Better Pie Chart
If you have ever tried to diagnose lag in Minecraft, you know the vanilla F3 pie chart is both a blessing and a curse. It shows exactly where your tick time is going, but the moment you press a number key to drill into a subcategory, you lose your place, and the chart itself sits stubbornly in one corner of the screen. Better Pie Chart is a lightweight quality-of-life mod that fixes all of that without changing how the profiler actually works.
What Better Pie Chart Does
At its core, this mod enhances the vanilla debug pie chart rather than replacing it. Everything you already know about reading the F3 profiler still applies, which makes it easy to pick up. The improvements focus on three areas: preventing accidental input, automating tedious resets, and giving you full control over where and how the chart appears.
Chart Lock Blocks
The headline feature is the chart lock. When enabled, it blocks all number keys from 0 to 9, so you can no longer accidentally navigate into pie chart subcategories while you are moving around or typing. A clear "CHART LOCKED" indicator appears in the top-right of the debug HUD, and a chat message confirms every lock and unlock toggle so you always know the current state.
Automatic and Manual Profiler Resets
Stale profiler data is one of the most common sources of confusion when benchmarking. Better Pie Chart can automatically reset the vanilla profiler whenever you enter a new chunk, and this works even when the F3 overlay is closed. If you prefer to keep control, you can disable the automatic behavior and bind a manual reset key instead. The manual reset clears all profiler data, including the TickTimeTracker and the DebugHud pie chart.
Pie Chart Only Mode
Sometimes you want performance data without the wall of debug text. Pie Chart Only mode hides all F3 debug text while keeping the pie chart visible, which is ideal for monitoring performance during normal play without screen clutter.
Move and Scale the Pie Chart
You can drag the pie chart to any position on your screen and scroll to scale it anywhere from 0.2x to 3.0x. Right-clicking resets the position and scale to default. All of these changes persist across sessions through the JSON config, so you set it up once and forget about it.
Optional Debug Overlay
An optional overlay displays profiler status, chunk position, reset counter, and lock status. When enabled in the config, it stays visible even without the F3 menu open, and the last event fades out smoothly instead of vanishing abruptly.
Controls and Keybinds
Every action in Better Pie Chart is unbound by default, so nothing conflicts with your existing setup until you decide otherwise. You can assign keys for locking chart navigation, resetting profiler data, toggling pie chart only mode, and opening the move and scale editor. The vanilla Shift+F3 toggle still works as always. All keybinds live under the Better Pie Chart category in Minecraft's controls settings.
- Lock Key: lock or unlock chart navigation
- Reset Key: manually reset all profiler data
- Pie Chart Only Key: toggle pie chart only mode
- Edit Pie Chart Key: open the move and scale editor
- Shift+F3: vanilla debug pie chart toggle
Supported Versions and Loaders
Better Pie Chart is built for modern Minecraft releases and is available for both Fabric and NeoForge, covering the 1.20.x and 1.21.x version lines. Because it hooks into the vanilla profiler rather than replacing it, it stays lightweight and compatible with most performance mods you already run. If you are on an older snapshot, check the mod page for the exact supported Minecraft versions before you download Better Pie Chart.
How to Install Better Pie Chart for Minecraft
Getting started is straightforward. First, install a compatible mod loader, either Fabric or NeoForge, matching your Minecraft version. Next, download Better Pie Chart for Minecraft from the official mod page and drop the jar file into your mods folder. Launch the game once so the config file generates, then open the controls menu and bind the keys you want. If you would rather skip the manual steps, the foxygame.net launcher handles everything in a single click, pulling Better Pie Chart straight from its curated add-on catalog and keeping it updated automatically whenever a new build drops.
Once installed, the best way to learn the mod is to enable the chart lock, drag the pie chart somewhere out of the way, and play for a few minutes while watching the profiler. You will quickly notice how much easier it is to spot a misbehaving mod when your chart is not jumping around or resetting at the wrong moment.
Final Thoughts
Better Pie Chart does not try to reinvent performance profiling in Minecraft. Instead, it polishes the tools Mojang already provides, removing the small frustrations that make the F3 pie chart annoying to use during real gameplay. Between chart lock, automatic resets, pie chart only mode, and full move and scale control, it turns a diagnostic gimmick into something you can genuinely leave running. For anyone who spends time chasing lag spikes or tuning a modpack, it is an easy recommendation.