Waila [BTW Port]
by Xy_Luce
Waila [BTW Port] shows the name of the block or entity a player is looking at, as a tooltip on the HUD, on Legacy Fabric for 1.6.4.
What it does
The mod is a Legacy Fabric port of a WAILA-style overlay. It is a fork of a GTNH build of Waila, combined with the Hywla and BTWCE 3.x sources, and it adds a short tooltip animation when the displayed information changes. Only the client draws the overlay, but servers run it too because the environment is client and server. The mod depends on ForgeConfig-LegacyFabric, which must be installed alongside it. Files exist for 1.6.4 only, with 2.0.8 as the latest, and the code is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license, so it is not open source.
Key features
Block and entity overlay
Shows the block or entity under the crosshair and its details in a compact tooltip on the HUD.
Animated tooltip
Tooltip panels animate when they appear or change, which makes the transitions easier to follow.
Plugin-ready base
Built on a GTNH fork, so plugins written for the original family of Waila builds can be adapted to it.
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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.
How it compares
Legacy Fabric API fixes for BTW is a CC0 1.0 Universal library for 1.6.4, and it is open source. Its environment is that either side can run it, and neither needs it. ManyLib [BTW Addon] covers the same 1.6.4 range on client and server under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and is open source too. Metadata Extension [BTW Addon] is also client and server, but is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waila [BTW Port] | Legacy Fabric | 1.6.4 | Client and server | 2026-06-10 |
| Legacy Fabric API fixes for BTW | Legacy Fabric | 1.6.4 | Client or server, optional | 2026-01-07 |
| ManyLib [BTW Addon] | Legacy Fabric | 1.6.4 | Client and server | 2026-03-15 |
| Metadata Extension [BTW Addon] | Legacy Fabric | 1.6.4 | Client and server | 2026-01-03 |
Questions
Does Waila [BTW Port] need another mod?
In the catalog
Waila [BTW Port] is one of 3,514 Library mods on ModsFinder. 328 mods support Minecraft 1.6.4.
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What the author says
A fork of WAILA-GTNH by ProfMobius & GTNH.This fork is permitted under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Because it is a 1.7.10 Forge port to 1.6.4 LegacyFabric, none of the plugins/addons/compatibilities are compatible.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/waila-btw
- Owner
- Xy_Luce
- Published
- 2026-01-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15