Simple Sorting Hoppers
Simple Sorting Hoppers lets a hopper accept only chosen items, using an item frame placed on its side as the filter.
What it does
A standard hopper is placed as usual, and an item frame is attached to one of its sides. The item placed inside that frame becomes the filter, and the hopper then picks up only that item and passes it through. Everything else is ignored, so a single hopper can sort a stream of mixed items without extra blocks. The mod uses the vanilla hopper and item frame blocks and adds no custom blocks of its own.
The mod is server-side only, so only the server needs to run it. It works in single-player worlds, on servers that players join with an unmodified vanilla client, and in any storage setup where hoppers already move items. The mod's files are published for Fabric alone, for game version 26.2. Fabric API is a required dependency and must be installed next to it. The code is released under the MIT License and is not open source.
Key features
Item frame filter
An item frame placed beside a hopper holds the item the hopper is allowed to pick up.
Standard blocks
The filter works with the standard hopper and item frame, so no new block has to be crafted.
Specific item pass-through
Once a filter item is set, the hopper passes only that item and leaves all others untouched.
Server-side logic
The filtering runs entirely on the server, and players do not need the mod on their own game.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Sorting mixed storage
A hopper with a filter item frame can pull one type of item out of a mixed chest line, such as separating ores from cobblestone.
Automated farms
Filtered hoppers can collect only the crop or drop a farm produces, keeping unwanted items out of the collection chain.
Who it’s for: Server owners and survival players who build item sorting with hoppers and want a filter that uses only vanilla blocks.
How it compares
Filtered Hopper is open source and needs the server but leaves clients optional, with files published for 26.2 alone, the same single version as this mod. Chest Shield is open source and runs on both client and server across 26.1.2 – 26.2, so every player needs it. Redstone Hopper also needs both sides and is not open source, with files for 26.1.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Sorting Hoppers | Fabric | 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-08-04 |
| Filtered Hopper | Fabric | 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-07-13 |
| Chest Shield | Fabric | 26.1.2 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-22 |
| Redstone Hopper | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-31 |
Questions
Does Simple Sorting Hoppers need Fabric API?
Do players need to install the mod?
Which loaders are supported?
How is a filter item set?
In the catalog
Simple Sorting Hoppers is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/simple-sorting-hoppers
- Owner
- Living A Better life
- Published
- 2026-08-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15