Chatting (Chat Animations + More)

Evidence

Ran on Kiln's test stand (2026-11-04): ChattingClient did not start: java.lang.IllegalAccessException: class kiln.Loader cannot access a member of class org.polyfrost.chatting.ChattingClient with modifiers "private".

What it needs from Kiln

• an access widener
• Mixin
• com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.NativeImage
• com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.Window
• net.minecraft.client.OptionInstance
• net.minecraft.client.Options
• net.minecraft.client.gui.Hud
• net.minecraft.client.gui.components.ChatComponent
• net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.PlayerInfo
• net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ServerData
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.AbstractTexture
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.DynamicTexture
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureManager
• net.minecraft.core.ClientAsset
• net.minecraft.core.ClientAsset.Texture
• net.minecraft.network.chat.FormattedText
• net.minecraft.network.chat.FormattedText.StyledContentConsumer
• net.minecraft.network.chat.Style
• net.minecraft.network.chat.TextColor
• net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.ResourceManager
• net.minecraft.util.FormattedCharSequence
• net.minecraft.world.entity.player.PlayerSkin
• FabricLoader.isModLoaded()
• ChatFormatting.stripFormatting()
• Minecraft.getCurrentServer()
• Minecraft.getResourceManager()
• Minecraft.getTextureManager()
• Minecraft.getWindow()
• Minecraft.options
• Gui.hud
• Component.visit()

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

Chatting is a chat mod adding utilities such as extremely customizable chat tabs, chat shortcuts, chat screenshots, and message copying. By Polyfrost, best with OneClient.

Scan

Scanned on 4 November 2026 against Kiln 0.2.0, file chatting-3.2.5+26.3.jar. The scan reads the mod's classes; it does not run them.