Guide books for Minecraft mods
Write the manual
your mod deserves.
Folios turns JSON in a resource pack into a book players actually want to open: on the screen, or held open in their hands in the world, with recipes, builds, quests and more.
- Fabric
- NeoForge
- Forge
- 1.20.1 – 26.3
Two ways to read
On the screen, or in your hands
Every page works in both. A book picks its style, and players get the same content either way.
Screen books
A flat book in the middle of the screen with the world dimmed around it: ribbon tabs, bookmarks, search, and light or dark paper.
Handheld books
Raised from the hotbar and opened in your hands, its leaves turning in the world. Players nearby see you reading, and can read along.
Everything a guide needs
Built for players, written by you
Every kind of page
Text with a small Markdown, spotlights, images, crafting, smelting, stonecutting and smithing recipes, maps, links and spreads across the fold.
Builds you can follow
Turning 3D scenes of entities and builds, and a button that stands the build in the world as ghost blocks, layer by layer.
Quests and progress
Objectives followed live, toasts when a quest is done, and celebrations when a category or the whole book is mastered.
Pages that reveal
Ink, burn, runes and more: each spread can reveal itself with an effect, once or every time it is turned to.
Yours to restyle
Books are files in a resource pack. Packs can add, translate and restyle them, and F3 + T reloads them while you write.
Made for mods
Open books from code, give players book items, and add your own page types, reveal effects and objectives.
How it works
From a JSON file to a page
No code needed. Put a book in a resource pack, press F3 + T, and read it.
First steps
Every journey starts with a tree.
At a glance
Where it runs, and what you can do with it
Versions
- 26.1 – 26.3Fabric · NeoForge
- 1.21 – 1.21.1Fabric · NeoForge · Forge
- 1.20.1Fabric · Forge
Needs CoolCatLib, and Fabric API on Fabric.
License
- WelcomeModpacks, addons, resource packs, books, translations and videos. The book template is public domain.
- With creditReusing its code, forks and ports: name Folios and ixDarkLorD with a link.
- Not allowedRe-uploading Folios unchanged, or a fork that calls itself Folios.
Open your first book
Start from the template, and have a book in your pack in minutes.