Just Enough Items (JEI)
Mod by mezz
The classic recipe viewer. Look up how to craft any item, and what it is used for, straight from your inventory.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- MC 1.8 to 26.3
- 87M downloads
NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT WEBSITE. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG OR MICROSOFT.
Quality of life · Mod
Explorer's Compass
A compass that finds structures such as villages, temples and modded dungeons.
- Type
- Mod, Java Edition
- Loaders
- Fabric, Forge, NeoForge
- Minecraft
- 1.18.2 to 26.3
- Made by
- Chaosyr
- Downloads
- 13M on Modrinth
- Install on
- Your game and the server
How to install Explorer's Compass
- Install the Fabric loader for your Minecraft version (it also supports Forge, NeoForge).
- Download the file that matches your Minecraft version and loader from the official page above.
- Put the .jar file in the mods folder of your Minecraft folder, or install it with the CurseForge app, Modrinth App or Prism Launcher.
- Start Minecraft with the loader profile. Explorer's Compass should appear in the Mods list.
Step-by-step help: how to install Minecraft mods. Only download from the official pages linked above.
Quality of life
Similar to Explorer's Compass
EMI
Mod
A modern recipe viewer with favourites, recipe trees and a tidy layout. A popular alternative to JEI.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- Quilt
- MC 1.18.2 to 1.21.1
- 31M downloads
Roughly Enough Items (REI)
Mod
Roughly Enough Items: a clean, customisable recipe viewer that works on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- MC 1.13 to 26.3
- 28M downloads
Jade
Mod by Snownee
Shows a small tooltip about whatever you are looking at: block name, mob health, furnace progress and the mod it comes from.
- Fabric
- Forge
- NeoForge
- Quilt
- MC 1.16.4 to 26.3
- 75M downloads
Details from Modrinth API (https://api.modrinth.com) plus project pages on CurseForge, checked 30 October 2026. xarmo is not affiliated with Explorer's Compass.