped-down port of the item and fluid pipes from BuildCraft's transport module.
What it does
The mod adds item pipes in stone, clay, iron and gold, and fluid pipes in wood, stone, iron and sponge. Among the item pipes, the clay variant favors inventories when deciding where to send items, the iron variant pushes items one way and needs an empty-handed right-click to reverse it, and the gold variant carries items 2.6667 times faster than a standard pipe. The wooden fluid pipe handles extraction, which is set by right-clicking with an empty hand, and the sponge fluid pipe cleans water as it flows through.
The mod is built on LibBlockAttributes, LibNetworkStack and LibMultipart, and most of its item pipe logic follows BuildCraft's. The author notes that the port is not expected to receive large updates, since development of the BuildCraft port on Quilt 1.19.4 has stopped. Simple Pipes requires no other catalog mod on its own, but PipePlus depends on it. Files are published for Fabric and Quilt, covering 12 release versions 1.17 – 1.21.1, with 0.13.2 for 1.21.1 as the latest file. Snapshot builds are also published.
Key features
Four item pipe types
Stone, clay, iron and gold item pipes each carry items, with the routing and speed differences of each type.
Single-direction iron pipes
Iron item and fluid pipes send their contents in one direction, and a right-click with an empty hand changes it.
Fluid pipes with extraction
The wooden fluid pipe extracts fluid, and its right-click setting changes what it pulls out.
Sponge fluid pipe
The sponge fluid pipe removes water as fluid passes through it.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.20.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Required by 1 mod
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want a lightweight pipe system on Fabric or Quilt, and server owners who want item and fluid logistics on a modded server with both sides running the mod.
How it compares
Simple Pipes is the only pipe option here that runs on Quilt, and it is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. Modern Dynamics runs on Fabric and NeoForge for 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and it is open source. Classic Pipes covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 26.2 under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license and is not open source. Both require client and server to run it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Pipes | Fabric and Quilt | 1.17 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-15 |
| Modern Dynamics | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-12-28 |
| Classic Pipes | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-17 |
Questions
Does Simple Pipes need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Simple Pipes support?
Is Simple Pipes the same as BuildCraft?
In the catalog
Simple Pipes is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This is primarily a mod to test implementations based on LibBlockAttributes, LibNetworkStack, and LibMultipart, using buildcraft's item pipe code as a base. Note that as I'm porting BuildCraft to quilt/1.19.4 I won't be updating or improving this very much.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/simple-pipes
- Owner
- AlexIIL
- Published
- 2021-11-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15