Storage Organizer: Filter Tabs for Applied Energistics 2 and Refined Storage
If you have ever stared at a terminal packed with thousands of items and wished you could just see the ones that matter, Storage Organizer is the add-on you have been waiting for. It is a client-side mod that adds user-defined filter tabs to Applied Energistics 2 terminals and Refined Storage 2 grids, letting you narrow the view to exactly the items you want and switch between saved views with a single click.
What Storage Organizer Actually Does
Both AE2 and Refined Storage already filter and sort their item lists on the client, and Storage Organizer hooks directly into that view. That means every tab is purely client-side with zero server load, and your tabs keep working even when you connect to a server that does not have the mod installed. Each storage system stays fully separate: AE2 terminals and RS grids have their own independent tabs, windows, and settings, and they never share a filter unless you deliberately copy one across with Export and Import.
The mod was formerly known as AE2 Organizer. It was renamed in version 2.0.0 because it is no longer AE2-only, but it is the same mod, the same project, and the same settings. Your existing tabs carry over automatically, so there is nothing to migrate. If you install mods by hand, just delete the old AE2Organizer jar before adding the new StorageOrganizer file, because the mod id did not change and running both is the same mod twice.
Supported Versions and Loaders
Storage Organizer targets modern Minecraft releases on NeoForge, and it is built with the 1.21 tag namespace in mind. Both storage mods are optional: the jar loads cleanly with either AE2, Refined Storage, both, or neither installed, and it simply adds its tabs to whichever system is present. On its own it does nothing, which keeps it safe to leave in a pack even if you later swap storage mods.
How to Install Storage Organizer for Minecraft
Installation is straightforward for anyone who has added a mod before.
- Confirm you are running a supported Minecraft version with the matching NeoForge loader.
- Place the Storage Organizer jar in your mods folder alongside Applied Energistics 2, Refined Storage, or both.
- Remove any leftover AE2Organizer jar from older setups to avoid a duplicate mod id crash.
- Launch the game and open an AE2 terminal or RS grid to see your first filter window.
If you would rather skip the manual file juggling, the foxygame.net launcher handles the whole process in one click, pulling Storage Organizer straight from its add-on catalog and keeping it updated as new Minecraft versions land. Either route gets you the same result: tabs docked to your terminal, ready to configure.
Building Your First Filter Tab
Out of the box, a single filter window is docked to the right edge of every terminal. You can add more windows, move them anywhere, and lay each one out as a vertical list or a horizontal icon row. Each window shows an optional All button that clears the filter, your tabs, a settings icon for the editor, and a scrollbar for when you have more tabs than fit on screen.
Tab Criteria and Match Modes
Every tab combines its conditions using Match ANY (OR) or Match ALL (AND), and each condition has an Is or Not toggle. Not turns a condition into an exclusion, and exclusions always apply on top of the positive conditions no matter which match mode you picked.
- mod matches items from a given mod id, such as create.
- tag matches items in an item tag, such as c:ingots.
- text matches display names containing your text, case-insensitive.
- component checks per-stack data components like enchantments, custom names, damage, or a specific component type id.
A practical example: Match ANY with the tags c:oak_logs and c:spruce_logs, plus Not mod sophisticatedstorage, shows oak or spruce wood but never that storage mod's drawers. A tab with only Not conditions shows everything except what you excluded. Dragging an item onto a tag condition lists its real tags, so you never have to guess tag ids, and the built-in picker works even without JEI.
Windows, Positions, and Settings
Each window has its own layout, display style, scale slider, and terminal visibility toggles, so you can keep a compact icon row on your wireless terminal and a full list on your main ME system. Hold Alt in the terminal to drag any window, or use the Move option for a persistent move mode. Positions are remembered per terminal type. If a window ever ends up off screen, the client command /storageorganizer resetwindows restores everything to a reachable state in both backends.
Cross-cutting settings are stored per storage system. You can reset the filter when opening a terminal, clear the search bar when selecting a tab, or sync JEI's search bar to match the active tab so JEI shows the same items. Export all and Import all copy an entire setup to the clipboard as plain JSON, which makes a quick backup or a full transfer between instances painless.
Final Thoughts
Storage Organizer solves a problem every late-game storage user runs into: too many items, not enough clarity. Because it is client-side, version-flexible, and works with or without either storage mod present, it slots into almost any modpack without risk. If you want to download Storage Organizer and finally make your terminals readable, it is one of the easiest quality-of-life upgrades you can make.
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