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🗄️ Smart Sorter
Transform your messy storage into an organized network! Smart Sorter brings intelligent, automatic item sorting to Minecraft with a simple, intuitive system that just works.
🎯 What Does It Do?
Smart Sorter creates a network storage system that automatically routes items to the correct chests. No more manually sorting hundreds of items - let the system do it for you!
Core Features:
✨ Automatic Sorting - Items magically find their way to the right chest
🔍 Search & Filter - Find items instantly in massive storage networks
🎮 Simple Setup - Just 3 blocks and a tool - no complex configuration
🔗 Network Access - One GUI to access everything in your storage
📦 Smart Routing - Priority system ensures perfect organization
🧩 Mod Compatible - Works with vanilla and modded chests
🚀 Quick Start Guide
1. Craft Your System
- Storage Controller (your access terminal)
- Output Probes (connects to chests - cheap recipe!)
- Linking Tool (connects everything together)
2. Set It Up
- Place your Storage Controller where you want your terminal
- Place Output Probes next to your chests
- Right-click controller with Linking Tool
- Right-click each probe to link them
3. Configure Probes
- Filter Mode: Put 1 diamond in a chest → automatically routes all diamonds there
- Accept All: Catches everything else (perfect for overflow)
- Shift+Right-click probe with Linking Tool to change modes
4. Use Your Network!
- Right-click Storage Controller to open GUI
- Shift+Click items from inventory to deposit
- Click items in GUI to retrieve
- Use search box for large networks
That's it! Your automated storage system is ready! 🎉
📦 How It Works
Smart Routing Example:
You deposit 64 diamonds into the Storage Controller
System checks:
Filter Mode chests first → Found chest with diamonds inside ✓ → Deposits all 64 diamonds there
Accept All chests (only if filter chests are full) → Skipped (diamonds went to filter chest)
Result: Perfectly organized! ✨
Before Smart Sorter:
[Mixed Chest] → 27 different random items [Another Mixed Chest] → Can't find anything [Where Are My Diamonds?] → Frustration
After Smart Sorter:
[Diamond Chest] → Only diamonds (auto-sorted) [Iron Chest] → Only iron (auto-sorted) [Overflow Chest] → Misc items [Storage Controller] → Access everything from one screen
✨ Key Features Explained
🎯 Filter Mode (Smart Sorting)
Place 1 item in a chest to designate it for that item type:
- Put 1 diamond → becomes your diamond chest
- Put 1 iron → becomes your iron chest
- System automatically routes matching items there
🟢 Accept All Mode (Overflow)
Acts as a catch-all for items without a dedicated filter:
- Perfect for miscellaneous items
- Automatically receives items with no matching filter
- Great for mob drops and random loot
🔍 Network Search
Find items instantly across hundreds of chests:
- Type item name to filter
- Real-time updates
- Supports thousands of unique items
📊 Capacity Monitoring
Always know your storage status:
- Color-coded warnings (green → yellow → red)
- Shows free slots vs. total slots
- Per-inventory breakdown
⚡ Quick Transfer
Convenient item management:
- Shift+Click: Quick deposit from inventory
- Left-Click: Take stack (64)
- Right-Click: Take half (32)
- Search + Click: Instant retrieval
🧩 Mod Compatibility
Works With:
✅ Vanilla Chests
- Single chests (27 slots)
- Double chests (54 slots) - auto-detected!
- Barrels, Hoppers, Shulker Boxes
✅ Iron Chests
- All tiers (Copper → Diamond)
- Automatically handles upgrades
- Supports 100+ slot chests
✅ Sophisticated Storage
- Barrels, Chests, Shulker Boxes
- Upgraded variants work perfectly
✅ Storage Drawers
- Basic and Compacting Drawers
- Full drawer controller compatibility
✅ Any Mod Implementing Inventory
- Uses Minecraft's standard Inventory interface
- Future-proof compatibility
🎨 Perfect For...
- 🏗️ Large Build Projects - Never run out of organized materials
- ⛏️ Mining Sessions - Automatically sort thousands of blocks
- 🧙 Modpacks - Handle hundreds of modded items
- 🎮 Survival Bases - Keep everything neat and accessible
- 📦 Item Storage Halls - Centralized access to massive warehouses
💡 Pro Tips
Organization Strategies:
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By Category
- Building blocks chest (cobble, stone, etc.)
- Ores chest (raw iron, diamonds, etc.)
- Food chest (bread, steak, carrots, etc.)
- Tools chest (pickaxes, swords, etc.) (These features will be in future releases as a filter)
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By Frequency
- Common items → Large chests / Iron Chests
- Rare items → Small chests
- Overflow → Multiple Accept All chests
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Always Have Overflow
- Set up 2-3 Accept All chests
- Prevents items from bouncing back
- Catches new modded items automatically
Performance Tips:
- 📦 Group chests near probes (easier to manage)
- 🔗 One controller can handle 50+ probes easily
- 🎯 Use filters for common items, Accept All for rare
- ⚡ Chest upgrades work seamlessly (no relinking needed)
⚙️ Technical Details
- Performance: Optimized for large networks (1000+ items)
- Networking: Efficient packet usage
- Persistence: All data saved to world files
- Compatibility: Uses standard Minecraft/Fabric APIs
🔄 Planned Features
Coming in future updates:
- 🎚️ User-Configurable Priorities - Set importance levels for chests
- 📊 Advanced Sorting - By name, count, mod, rarity
- 🗂️ Category Filtering - Building, Food, Tools dropdown menus
- 🌍 Cross-Dimensional Access - Access storage from any dimension
- 🔔 Chunk Load Notifications - See when linked chests are unloaded
📋 Requirements
- Minecraft: (Fabric)
- Fabric Loader: 0.17.2+
- Fabric API: Required
- Java: 21+
🐛 Support & Feedback
Found a Bug?
- 🐛 Report on GitHub Issues
- Include: Minecraft version, mod version, crash log (if applicable)
Have a Suggestion?
- 💡 Submit Feature Request
- 💬 Leave a comment on this page
- ⭐ Vote on existing suggestions
❤️ Show Your Support
If you enjoy Smart Sorter:
- ⭐ Leave a rating on Modrinth
- 📢 Share with friends and communities
- 💬 Write a review - feedback helps improve the mod!
- 🎥 Make videos - I'd love to see your setups!
- ☕ Support development on [Ko-fi]
📜 License
Smart Sorter is licensed under MIT (Public Domain)
You're free to:
- ✅ Use in modpacks (no permission needed)
- ✅ Modify for personal use
- ✅ Fork and improve
- ✅ Include in server distributions
🙏 Credits
Developer: SlimShaddii
Special Thanks: Tom's Simple Storage for Inspiration
🔗 Links
- 🌐 GitHub
Ready to revolutionize your storage? Download now and start organizing! 🚀