Fabric API
by FabricMC
The core API module for Fabric mods providing essential hooks and utilities required by nearly all Fabric mods.
LibraryDownload Fabric API
Fabric API 0.158.0+26.3 sits on our own server, the build FabricMC released on 2026-08-18, 2.4 MB. FabricMC stays the author of Fabric API, the file is only hosted here. It brings biome and world gen apis. 35,234 people follow Fabric for the next build.
Download fabric-api-0.158.0_26.3.jarFor fabric on Minecraft 26.3-snapshot-9. SHA1 318520ce42fac1594022862a2f8d99043d428501 is the checksum of this Fabric file. 2.4 MB after download, no unpacking for Fabric. 2026-08-18 is the date FabricMC put this Fabric build out.
Overview
The core API module for Fabric mods providing essential hooks and utilities required by nearly all Fabric mods. Fabric API lists networking and registry tools among its features. FabricMC files Fabric API under Library. It is built for every Fabric player, as the core library most Fabric mods depend on. It rates beginner to pick up.
It provides the hooks and interoperability layer that Fabric mods build against, making it the single most common Fabric dependency. Fabric counts 5 features across 47 versions. Fabric API brings biome and world gen apis. It needs no companion mod. Fabric belongs on both sides.
Fabric API 0.158.0+26.3 is downloadable here, 2.4 MB. It includes essential for most fabric mods. 18 other Library mods sit beside Fabric. It ships under Apache 2.0. 35,234 people watch Fabric for updates.
FabricMC tags Fabric API as api, fabric and essential. Fabric spans 1.14 to 26.2. Fabric API brings rendering and resource apis. The Fabric code is open to read. Fabric API is rated beginner to learn.
Fabric API keeps pace with the game as FabricMC publishes it. Fabric counts 5 features across 47 versions. Fabric API lists biome and world gen apis among its features. It includes networking and registry tools. Placebo sits next to Fabric under Library here.
Mod Loaders
Fabric API ships a separate build for each of Fabric and Quilt. It needs one loader, Fabric ignores the other. 35,234 watchers follow Fabric API today. It lists networking and registry tools among its features.
Minecraft Versions
47 game versions carry Fabric API, 1.14 at the oldest and 26.2 at the newest. A Fabric jar built for another version will not load Fabric. Fabric is current with 26.2, the newest the game has. The Fabric file here is version 0.158.0+26.3, for Minecraft 26.3-snapshot-9.
26.1.1, 26.1.2 and 26.2 are the newest game versions with a Fabric API build. Your launcher version and the Fabric jar version have to match. 1.14 and 1.14.1 are the oldest Fabric builds, below 1.14 there is none. Each number exists per loader, so 94 Fabric combinations in all.
Release history
FabricMC has published 1,179 Fabric builds, the first on 2021-01-23 and the newest on 2026-08-24. The date says when Fabric API last moved, not how long it will keep working. Each Fabric build targets its own game version and loader. Fabric spans 1.14 to 26.2.
| Build | Published | For | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.158.1+26.3beta | 2026-08-24 | Fabric · 26.3-snapshot-9 | 0 · 2.4 MB |
| 0.158.0+26.3beta | 2026-08-18 | Fabric · 26.3-snapshot-9 | 33K · 2.4 MB |
| 0.158.0+26.2 | 2026-08-18 | Fabric · 26.2 | 1M · 2.4 MB |
| 0.157.2+26.3beta | 2026-08-17 | Fabric · 26.3-snapshot-9 | 6K · 2.4 MB |
| 0.157.1+26.3beta | 2026-08-12 | Fabric · 26.3-snapshot-8 | 38K · 2.4 MB |
| 0.157.0+26.3beta | 2026-08-10 | Fabric · 26.3-snapshot-7 | 13K · 2.4 MB |
| 0.157.0+26.2 | 2026-08-10 | Fabric · 26.2 | 2M · 2.4 MB |
| 0.156.3+26.3beta | 2026-08-05 | Fabric · 26.3-snapshot-7 | 35K · 2.4 MB |
2026: 120 builds · 2025: 179 builds · 2024: 150 builds · 2023: 133 builds · 2022: 118 builds · 2021: 479 builds
Key Features
Fabric API brings a focused set of features to the table. Highlights include event callbacks and hooks, plus rendering and resource apis, with the full list below.
- Event callbacks and hooks
- Rendering and resource APIs
- Networking and registry tools
- Biome and world gen APIs
- Essential for most Fabric mods
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How to install Fabric API
Fabric API takes one of Fabric and Quilt. It lists event callbacks and hooks among its features. Nothing else goes in with Fabric API. 1.14 to 26.2 is the Fabric range.
- 1Install Fabric for the Minecraft version you want Fabric on. Fabric API brings rendering and resource apis. Fabric and Quilt each work for Fabric, one at a time. Fabric API lists 47 of them, 1.14 to 26.2.
- 2Nothing has to go in before Fabric API. A fresh profile is enough for Fabric. Fabric API includes networking and registry tools. No library is listed under Fabric.
- 3Drop fabric-api-0.158.0_26.3.jar into the mods folder. The server needs that same Fabric file. 2.4 MB is the whole Fabric file. The jar goes in whole, Fabric unpacks nothing.
- 4Start the game and look for Fabric API in the mods list. 35,234 watchers follow Fabric API today. The log names the file when Fabric refuses. Fabric loads on its own once the version matches.
Fabric API runs on 47 game versions, 1.14 to 26.2. 1.14 is as far back as Fabric goes. Fabric lists 47 game versions. 26.2 is covered by Fabric.
See our full mod install guideCompatibility & alternatives
Fabric and Quilt run Fabric today. Fabric API includes rendering and resource apis. Fabric belongs on both sides. Fabric API shares Library with 18 others. It keeps pace with 26.2.
Fabric API asks nothing of the rest of your pack. Fabric counts 5 features across 47 versions. Architectury API and GeckoLib share the shelf with Fabric. Fabric API competes in Library. No shared library ties Fabric down.
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