Who are you? Add-on for Minecraft
Few things are more awkward on a busy server than staring at a crowd of identical avatars with no idea who is who. If your server has nametags disabled, every player becomes a mystery. The Who are you? add-on solves that problem by displaying nicknames above the heads of every player around you, so you always know exactly who you are standing next to.
What Does the Who are you? Add-on Do?
This mod renders a floating nickname above each player's character model, visible from a comfortable distance. The original project it builds on, known as the whoami mod, only showed a name above a single player, which made it useful for recording but nearly useless in actual gameplay. This fork changes that behavior completely: it applies the nickname display to all players in your render distance, turning a one-player gimmick into a genuinely practical tool for multiplayer survival, minigames, and roleplay servers.
The idea is simple. Many server owners disable vanilla nametags to reduce clutter, prevent targeting in PvP, or enforce a more immersive atmosphere. The tradeoff is that players lose an essential piece of information. Who are you? gives that information back without requiring the server to change any of its settings, because the rendering happens entirely on your client side.
Supported Minecraft Versions and Loaders
Before you download Who are you?, check that your setup matches. The add-on is built for the Fabric loader, which is the most common choice for lightweight client-side mods, and it targets modern Minecraft releases in the 1.19 and 1.20 branches. Fabric API is required, so make sure it is present in your mods folder alongside the add-on itself. If you play on a server running an older version, keep in mind that client-side mods must match your own game version, not the server's, so you can still use it on most servers as long as your client is compatible.
If you prefer to skip manual file hunting, the foxygame.net launcher offers a one-click install path that drops Who are you? straight into the correct mods directory and keeps it updated whenever a new build appears. The launcher's built-in add-on catalog also flags version compatibility automatically, which saves a lot of guesswork when you are juggling several client-side mods at once.
How to Install Who are you? for Minecraft
Getting the add-on running takes only a few minutes. Follow these steps in order:
- Install Fabric for your exact Minecraft version and run the game once to generate the mods folder.
- Place the Fabric API jar into the mods folder, since the add-on depends on it.
- Download Who are you? and move the jar file into the same mods folder.
- Launch Minecraft using the Fabric profile and join any server.
- Look at nearby players: nicknames should now appear above their heads automatically.
Common Questions and Troubleshooting
If names do not show up, the usual culprit is a missing Fabric API or a version mismatch between your game and the mod. Double-check that both jars match your Minecraft release. On servers with strict anti-cheat plugins, client-side rendering mods are generally tolerated because they do not alter gameplay or send extra packets, but it never hurts to read the server rules first. You can also adjust the display distance in the config file if the tags feel too cluttered in large crowds.
Why This Fork Matters
Multiplayer Minecraft is a social game, and anonymity works against that. Whether you are coordinating a raid, trading in a hub, or just trying to remember which teammate keeps stealing your diamonds, seeing names above heads changes how you play. Who are you? for Minecraft fills a gap that vanilla settings leave open, and it does so with a lightweight client-side approach that respects server configuration.
If you regularly play on servers where nametags are hidden, this add-on is one of the simplest quality-of-life upgrades you can make. Install it once, and you will wonder how you ever managed without it.