What Resourceful Lib works with.
| Platform | Java Edition |
|---|---|
| Loaders | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge |
| Minecraft versions | 1.19.2, 1.20.1, 1.20.4, 1.21.1, 1.21.8, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.2 |
| Environment | Client, Server |
Resourceful Lib is a shared code library for Fabric, Forge, and NeoForge on Minecraft Java, built and maintained by Team Resourceful. It runs on both the client and the server and adds no menu or feature you would notice in-game: it exists so other mods, including Chipped and Resourceful Bees, can reuse a shared set of UI, data, and networking utilities instead of each building their own. Fabric and NeoForge builds reach 26.2, current as of September 2026; Forge stops at 1.20.4.
What Resourceful Lib provides
The library bundles the kind of plumbing several mods end up rewriting on their own: codecs for predicates, tags, recipes, and random collections, a stateful screen and history manager for building multi-step GUIs, a colour API, cross-platform networking helpers, JSON file utilities, in-memory resource and data packs, and a scheduling API. It also ships YABN, a compressed binary form of JSON built to keep networked data small.
One feature is visible to players indirectly: the Highlight API lets a dependent mod draw a custom selection box around a block that is not a plain cube, without changing where the block can actually be hit. It is a client-only visual layer, defined either in a developer's code or through a JSON file, so a mod with an oddly shaped block can still outline it correctly when you look at it.
Installing Resourceful Lib
- Download the build for your loader, Fabric, Forge, or NeoForge, from the Modrinth page linked below.
- Match the Minecraft version and loader of the mod that requires it; a mismatched build fails to load.
- Fabric builds also need Fabric API installed as a required dependency.
- Drop the jar into the mods folder next to whichever mod lists Resourceful Lib as a dependency, on both client and server.
- There is no in-game menu or config screen for Resourceful Lib itself.
Supported loaders and Minecraft versions
- Fabric: current build reaches 26.2, version 5.0.4, published 2026-09-03.
- NeoForge: current build reaches 26.2, version 5.0.4, published 2026-09-03.
- Forge: current build reaches 1.20.4, version 2.4.10, published 2024-03-14, with no newer Forge build since.
Licence and source
Resourceful Lib is released under the MIT License, confirmed against the LICENSE file in the project's GitHub repository, which credits the copyright to Team Resourceful. The team behind it, ThatGravyBoat and epic_oreo, also credits Resourceful Lib as the library mod behind several of its own projects, and the same required dependency shows up on unrelated mods from other developers that choose to build on it instead of writing their own utilities.
Questions about Resourceful Lib.
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What does Resourceful Lib do?
Resourceful Lib is a shared code library, not a mod with its own gameplay. It supplies other Fabric, Forge, and NeoForge mods with GUI, data, colour, and networking utilities, plus a Highlight API for custom block selection boxes. Team Resourceful uses it across its own mods, and other developers list it as a dependency instead of duplicating the same code.
Why is Resourceful Lib in my mods folder if I never downloaded it?
You almost certainly downloaded a mod that requires it, such as Chipped, Resourceful Bees, Cozy, or Vitalize. A launcher, modpack, or Fabric's own dependency check installs Resourceful Lib automatically because the mod you actually wanted will not load without it, the same way Fabric API gets pulled in alongside most Fabric mods.
Does Resourceful Lib work with Forge?
Yes, but Forge support lags the other loaders. The current Forge build stops at Minecraft 1.20.4 with no release since March 2024, while Fabric and NeoForge builds both reach 26.2. Check which build a dependent mod actually needs before assuming the newest Forge version is available.
Can I remove Resourceful Lib from my mods folder?
Only if you also remove every mod that depends on it. Resourceful Lib adds nothing by itself, but any mod that lists it as a required dependency, such as Chipped or Resourceful Bees, will fail to load or crash the game if it is missing.
