styled renaming
by rosebud
Styled renaming lets players give anvil items formatted names, using colour, hex and text tags on Fabric and Quilt servers.
What it does
Anvils gain extra formatting, so a renamed item can carry colour tags, hex colour codes, bold, italic, underlined, strikethrough and obfuscated text, plus gradients built from several colours. The formatting tags are the built-in set and operate as plain text tags typed into the anvil name field. Renamed items keep their styled name in tooltips, and the anvil's maximum name length is raised so longer tagged names fit.
On the server side the work happens, and players join without installing anything. Installing it on a client adds a few quality-of-life changes, but these are optional. The mod is built on Fabric API, Polymer and Text Placeholder API, which are required dependencies, and it also includes small fixes and some code taken from another mod's approach to placeholders. Files are published for Fabric and Quilt, with the latest build 1.4.0+26.2 for 26.3, and the mod is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, so the source is open.
Key features
Colourful anvil names
Anvils accept colour tags and hex colour codes, so a renamed item can display colours beyond the default palette.
Text formatting tags
Bold, italic, underlined, strikethrough and obfuscated tags format a renamed item's name without any extra items.
Gradients
Gradient text can be produced from several colours in one tag, giving a single name a shaded look.
Longer anvil names
The anvil text box allows a larger maximum length, so tagged names with many tags still fit.
Renamed items show styled names
A renamed item shows its formatted name with the tags applied in tooltips and the item display.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 3
How it compares
Name Tag Upgrade is a Fabric and NeoForge mod for client and server, released under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 and open source, with files for 1.21.1 – 26.3. Panda Colors is server-side only, open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, and covers 1.21.6 – 26.3 on Fabric. Styled Nicknames is server-side only and open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, with files for Fabric and Quilt 1.17.1 – 26.3, a longer range than styled renaming.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| styled renaming | Fabric and Quilt | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-06-16 |
| Name Tag Upgrade | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-08 |
| Panda Colors | Fabric | 1.21.6 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-04 |
| Styled Nicknames | Fabric and Quilt | 1.17.1 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-11 |
Questions
Does styled renaming need Fabric API installed?
Does every player need the mod installed?
Which loaders and game versions are supported?
In the catalog
styled renaming 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
styled renaming allows you to use colours and other formatting features when renaming items in an anvil through the power of patbox's placeholder api! you can learn all about how to use it in its documentation! all players can use the builtin colour tags (,, etc), and also use any hex colour code with the (or ) tag!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/styled-renaming
- Owner
- rosebud
- Published
- 2024-08-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15