Stendhal is a client-side Fabric mod offering new and enhanced visual utilities for books, signs, anvil and the in-game chat.

⚠️ Some newer features might be unavailable if you use older Minecraft versions (1.16, 1.17).
⚠️ This mod is exclusive to Fabric. There is/will be no Forge version. Take a look at the FAQ below for an alternative.
Stendhal is a client-side Fabric mod offering new and enhanced visual utilities for books, signs, anvil and the in-game chat.
All the vanilla GUIs (screens) for Book & Quills, Books, Anvils and Signs have been reworked, with quick access to various tools (import & export books and signs to/from disk, copy entire page content, entire books or signs, clear a page or a book entirely in one click, ...), legacy colors and one-click away unicode characters!
On top of that, it also offers a quick access bar for unicode characters when opening the chat! You can also customize your nametags with these beautiful vanilla unicodes in any Anvil!
Impress your friends by using these unicode characters while talking to them, or give directions on signs in a beautiful way!
Stendhal is being actively developed and ported to newer Minecraft versions over time.
If you would like to give suggestion and follow the development more actively, please join my Discord Community
You can join me on my Discord Community to discuss about Stendhal alongside my various projects, whether they are linked to Minecraft modding or not!
If you would like, feel free to support me on Ko-Fi, it would make me really happy and motivated!
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09.07.2026 · Modrinth
🐛 Fix: Chat Screen removing content after sending message.
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Published versions and original Modrinth files.
09.07.2026 · 16 205 downloads
🐛 Fix: Chat Screen removing content after sending message.
05.07.2026 · 881 downloads
🔢 Compatibility: Minecraft version 26.2.
🐛 Fix: Chat Screen not opening Pause menu anymore when exited
20.05.2026 · 15 206 downloads
🔢 Compatibility: Minecraft version 26.1.2.
♻️ Refactor: Migrated to Minecraft Official Mappings.
🐛 Fix: "Stop Styling" button from Book Edit Screen does not render weird text styling when using.
🐛 Fix: Chat Screen not receiving keys from other mods.
14.01.2026 · 75 664 downloads
🔨 Fixing: Importing book trailing line break removed (fix some pages import).
12.01.2026 · 1 261 downloads
🔢 Compatibility: Now compatible with Minecraft version 1.21.11.
🔨 Fixing: Changing config from chat commands refactored (due to Minecraft/Fabric changes).
14.10.2025 · 46 602 downloads
🔢 Compatibility: Now compatible with Minecraft version 1.21.10 (1.21.9 should work).
🔨 Fixing: Now compatible with Debugify & other mods centering the book.
🔨 Fixing: Importing books now do not lose formatting styles anymore.
17.07.2025 · 77 767 downloads
🔢 Compatibility: Now compatible with Minecraft versions 1.21.6, 1.21.7 & 1.21.8.
10.05.2025 · 25 914 downloads
🔢 Compatibility: Now compatible with Minecraft version 1.21.5.
12.01.2025 · 59 862 downloads
🔢 Compatibility: Now compatible with Minecraft version 1.21.2 to 1.21.4.
06.07.2024 · 5 016 737 downloads
🔢 Compatibility: Now compatible with Minecraft 1.21.
12.05.2024 · 15 970 downloads
🔢 Compatibility: For Fabric 1.20.6. (If you are playing on 1.20.5, you should be able to update without much trouble)
🔢 Compatibility: Added FixBookGUI as incompatible. This will be fixed in Stendhal 2.0.
(Join Discord for development progress)🔢 Compatibility: Hard requirement for Fabric Loader >= 0.15.11.
03.12.2023 · 124 535 downloads
📖 Book Editor Screen: Fixed Done button position.
13.11.2023 · 1 865 236 downloads
🔢 Hotfix: Fixed a crash at startup for Minecraft 1.20.
🔢 Bump: Hard requirement of Fabric Loader >= 0.14.21.
22.10.2023 · 5 152 downloads
🔢 Compatibility: Fixed compatibility with Minecraft Fabric 1.20.2.
🪧 Sign Editor Screen: Fixed Saving and Loading Signs by prompting a new confirmation screen on loading.
22.10.2023 · 9 701 downloads
🪧 Sign Editor Screen: Fixed Saving and Loading Signs by prompting a new confirmation screen on loading.
27.06.2023 · 858 791 downloads
🗨️ Chat Screen: Fixed more chat commands history focus navigation issues.
08.06.2023 · 4 060 downloads
🔺 Fixed compatibility with Minecraft 1.20 Fabric.
🔨 Anvil Screen: Fixed focus issue when using unicodes in text field.
📚 Book Editor Screen: Fixed export book last character being removed.
🪧 Sign Editor Screen: Now taking in consideration which side of the sign the player is using.
🪧 Sign Editor Screen: Fixed some code due to both sides now being usable.
02.06.2023 · 6 392 downloads
💬 Chat Screen: Fixed chat commands suggestion scroll (arrow keys).
💬 Chat Screen: Fixed unicodes quick bar focus.
26.03.2023 · 3 356 downloads
FIX: 🗨️ Chat Up and Down Arrow keys (chat history) were focusing unicode buttons and the message could not be sent anymore.
25.03.2023 · 273 downloads
FIX: 🔢 Compatibility with 1.19.4.
12.12.2022 · 3 710 downloads
FIX: 📘: Important fix to imported books losing all new lines.
12.12.2022 · 277 188 downloads
FIX: 📘 Important fix to imported books losing all new lines.
FIX: 🇵🇹 Minor fix to translation thanks to ulvanHD.
12.12.2022 · 268 downloads
FIX: 🔢 Compatibility with 1.19.3.
FIX: 🇵🇹 Minor fix to translation thanks to ulvanHD.
02.12.2022 · 1 249 downloads
NEW: 🇧🇷 Translation to Brazilian Portuguese thanks to ulvanHD.
NEW: 🇺🇦 Translation to Ukrainian thanks to dsty.
NEW: 🇷🇺 Translation to Tatar (Russia) thanks to Amikhan.
NEW: 🇮🇱 Translation to Hebrew thanks to Ofir.
FIX: 🇷🇺 Updated translation to Russian thanks to Amikhan.
FIX: 📕 Moved "Export Book" button in Signed Books to the left to fix compatibility with various mods.
FIX: 📘 Fixed Importing book rendering blank page by removing new empty lines at the end of pages.
02.12.2022 · 7 479 downloads
NEW: 🇧🇷 Translation to Brazilian Portuguese thanks to ulvanHD.
NEW: 🇺🇦 Translation to Ukrainian thanks to dsty.
NEW: 🇷🇺 Translation to Tatar (Russia) thanks to Amikhan.
NEW: 🇮🇱 Translation to Hebrew thanks to Ofir.
FIX: 🇷🇺 Updated translation to Russian thanks to Amikhan.
FIX: 📕 Moved "Export Book" button in Signed Books to the left to fix compatibility with various mods.
FIX: 📘 Fixed Importing book rendering blank page by removing new empty lines at the end of pages.
10.06.2022 · 4 924 downloads
10.06.2022 · 1 550 downloads
03.06.2022 · 381 downloads
12.05.2022 · 925 downloads
HOTFIX: Export Book button was overlapping with others when opening a book in a Lectern.
11.05.2022 · 236 downloads
NEW: New logo and icon for the mod! Designed by Neb.
NEW: Unicodes Picker screen in books, anvils and signs.
NEW: Save Signs to Disk to easily replicate them.
NEW: Export Signed Books to disk. Replicate them easily in Book & Quills this way.
NEW: Go to Page button for Signed Books.
NEW: Search words/terms through pages for Signed Books.
NEW: Search by title through files for saved books and signs.
NEW: Translated to Simplified Chinese (zh_cn).
FIX: Changed text "Clear Book Content" to red to emphasis the radical effect.
08.12.2021 · 1 443 downloads
FIX :
- Now compatible with Minecraft 1.18 Fabric.
This is the exact same version as the latest one in 1.17.1, no additional change has been made for now. New content coming soon!
11.08.2021 · 2 222 downloads
Stendhal 1.2.0 fixes the compatibility with Minecraft 1.17.1 on Fabric.
I aim to port Stendhal 1.2.0 to 1.16.5 in the foreseeable future, please be patient.
New stuffs!
NEW: You can now export your books to a folder!
NEW: You can now import your books from a folder, to share books between worlds and servers!
NEW: Tooltips have been added to many Stendhal buttons for better explanation of their doings.
NEW: Unicode characters are now available in the Anvil Screen. Give some cool looking names for your cool looking items!
Fixes:
FIX: Stendhal 1.2.0 is now compatible with the mod Slight GUI Modifications.
FIX: Unicodes buttons won't disappear anymore when resizing the game window in the various editing screens.
FIX: Gradual performance loss when browsing the unicodes has been fixed in all editing screens.
FIX: Paste and Import Book buttons are grayed out if the user didn't copy or exported a book yet to make it clearer.
Languages:
NEW: Stendhal is now available in Turkish thanks to the contribution of attoprak.
NEW: Russian is now supported thanks to Negative.
NEW: German is now supported thanks to TheGame & Brausekopp.
NEW: Danish is now supported thanks to Albertbz.
06.05.2021 · 8 451 downloads
FIXED: Stendhal was incompatible with any other mod that would display something on the top right end of the chat bar.
ADDED: Configuration file under /config/stendhal/stendhal.properties allowing various options.
03.04.2021 · 447 downloads