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Keybind Overlay

A polished keybind overlay for Fabric with smooth animations, customizable themes, and support for MaLiLib-based mods like Litematica and Tweakeroo.

ModsFree1.21
by Kewbex · listed from Modrinth
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What it does

Keybind Overlay is a mod made by Kewbex. A polished keybind overlay for Fabric with smooth animations, customizable themes, and support for MaLiLib-based mods like Litematica and Tweakeroo.

It supports Minecraft 1.21. It has been downloaded 7 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Oct 23, 2026.

Supported versions

1.21

Release history

Keybind Overlay has had 3 releases on Modrinth since Sep 21, 2026. 3 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 4.2.1+mc.1.21.11, released on Oct 23, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.21.11. It runs on Fabric. The download is 297 KB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
4.2.1+mc.1.21.11Oct 23, 20261.21.11Release
4.1.0Oct 2, 20261.21.11Beta
4.0.0-dev7.3Sep 21, 20261.21.11Alpha
Description from the author on Modrinth

Keybind Overlay

Keybind Overlay is my attempt at making a visual keybinds mod for Fabric! :D

It shows all of your keybinds on a visual keyboard, including multiple bindings on the same key, special key combinations, and bindings from supported mods.

The idea of a keybind overlay obviously already exists, but I wanted to make my own version of it... and then proceeded to spend a slightly ridiculous amount of time optimizing basically every little part of it :D

The animations are probably my favorite part, I kinda just wanted it to look good, so I spent way too much time animating every single key, individually. At least it looks good now >.<

Features

  • Visual keyboard showing all of your keybinds
  • Easily showing multi-bound keys
  • Special Keybinds for combinations, modifiers, mouse inputs, and other unusual bindings
  • Search by action, key, or source mod, with filters for Normal, Special, and MaLiLib keybinds
  • QWERTY, Dvorak, and Colemak keyboard layouts
  • Move and zoom the keyboard
  • Dark, Light, and Custom themes (Fun fact: You can technically just use the dark and light theme settings as extra custom theme settings, changes you make when on them get saved)
  • Custom colors, rounding, borders, and a bunch of other appearance settings
  • A genuinely unnecessary amount of animation work :D
  • Sometime in the future: Being able to directly change keybinds from the mod UI

TO ADD SOON: Being able to directly change keybinds from the menu (this is an easy change, but of course, knowing me, I gotta spend way too much time designing a brand new, novel animation for the opening of the menu)

MaLiLib Support

Keybind Overlay also supports keybinds from MaLiLib-based mods such as Litematica, Tweakeroo, or MiniHUD!

Normal single-key bindings can appear directly on the keyboard, while multi-key combinations and other unusual bindings are shown in the MaLiLib section of Special Keybinds.

Controls

Press F12 to open Keybind Overlay! (This is the default, it can be changed in the MC controls menu, of course)

Press Ctrl + F while the overlay is open to search through your keybinds.

Space switches Normal Keybinds and Special Keybinds.

You can also drag the keyboard around and use the scroll wheel to zoom it in and out.

Keybind Overlay is entirely client-side.

Written by Kewbex. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Keybind Overlay

  1. This mod runs only on your own game. Servers do not need it, so you can use it on any server.

  2. Install Fabric for Minecraft 1.21.

  3. Add the mods it needs: Fabric API.

  4. Download the .jar file from Modrinth and put it in the mods folder of your .minecraft directory.

  5. Start Minecraft with the Fabric profile.

  6. Easier: in Prism Launcher or the Modrinth App, search for Keybind Overlay in your instance's mods and click Install. It adds the loader and the mods it needs for you.

Full guide: How to install Minecraft mods

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
1.21
Runs on
Fabric
Where it runs
Client only (your game)
Edition
Java
Needs
Fabric API
License
MIT
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 12, 2026)

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Questions

Does Keybind Overlay work on Minecraft 26.x?

Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.21.

Is Keybind Overlay free?

Yes. Keybind Overlay is free to download from Modrinth.

Is Keybind Overlay client-side or server-side?

Client-side. Keybind Overlay goes in your own mods folder and works on any server, including servers without mods.

Does Keybind Overlay need anything else?

Yes: Fabric API. Install it before Keybind Overlay.

Is Keybind Overlay still updated?

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

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