CAT HUD

CAT HUD

a clean compass ribbon, your coordinates, and the in-game clock right at the top of your screen.

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About this Mod

CAT HUD

Compass, Axis & Time HUD — a lightweight Fabric mod for Minecraft 26.2
("Chaos Cubed") that puts a clean compass ribbon, your coordinates, and the in-game
clock right at the top of your screen.

CAT HUD Logo

What it does

No more flickering action bar, no boss-bar graphic eating up space — just the
information, rendered as plain text and a scrolling compass strip.

  • Compass ribbon scrolls smoothly as you turn, showing N/S/E/W and the
    intercardinal directions around your current heading
  • A small triangle indicator marks exactly where you're facing, and it's colored
    to match whichever direction it's pointing at
  • Coordinates + time sit underneath as a single text line, no background box
  • Pick 12-hour (AM/PM) or 24-hour time
  • Resize the whole thing with a single scale setting, reposition it anywhere on screen
  • Every color is customizable, including a separate color for each cardinal direction
    (so North can be red, South blue, East green, West gold — or whatever you like)
  • Show/hide the ribbon and the text line independently
  • A keybind to toggle the entire HUD on/off instantly

Installation

  1. Install Fabric Loader for Minecraft 26.2
  2. Grab Fabric API — required
  3. Grab Cloth Config and
    Mod Menu for 26.2 — only needed if you want the
    in-game settings screen (see below)
  4. Drop cathud-<version>.jar from Releases into your
    .minecraft/mods folder

Customizing it

If you have Mod Menu and Cloth Config installed, open Mods → CAT HUD → Config in
game. Settings are grouped into:

  • General — master on/off switch, show/hide the ribbon or the text line
    independently, 12/24-hour time
  • Position & Size — a single scale slider for the whole HUD, plus X/Y offset to move
    it anywhere on screen
  • Ribbon — how wide it is, how many degrees of heading are visible across it, and
    how close to dead-center counts as "facing that direction"
  • Colors — the ribbon's normal/edge-fade text colors and the coordinates/time text
    colors
  • Directions — a dedicated color for North, South, East, and West. Whichever one
    you're currently facing (or closest to) controls both the highlighted ribbon label
    and the triangle indicator's color

Don't have Mod Menu/Cloth Config? Every setting also lives in a plain JSON file at
.minecraft/config/cathud.json — edit it by hand and restart the game.

License

CC0-1.0 (public domain)

Credits

  • Author: xAtomicManx
  • Logo: hand-designed in Affinity Designer

Want to build it yourself or poke at the code? See
https://github.com/xAtomicManx/CAT-HUD

Available Versions

CAT HUD 1.0.0+mc26.2release
MC 26.2fabric
June 22, 2026

How to Install CAT HUD on Your Server

1

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).

2

Set fabric Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (26.2).

3

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "CAT HUD". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

fabric

Minecraft Versions

26.2

Server-side

Unsupported

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

CAT HUD server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong fabric version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (26.2). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is CAT HUD compatible with fabric?

CAT HUD officially supports fabric for Minecraft 26.2. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with CAT HUD – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if CAT HUD consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.

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Details

License
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Server-side
Unsupported

Supported Versions

26.2