ZFD Utilities
by ZFD
ZFD Utilities is a Fabric client toolkit that puts a customizable HUD, chat tweaks and diagnostics into one mod, for players who want more control over their display.
What it does
Installed on the client, the mod offers a set of display and diagnostic tools that would otherwise need several separate small utility mods. A compact HUD panel can display coordinates, the current dimension, facing direction, frame rate, latency and health, and each of those readouts can have its text color, backdrop, size, alignment and placement on screen changed. A quick toggle switches the overlay off when the view needs to be clean.
The mod also covers equipment and chat. Armor, held items, the offhand and durability are displayed with stack counts, and player skin heads can appear beside chat messages, including hat layers. Ranked chat nicknames are supported, so the sender stays identified. Vanilla-style shadows keep the text close to the default Minecraft look. Other tools can be bound in the Controls menu, and the mod adds freelook, zoom and point-of-view controls for recording and video production.
Fabric API is required, and Cloth Config API, Mod Menu and Simple Voice Chat are optional. Only the player's game needs it, and servers run without it. Files are published for Fabric only, for game versions 26.2 and 26.3, under a custom license that is not open source.
Key features
Customizable HUD overlay
The heads-up display can list coordinates, dimension, facing, frames per second, ping and health in one small panel, and every entry can be restyled.
Equipment display
Armor, held items, the offhand and durability appear on screen, with stack counts for items that have them.
Chat heads and nicknames
Player skin heads, including hat layers, appear beside chat messages, and ranked nicknames stay visible.
Camera and display controls
Freelook, zoom and point-of-view controls, plus entity and head hiding, help with recording and screenshots.
Quick toggle
A single key hides or shows the overlay, so the interface can be cleared without changing each setting.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 3
How it compares
Turtle Client is a client-only Fabric mod under All rights reserved, published for 1.20.1 – 26.2, and it covers a wider set of features. BetterHead Chat is also client-only on Fabric and under All rights reserved, for 1.21 – 26.3, and focuses on heads in chat. ZFD Utilities is client-only on Fabric for 26.2 and 26.3 under a custom license that is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZFD Utilities | Fabric | 26.2 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-07 |
| Turtle Client | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-09-12 |
| BetterHead Chat | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-28 |
Questions
Does ZFD Utilities need Fabric API?
Does the server need ZFD Utilities?
Which game versions does ZFD Utilities support?
In the catalog
ZFD Utilities is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,201 Technology mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
ZFD's Utilities is a customizable client-side toolkit for players who want more control, cleaner visuals, and better diagnostics without stacking a bunch of separate small utility mods. Other tools can be bound manually in Minecraft's Controls menu.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/zfd-utilities
- Owner
- ZFD
- Published
- 2026-07-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15