Zetter — Painting Mod
by dantaeusb
Zetter adds a drawing interface for making custom paintings, which players can hang in frames placed in the world and share on a server.
What it does
Players open a canvas editor, paint with a brush tool that has smooth edges, and choose colors through hex input fields or HSV sliders. Color blending can follow a classic additive model, a subtractive model or a realistic model. The finished picture is shown on frames, and every player in range sees updates to a canvas while it is being edited by someone else.
The mod provides 18 frame types, one for each vanilla wood type. Frames can be decorated with a golden nameplate that shows the painting's name when right-clicked. Golden frames carry more decoration, while iron frames without a bezel let players place several paintings side by side to form one large unbroken picture. A painting can be taken off its frame and moved to another one. Zetter runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge across 1.16.5 – 1.21.11, under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, and the code is open source.
Key features
Simultaneous canvas editing
More than one player can work on the same canvas at once, and changes reach everyone nearby.
Dynamic texture loading
Canvas textures are loaded and unloaded as they come into or leave view, which keeps memory use in check.
Eighteen frame types
Frames are made from all vanilla wood types, and each one can take a golden nameplate showing the painting's name.
Color and blending tools
Colors are chosen through hex input or HSV sliders, and blending uses additive, subtractive or realistic modes.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Required by 1 mod
Use cases
Painted galleries
Builders display their own artwork in rooms and halls, using golden frames for named pieces and iron frames for large joined murals.
Shared servers
On a multiplayer server, several players can edit the same canvas and see each other's changes as they happen.
Who it’s for: Builders who decorate with hand-made art, and server owners who want a shared painting space for their players.
How it compares
Medieval Paintings is a Forge and NeoForge mod under the MIT License, with client and server use and files for 1.16.5 – 26.1.2, so it covers a longer version span. Gallery is a Forge and NeoForge mod with a custom license, client and server use, and files for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1. Zetter's drawing interface and frame variety are its own, and it is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zetter — Painting Mod | Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-09-20 |
| Medieval Paintings | Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-04-09 |
| Gallery | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-28 |
Questions
Does the server need Zetter installed?
Can a painting be moved to another frame?
Which Zetter version works with Zetter Gallery?
In the catalog
Zetter — Painting Mod is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,149 Decoration mods for Forge. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/zetter-painting-mod
- Owner
- dantaeusb
- Published
- 2023-03-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15