Vanilla Storage Interface

A sleek, Vanilla-oriented storage terminal mod for Minecraft 1.21.1 (Fabric).

If you wish to have this mod ported to a newer/older version of the game, or see new block variants or features added, do let me know in the Discussions section or create a new feature request using this template :).

Tired of digging through massive walls of chests and sifting through countless Shulker Boxes? This mod offers a stupidly simple way to access large quantities of items in one convenient place – using nothing but standard Vanilla inventories.

The Storage Interface is a smart terminal block. Attach it to a Chest, Barrel, or almost any other block with an inventory to access a unified, searchable, sortable, and scrollable virtual inventory.

✨ Features

• Unified Smart Terminal: Quickly find what you need with a live search bar, smart sorting (A-Z, Ascending, Descending), and a scrollable grid that bypasses Vanilla slot limits. Enchanted Books dynamically sort by enchantment names, and scroll-extracting smoothly pauses the grid to prevent misclicks.
• Smart Storage Defragmentation: Press a hotkey to instantly optimize your storage! The server vacuums items, merges partial stacks, sorts them based on your settings, and repacks them to maximize density and free up Shulker Boxes.
• Portable Access: Access your storage on the go without placing blocks!
  • Void Terminal: Deep-scan all Shulker Boxes inside your Ender Chest.
  • Player Terminal: Browse all Shulker Boxes sitting in your inventory at once.
  • Shulker Terminal: Open a Shulker Box just by hovering over or holding it.
• Zero-Lag Visual Labels: Place an item in the UI's Ghost Slot to display it on the block like an Item Frame. It renders statically into the chunk mesh – meaning you can have 1,000 of these with zero frame drops. Resize, rotate, make it glow!
• Intelligent Auto-Packing: Utilizes a smart 3-pass algorithm when shift-clicking loose items. The system automatically groups matching items into corresponding Shulker Boxes before packing overflow into empty boxes to save space.
• Stackable Shulker Safety: Fully compatible with mods that increase Shulker Box stack sizes (like Carpet). It safely auto-splits stacked boxes to prevent duplication or deletion.
• Aesthetic Integration: Comes in 34 variants (all 11 wood types + Black Stained Glass). Right-click with a Glow Ink Sac to make the screen glow!

📖 How to Use

1. Craft a Frame: Combine your wood of choice (Planks, Logs, or Stripped) to create a Storage Frame.
2. Craft the Interface: Upgrade your Frame into the final Storage Interface.
3. Place and Connect: Sneak + Right-Click to place the Interface against any compatible Vanilla storage block.
4. Interact: Right-click the block to open the terminal.

⌨️ Controls & Integrations

• Rapid Movement: Shift + Scroll Down to rapidly pull full stacks. Ctrl + Scroll Down for single items. Shift + Double-Click to move all matching items.
• Throw Items: Press your drop key (Default Q) to throw items directly out of the terminal. Hold Ctrl+Q for full stacks. Hold the key to throw a continuous stream!
• Defragmentation: Press Ctrl + S to compress Shulker Boxes. Press Ctrl + Shift + S to fully compress and sort all loose items and Shulkers in the terminal.
• IPN Integration: Operates as a soft dependency for Inventory Profiles Next. Dynamically reads live IPN hotkeys and configuration from memory to mimic custom "Move All Items", "Move Matching", and "Include Hotbar" logic natively inside the terminal!
• REI Integration: Hover over any item in the grid and press R or U to instantly pull up recipes and uses.

Default Keybinds:

• V: Open Void Terminal (Requires Ender Chest in player inventory)
• N: Open Player Inventory Terminal
• H: Open hovered Shulker Box
• B: Open held Shulker Box

⚙️ Requirements

• Minecraft 1.21.1 (Fabric Loader >= 0.16.14)
• Fabric API
• Cloth Config API (Server & Client: Required for settings)
• ModMenu (Client: Required for client-side settings screen)

Side note:

This mod was primarily developed for our 'Vanilla++' survival server which is still running on 1.21.1 since we were too busy IRL to update our modpack... We are planning on updating the modpack and the server to a newer game version whenever we have the time (summer most likely). As such, we will definitely be updating this mod (and other custom mods made by us) to a newer game version as well.

Side note 2:

Only limited playtesting has been done so far, so if you encounter any issues, bugs, unintended features or game-breaking behavior, please please do let me know by submitting a 🐞BUG report. Thank you :)