Beautified Chat [Server]

Mod

by Serilum

💬 A highly configurable mod to change the style and colour of chat messages server-wide.

Type

Mod

CurseForge Downloads

376,981

CurseForge ID

514796

Modrinth Downloads

62,322

Modrinth ID

C00Y5Ci9

Last Updated

Oct 31, 2026

Description

This is the server variant of the Beautified Chat mod. It is highly configurable and allows users to change the chat input server-wide. The mod variant you're currently looking at just needs the mod in the server mod list. It will make changes to the chat for all connected players without the need to have it on their clients. There is also a timestamp feature to know when messages were sent.

Version 3.0 adds the ability to create ranks, and set name colours based on those ranks!

The client version is also available and is called Beautified Chat [Client].
Both the client and server mod are compatible with each other, server-side takes priority.

In default Minecraft, all chat is in the format:
<Username> Message

The mod by default changes this to:
Timestamp | Username: Message

The default colours can be seen below in the example image. Both the format and the colour codes can be changed with ease via the config. If you don't want the timestamp, just remove it in the chatMessageFormat config option.

The default timestamp format is 24-hours. If you want AM/PM, just input in the timestampFormat config option "hh:mm a" instead of the default "HH:mm".

Environment: Server

All available config options:

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showRankTitles  default true
Whether the rank titles, created in /bcs rank, should be shown before the username.

useRankColours  default true
Whether rank colours, set in /bcs rank, should be used as the priority username colour.

chatMessageFormat  default "%timestamp% | %username%: %chatmessage%"
Variables: %timestamp% = timestamp set in timestampFormat. %username% = the username of the player who sent the message. %username% = the username of who sent the message.

timestampFormat  default "HH:mm"
Example time in formats: 5 seconds past 9 o' clock in the evening. *=Default. *(HH:mm) = 21:00, (HH:mm:ss) = 21:00:05, (hh:mm a) = 9:00 PM

rankTitleFormat  default "[%rank] "
The rank format prefixed before %username% when showRankTitles is enabled.

chatTimestampColour  default 8, min 0, max 15
The colour of the timestamp in the chat message. The possible values are; 0: black, 1: dark_blue, 2: dark_green, 3: dark_aqua, 4: dark_red, 5: dark_purple, 6: gold, 7: gray, 8: dark_gray, 9: blue, 10: green, 11: aqua, 12: red, 13: light_purple, 14: yellow, 15: white.

chatUsernameColour  default 2, min 0, max 15
The colour of the username in the chat messsage.

chatMessageColour  default 15, min 0, max 15
The colour of the chat message.

chatOtherSymbolsColour  default 7, min 0, max 15
The colour of the other symbols from chatMessageFormat. So everything except the variables.

Use /bcs (alias: /beautifiedchatserver). Needs cheat-access.

/bcs rank create <rank-name> <colour> - Create or update a rank with the given chat colour.
/bcs rank remove <rank-name> - Delete a rank.
/bcs rank list - List all ranks and their colors.

/bcs player add <player-name> <rank-name> - Assign a rank to a player.
/bcs player remove <player-name> <rank-name> - Remove a rank from a player.
/bcs player list - List all players with assigned ranks.

The default format ("%timestamp% | %username%: %chatmessage%"):

You can also add ranks, and choose colours based on those:

You may freely use this mod in any modpack, as long as the download remains hosted within the CurseForge or Modrinth ecosystem.

Serilum.com contains an overview and more information on all mods available.

For issues, ideas, suggestions or anything else there is the Github repo. Thanks!