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danse - serverside gestures / emotes

Mod

Server-side player gestures using a resourcepack. Dynamic player textures! No client-side mods required!

Type

Mod

Modrinth Downloads

0

Modrinth ID

vSdZ5THv

Last Updated

Apr 13, 2026

Description

danse (dance)

player gestures/emotes for fabric servers using 1.21.4+ item models Handstand

There are 9 gestures at the moment;

  • bits
  • fall
  • grow
  • helicopter
  • handstand
  • wave
  • zombie
  • dab
  • facepalm
  • fold
  • ascend

More are in the works...!

Using vanilla item models!
Compatible with Sodium, Iris, and everything else!

Clients don't have to install any mods, they can connect with a vanilla client!

Commands:

/gesture bits /gesture fall /gesture grow /gesture helicopter /gesture handstand /gesture wave /gesture zombie /gesture dab /gesture facepalm /gesture fold /gesture ascend

Models

Persistent player models can be spawned like this:

/summon danse:player_model ~ ~ ~ {Player:Steve,Animation:wave}

Animation can be player by modifying the "Animation" NBT string:

/data modify entity @e[...] Animation set value wave

Changing the skin:

/data modify entity @e[...] Player set value Alex

Dialog

The config has an option to add a quick action dialog for the gestures.

Dialog

To override existing icons or add icons for your own animations, place 256x256 png images in config/danse/<animation-name>_icon.png, for example the zombie animation would use this icon: config/danse/zombie_icon.png

Permissions

Permission checks can be enabled in the config.

The command requires: danse.animation

For the individual animations: danse.animation.<animation-name>

Checkout the discord for more info

How?

The mod uses the new 1.21.4 item models and custom_model_data to dynamically display the skins.

Adding custom animations

Put your .bbmodel or .ajblueprint files into the config/danse/ folder. You get can templates here

The name of the animation will be used in-game.

License

Versions before 2.0.0 are LPGL-3.0 licensed. 2.0 and later use AGPL

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Compatibility

Mod Loaders

Fabric

Game Versions

1.20.1 1.20.4 1.20.6 1.21 1.21.1 1.21.2-rc1 1.21.2-rc2 1.21.2 1.21.3 1.21.4 +10 more

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