Emotify adds animated reactions above Minecraft players: a fast and quiet alternative to another chat message or a full-body emote.

NeoForge and Fabric players can share reactions across NeoForge, Fabric, Paper, and Purpur servers through the same secure server-authoritative system.

✨ Features

• 162 built-in reactions with persistent favorites.
• Complete English and Russian localization.
• Localized search across reaction names and aliases.
• Three distinct animated presentations: Elastic Pop, Ribbon Weave, and Lantern Release.
• Smooth world-space rendering that follows standing, crouching, swimming, sleeping, riding, and gliding players.
• Reactions remain behind blocks and respect first-person, invisibility, spectator, and visibility rules.
• Movement-friendly picker that does not take control away from the player.
• Reduced Motion mode with a static fade-only presentation.
• Server-controlled cooldowns, permissions, visibility filtering, bounded payloads, and abuse protection.

Emotify keeps its visual language close to Minecraft: readable pixel sprites, smooth motion, and no particle noise competing with gameplay.

🌐 Compatibility

Component	Supported version
Minecraft	1.21.1
NeoForge	21.1.234 or newer
Fabric Loader	0.19.3 or newer
Fabric API	0.116.15+1.21.1 or newer compatible release
Fabric Language Kotlin	1.13.12+kotlin.2.4.0 or newer compatible release
Paper / Purpur	1.21.1
Java	21
Kotlin for Forge	5.12.x

All supported platforms use the same Emotify protocol. NeoForge and Fabric clients can connect to either modded server platform or to Paper and Purpur servers running the plugin.

Players without the Emotify client can still join normally, but they cannot send or see reactions.

Important: Emotify uses separate NeoForge, Fabric, and Paper files. Install only the file intended for the platform on which it runs.

📦 Installation

NeoForge

Install the NeoForge Emotify file in the mods folder.

Kotlin for Forge 5.12.x is required.

The same file supports NeoForge clients, singleplayer, and NeoForge dedicated servers.

Fabric

Install the Fabric Emotify file in the mods folder together with:

• Fabric API;
• Fabric Language Kotlin.

The same file supports Fabric clients, singleplayer, and Fabric dedicated servers.

Paper or Purpur

Install the Paper Emotify file in the server's plugins folder.

No additional server dependencies are required. Players connect using either the NeoForge or Fabric Emotify client.

Do not install multiple Emotify platform files in the same game or server instance.

🛡️ Server administration

Paper and Purpur settings are stored in:

plugins/Emotify/config.yml

Changes can be applied without restarting the server:

/emotify reload

Invalid configuration is rejected without replacing the active settings. Successful reloads preserve connected sessions, cooldowns, and abuse-protection state.

Permissions

Permission	Default	Purpose
emotify.use	Everyone	Send reactions
emotify.receive	Everyone	Receive reactions
emotify.admin.reload	Operators	Reload the plugin configuration

The plugin uses the standard Bukkit permission API and does not require direct LuckPerms integration.

🐛 Bug reports

Report problems through the GitHub issue tracker.

Please include:

• Emotify and Minecraft versions;
• client loader and server platform;
• relevant client and server latest.log sections;
• clear reproduction steps;
• a screenshot or short recording for visual problems.

Remove private server addresses, access tokens, and personal information before uploading logs.

🎨 Asset credits

The 162 bundled 8×8 emoji assets come from Happy's Better Emojis by Happy_AlexRO.

The artwork is included without visual modification and remains licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Emotify provides its own catalog, stable identifiers, categories, atlas coordinates, localization, animations, interface, and multiplayer system.

📄 License

Emotify's source code and original project material are available under the MIT License.

The bundled Happy's Better Emojis artwork remains subject to CC BY 4.0.

Emotify is an independent project and is not affiliated with Mojang Studios, Microsoft, NeoForge, Fabric, PaperMC, Purpur, Kotlin for Forge, Happy_AlexRO, or the Happy's Better Emojis project.