Sorting Daemon
by Ahyysar
Sorting Daemon, a Fabric utility for inventories, sorts chest contents with a single button and moves matching items into an open container with a quick-deposit action.
What it does
Sorting Daemon targets the inventory tools that vanilla Minecraft leaves out. A single button sorts the contents of a chest, and holding Shift while dragging the left mouse button across slots spreads the picked items across them in one motion, without repeated clicks. Shift and a click moves a stack in one step.
Quick deposit moves every item in the player inventory that matches what an open container already holds into that container. Slots can be marked as favorites so that sorting and quick deposit skip them and leave those items where they are. Keybinds can be set in the controls menu. The mod is for players who manage large storage setups, in single-player or on a server.
The mod runs on Fabric and needs Fabric API. It is client and server, so the server and every player need it, and it targets 1.21.8 only, with 0.1.5 as the latest file dated 2025-08-24. The code is open source under the MIT License, and the source and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Sort chest button
A single button sorts the items in an open chest or other container.
Shift drag distribution
Holding Shift while dragging across slots transfers the picked items to them in one motion.
Shift click transfer
Shift and a click moves a stack between the inventory and a container without repeated clicking.
Quick deposit
Matching items from the inventory move into an open container that already holds those items.
Favorite slots
Marked slots are kept out of sorting and quick deposit, so their items stay put.
Custom keybinds
Players can assign their own keys to the sorting and transfer actions.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players with large storage setups who sort chests often, and server owners who want inventory tools on their players' clients and server alike.
How it compares
Sort'em All is a client-side only Fabric mod under the MIT License, published for 1.21.11, so it targets a different version than Sorting Daemon. Favorite Slots is also client-side only, but it is not open source, is released under All rights reserved and covers 1.20.1 – 26.2. Sorting Daemon is client and server and open source, which means the server must run it too.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorting Daemon | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-08-24 |
| Sort'em All | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-07-16 |
| Favorite Slots | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-09 |
Questions
Does Sorting Daemon need Fabric API?
Does the server have to run Sorting Daemon?
Which game versions does Sorting Daemon support?
In the catalog
Sorting Daemon is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
- 📥 Quick deposit — move matching items from your inventory into the opened container - ⭐ Favorite slots — mark specific slots in your inventory as favorite so they won’t be sorted or quick-deposited, keeping your essentials safe
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sorting-daemon
- Owner
- Ahyysar
- Published
- 2025-08-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-08-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15