Windowed GUIs
Windowed GUIs lets players drag the container menus of Minecraft apart and arrange them like windows on a desktop, so a chest, furnace and crafting table can stay open together.
What it does
Windowed GUIs turns the full-screen container menus of the game into draggable windows in the OS style. Any open container can be moved around the screen, resized and managed on its own, so several interfaces can be used during one workflow instead of closing one before opening the next. A taskbar along the bottom of the screen lists open windows and switches between them.
Windows can be pinned so they stay in front, minimized, colored, or closed one at a time. Related menus can be merged into a tabbed group, and each tab can be detached back into its own window. The author notes describe the behavior as a Windows-style workflow for players who keep many containers open at once.
Installation needs Architectury API on every loader, and Fabric API on Fabric. The server and every player need the mod installed. Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across six game versions, 1.18.2 – 1.21.1, under All rights reserved, and the source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Draggable container windows
Container GUIs can be dragged freely around the screen and resized, so the chest and the furnace do not have to share one full-screen view.
Window management
Each window can be minimized, pinned, colored or closed individually, and open windows are managed through a bottom taskbar.
Grouped windows
Related menus can be merged into tabbed groups, and any tab can be detached back into its own window.
Client-side appearance options
Behavior and appearance settings for the windows are adjusted on the client, with the Tweak mod option available in the same settings area.
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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.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who keep several container interfaces open during one task, and server owners whose players work with many storage menus at the same time.
How it compares
Better Taskbar is a client-side only taskbar mod under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, open source and published for 1.17.1 – 1.20.4 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Salt's Inventory Update is open source under the MIT License, runs on client and server, and covers 1.20.1 – 26.3, so it changes inventory handling rather than windows. Windowed GUIs is not open source and runs on client and server.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windowed GUIs | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-11 |
| Better Taskbar | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.17.1 – 1.20.4 | Client-side only | 2024-01-06 |
| Salt's Inventory Update | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-09 |
Questions
Does Windowed GUIs need Architectury API?
Does the server need Windowed GUIs?
Which game versions does Windowed GUIs support?
In the catalog
Windowed GUIs is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Windowed GUIs turns Minecraft's full-screen container menus into draggable, OS-style windows. Open a chest, a furnace, and your crafting table at the same time, drag them around the screen, resize them, and manage everything from a Windows-style taskbar at the bottom of the screen. How it works: No more closing one…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/windowed-guis
- Owner
- MetalKnight56
- Published
- 2026-07-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15