SkinLibrary — one character cycling through library skins

# 🎭 SkinLibrary **Server-side skin library for Fabric — players pick a skin from a clickable list in chat.** Drop `.png` files into a folder; players join with a vanilla client and type `/skin`. Nothing to install on their side, no web service to host, no API keys. --- ## What it does | Command | What happens | |---|---| | `/skin` | Browse the library — paged, grouped by author, entries are clickable | | `/skin ` | Wear a skin from the library | | `/skin random` | Wear a random one | | `/skin player ` | Wear the skin of any Minecraft account | | `/skin url

` | Wear a skin from a PNG link | | `/skin reset` | Back to your own account skin | | `/skin reload` | Reload the library (operators) | [FabricTailor](https://modrinth.com/mod/fabrictailor) does the actual skin swapping and the MineSkin upload; SkinLibrary adds the curated library and the in-chat browser on top of it. ## Features - 🖱️ **Clickable in-chat list** — paged, grouped by author, with "◀ Previous / Next ▶" navigation and 🎲 Random / ↺ Original shortcuts. - ⌨️ **Tab-complete** for skin names — nobody has to memorise the library. - 📁 **The library is just a folder** — the file name becomes the skin name, then `/skin reload`. - 🌐 **Skins from outside the library** — `/skin player ` and `/skin url

`, both switchable in the config. - 🧠 **Texture cache** — a texture fetched once is not sent to MineSkin again. - 🗣️ **Translations** — `en_us` and `pl_pl` built in, your own language without a rebuild. - 📦 **One jar for 1.21+** — no mixins, no per-version builds. - 🔌 **Optional HTTP catalogue** (`libraryUrl`) — if you already run a skin service. ## Requirements A Fabric server on **1.21 or newer**, Java 21, and in `mods/`: [Fabric API](https://modrinth.com/mod/fabric-api) and [FabricTailor](https://modrinth.com/mod/fabrictailor). Server-side only — players join with a vanilla client and need nothing installed. ## Quick start 1. Put `fabric-api`, `fabrictailor` and `skinlibrary` into your server's `mods/` folder. 2. Start the server once — it creates `config/skinlibrary/`. 3. Drop `.png` skins (64×64 or 64×32) into `config/skinlibrary/skins/`. 4. `/skin reload`, and they are live. The file name becomes the skin name: `pirate.png` → `/skin pirate`. ## Configuration `config/skinlibrary/config.json`, created on first start: ```json { "language": "en_us", "allowPlayerSkins": true, "allowUrlSkins": true, "cooldownSeconds": 5, "requireOperator": false, "pageSize": 8, "slimByDefault": false, "libraryUrl": "", "commandAliases": ["skin", "skins"] } ``` Nothing here is required — the defaults work. Notable options: - **`commandAliases`** — rename the command if another mod already owns `/skin`. - **`slimByDefault`** — treat file skins as the slim (Alex) model. - **`libraryUrl`** — optional HTTP catalogue, if you already run one. It must answer with `{"skins": [{"name": "...", "value": "...", "signature": "...", "author": "..."}]}`; entries may use `url` instead of `value`. ### Richer entries For anything beyond "a PNG in a folder", add `config/skinlibrary/skins.json`: ```json { "notch": { "player": "Notch", "author": "mojang" }, "banner": { "url": "https://example.com/skin.png", "author": "alice" }, "alex": { "file": "alex.png", "slim": true, "author": "bob" } } ``` Entries are grouped by `author` in the browser, so a shared server can see who added what. ### Translations Built in: `en_us`, `pl_pl`. Set `language` in the config. To add your own, drop `config/skinlibrary/lang/

.json` with the same keys as
[`en_us.json`](https://github.com/PiotrKajor/skinlibrary/blob/master/src/main/resources/assets/skinlibrary/lang/en_us.json) — no rebuild needed.

## Minecraft versions

One jar covers **1.21 and up**. The mod has no mixins and stays off the parts of the API that
shift between releases, so it does not need a rebuild per point release.

The single exception is clickable chat: Minecraft 1.21.5 replaced the click/hover event API.
On 1.21.5+ the list is clickable; on older releases the same list prints without click support
and everything else works unchanged.

## Source & license

[github.com/PiotrKajor/skinlibrary](https://github.com/PiotrKajor/skinlibrary) — MIT.
A Polish README is in the repository ([README.md](https://github.com/PiotrKajor/skinlibrary/blob/master/README.md)).

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Minecraft: Java Edition

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Browsing the library in chat

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