Chat Bubbles

Calls something that is on Kiln's roadmap. Parts of it may already run.

Evidence

Ran on Kiln's test stand (2026-11-04): ChatBubblesClient did not start: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/fabricmc/fabric/api/client/rendering/v1/level/LevelRenderEvents.

What it needs from Kiln

Mixin
com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.rendering.v1.level.LevelRenderContext
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.rendering.v1.level.LevelRenderEvents
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.rendering.v1.level.LevelRenderEvents.CollectSubmits
net.minecraft.client.gui.Font.DisplayMode
net.minecraft.client.player.AbstractClientPlayer
net.minecraft.client.renderer.SubmitNodeCollector
net.minecraft.client.renderer.state.level.CameraRenderState
net.minecraft.client.renderer.state.level.LevelRenderState
net.minecraft.util.LightCoordsUtil
Font.width()
ClientLevel.players()
Component.getVisualOrderText()

On the roadmap: Minecraft's libraries and client API (0.2), Code next to data (0.3), Mixin (0.5)

In the author's words

Vanilla-style chat bubbles above players' heads. Smooth, customizable and client-side, so it works on any server. Fabric 26.3.

Scan

Scanned on 4 November 2026 against Kiln 0.2.0, file chat-bubbles-1.1.0.jar. The scan reads the mod's classes; it does not run them.

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