TidyInv
Few things slow down a Minecraft session like a chest that looks like a creeper went off inside it. You open a double chest, stare at the chaos, and start dragging stacks one by one. TidyInv exists to end that ritual. It is a lightweight sorting mod that cleans up your inventory and any container in a single click or keypress, and it does so without turning your game into a slideshow.
What TidyInv Actually Does
At its core, TidyInv is a smart inventory sorter. Press R and the current inventory or open chest rearranges itself according to the mode you have selected. Press K and an in-game config GUI opens, so you never have to touch a JSON file unless you genuinely want to. The mod is built to be server-friendly, which matters more than most players realize: sorting runs server-side with an anti-spam cooldown, so multiplayer servers stay stable and nobody can weaponize the sort key.
Seven Sort Modes
- Category — weapons, tools, armor, food, combat, blocks, redstone, materials, misc
- Name — alphabetical by registry ID
- Quantity — largest stacks float to the top
- Rarity — Epic down to Common
- By Mod — groups items by namespace, vanilla first
- By Tag — clusters items by their first tag: ores, logs, wool, and so on
- Smart Affinity — items sharing tags end up next to each other
There is also a vertical sort option that lays everything out column-first, which is exactly what you want for tall, narrow chest walls in a storage room.
Chest Presets and Sort Profiles
Sorting is only half the story. TidyInv ships with five chest presets you can trigger with a command: food, tools, building, combat, and storage. Each one applies a sensible priority order. The tools preset, for example, pushes tools first, then weapons, armor, and materials. The combat preset leads with weapons, armor, food, and combat items.
On top of that, there are four sort profiles — Default, Mining, PvP, and Building — and they persist to disk. If you spend most of your time strip mining, you can switch to the Mining profile and keep your hotbar logic consistent across sessions. Locked slots let you pin specific items in place with a visual indicator and tooltip, so your sword never wanders off mid-fight.
Quick Chest Actions
When you open any chest, six buttons appear along the right side of the GUI. Three bars sort the chest, vertical bars sort it column-first, a right arrow deposits only items that already exist in the chest, a left arrow restocks only what you already carry, a double down arrow dumps everything, and a double up arrow takes everything. The buttons follow the chest GUI when it shifts, so they stay usable even with the recipe book open.
If you would rather skip the manual setup entirely, the foxygame.net launcher handles TidyInv as a one-click install from its add-on catalog, matching the right build to your game version automatically. It is a convenient shortcut for players who would rather not juggle loader files by hand.
Supported Versions and Loaders
TidyInv supports Fabric, Forge, and NeoForge depending on the Minecraft version you run. The latest build targets Minecraft 26.1.2 across all three loaders. Minecraft 1.21.1 supports Fabric, Forge, and NeoForge, while 1.20.2 is NeoForge only and 1.20.1 covers Fabric and Forge. Note that NeoForge did not exist for 1.20.1, so if you are on that version, pick the Fabric or Forge build. Mojang dropped the 1. prefix starting with 26.1, so the canonical order runs 1.21.11, then 26.1, 26.1.1, and 26.1.2.
How to Install TidyInv for Minecraft
Installation is straightforward, and it works the same way whether you grabbed the file manually or through a launcher.
- Install the loader that matches your setup: Fabric, Forge, or NeoForge, for your exact Minecraft version.
- Fabric users also need Fabric API.
- Drop the matching tidyinv jar into your mods folder.
- Launch the game and press K to open the config.
If you are wondering where to download TidyInv, the project lives on GitHub under Luis1604, with each Minecraft version kept on its own branch. Per-version changelogs document everything that has shipped, and bug reports are welcome with your Minecraft version, loader, and modlist attached. The mod is MIT licensed, so you are free to use, modify, and redistribute it.
Commands, Config, and the Public API
Everything in the GUI has a command equivalent. The /tidyinv sort command accepts any of the seven modes, /tidyinv preset takes the five preset names, and lock and unlock commands handle individual slots from 0 to 35. Profile management, deposit, restock, dump, and take all have their own subcommands as well.
For modders, TidyInv exposes a public API. Other mods can register custom sortable containers and custom item categorizers, which means containers from other mods are auto-detected and can be sorted alongside vanilla ones. The in-game options cover default sort mode, chest button visibility, sound, ActionBar messages, hotbar locking, and a cooldown slider ranging from 0 to 40 ticks.
Final Thoughts
TidyInv does not try to reinvent Minecraft storage. It simply removes the tedium. Between seven sort modes, five chest presets, four persistent profiles, locked slots, and a clean command layer, it covers the sorting needs of casual players and storage-room obsessives alike. If your chests have ever made you sigh, this is the mod that stops the sighing.