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Essential UI

A small texturepack, that changes all buttons and the hotbar to fit the style of the Essential mod. With This texturepack your Minecraft will look much…

Texture packsFree1.8 – 26.x
by KartoffelChipss · listed from Modrinth
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Opens Modrinth · 274,280 downloads there

Essential UI screenshot 1Essential UI screenshot 2Essential UI screenshot 3

What it does

A small texturepack, that changes all buttons and the hotbar to fit the style of the Essential mod. With This texturepack your Minecraft will look much…

Essential UI is a texture pack made by KartoffelChipss. It supports Minecraft 1.8 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 274,280 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Nov 7, 2026.

Supported versions

26.x1.211.201.191.181.171.161.8

Release history

Essential UI has had 16 releases on Modrinth since Jun 9, 2023. 4 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 1.0.0, released on Nov 7, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.21.11 – 26.3. It runs on Minecraft. The download is 91 KB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
1.0.0Nov 7, 20261.21.11 – 26.3Release
1.0.0Jul 28, 20261.21.11 – 26.2Release
1.0.0Apr 20, 20261.21.11 – 26.1.2Release
1.0.0Dec 10, 20251.21.11Release
1.0.0Oct 4, 20251.21.9, 1.21.10Release

Latest release on GitHub

Essential UI is open source. Its newest release on GitHub is MC-1.20.3-1.20.4 v1.0.0, published on Dec 10, 2023.

Initial Version for Minecraft 1.20.3 - 1.20.4

Before that: MC-1.20.x v1.0.0 (Aug 29, 2023), MC-1.19.x v1.0.0 (Aug 29, 2023).

Description from the author on Modrinth

Essential UI

Essential UI is a small texturepack, that changes all buttons and the hotbar to fit the style of the Essential mod. With This texturepack, your Minecraft will look much cleaner when using the Essential mod.

If you want some preview images, check out the Gallery!

Compatibility

For this Resource Pack to work, you do not need Optifine!

Bugs and Suggestions

If you find any bugs or want to suggest something, you can join my Discord and message me there.

Hotbar

Written by KartoffelChipss. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Essential UI

  1. Download the .zip file from Modrinth. Do not unzip it.

  2. In Minecraft, open Options, then Resource Packs, then Open Pack Folder.

  3. Drop the .zip file into that folder and go back to the game.

  4. Move Essential UI to the right-hand list and click Done.

  5. It is made for Minecraft 1.8 – 26.x. On other versions Minecraft marks it as incompatible, but it often still works.

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17, 1.16, 1.8
Edition
Java
Needs
Nothing else
License
MIT
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 10, 2026)

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Coquetjekaloic175K1.19 – 1.20Jan 14, 2024Free

Questions

Does Essential UI work on Minecraft 26.x?

Yes. Essential UI supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17, 1.16, 1.8.

Is Essential UI free?

Yes. Essential UI is free to download from Modrinth.

Is Essential UI still updated?

Yes. The last update came out in the past day.

What are the best alternatives to Essential UI?

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