Chest Preview
This mod allows you to see the content of a chest or other containers by just looking at them.
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About this Mod
👀 Chest Preview
Stop opening every chest blindly.
Chest Preview lets you instantly preview container contents just by looking at them — fast, smooth, and completely vanilla-friendly.
No more wasting time checking empty chests, barrels, or shulker boxes one by one. Simply look at a container and a clean animated preview appears on your screen showing everything inside.
Perfect for:
- Survival players
- Storage builders
- Technical players
- Multiplayer servers
- Loot hunters
- Streamers & YouTubers
✨ Features
📦 Instant Container Preview
Preview contents without opening:
- Chests
- Double Chests
- Barrels
- Shulker Boxes
- Hoppers
- Dispensers
- Furnaces
- Blast Furnaces
- Smokers
🎨 Beautiful Vanilla-Style UI
Designed to feel like an official Minecraft feature.
- Smooth fade animations
- Clean scaling effects
- Elegant compact layout
- Modern polished visuals
- Vanilla-friendly design
💎 Smart Item Rendering
See important details instantly:
- Stack counts
- Enchantment glint
- Hover tooltips
- Rare item highlighting
Rare items like:
- Diamonds
- Netherite
- Elytra
- Totems
- Ancient Debris
- Enchanted Gear
…receive subtle visual glow effects.
⚡ Smart Detection System
The preview only appears when:
- You are close enough
- You have direct line of sight
- The container is actually visible
This keeps the mod immersive and optimized.
🛠 Fully Configurable
Customize everything:
- Preview distance
- UI scale
- Animation toggle
- Blacklisted containers
- Rare item highlighting
🌐 Multiplayer Friendly
- Purely visual
- No item duplication
- Safe for servers
- Lightweight and optimized
- Minimal performance impact
❤️ Why You'll Love It
After using Chest Preview once, you won’t want to play without it anymore.
It makes storage management faster, looting smoother, and survival gameplay feel significantly more modern — while still keeping the classic Minecraft feel.
A tiny quality-of-life feature that changes everything.
🚀 Project
- Optimized for Fabric
- Stable and lightweight
- Survival friendly
- Clean modern codebase
☕ Support The Mod
If you enjoy the mod and want to support future updates:
👉 https://timexo.gumroad.com/coffee
Every donation helps support development ❤️
Available Versions
How to Install Chest Preview on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.1).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Chest Preview". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.1
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Chest Preview 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 (1.21.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Chest Preview compatible with fabric?
Chest Preview officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.21.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Chest Preview – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Chest Preview 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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