Hover Hints

Evidence

Ran on Kiln's test stand (2026-11-04): HoverHints did not start: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/fabricmc/fabric/api/networking/v1/PayloadTypeRegistry; HoverHintsClient did not start: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/logging/log4j/LogManager.

What it needs from Kiln

• Mixin
• com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.NativeImage
• com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.Window
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.command.v2.ClientCommandRegistrationCallback
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.command.v2.ClientCommands
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayConnectionEvents
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayConnectionEvents.Disconnect
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayConnectionEvents.Join
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayNetworking
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayNetworking.Context
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayNetworking.PlayPayloadHandler
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.PayloadTypeRegistry
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayNetworking
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayNetworking.Context
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayNetworking.PlayPayloadHandler
• net.minecraft.client.gui.Hud
• net.minecraft.client.gui.components.ChatComponent
• net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.inventory.tooltip.TooltipRenderUtil
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderPipelines
• net.minecraft.core.HolderGetter
• net.minecraft.core.HolderGetter.Provider
• net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup.RegistryLookup
• net.minecraft.core.HolderSet
• net.minecraft.core.RegistryAccess
• net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponents
• net.minecraft.network.FriendlyByteBuf
• net.minecraft.network.chat.Style
• net.minecraft.network.codec.StreamCodec
• net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload
• net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload.Type
• net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload.TypeAndCodec
• net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer
• net.minecraft.server.ReloadableServerRegistries
• net.minecraft.server.ReloadableServerRegistries.Holder
• net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.Resource
• net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.ResourceManager
• net.minecraft.tags.EnchantmentTags
• net.minecraft.tags.ItemTags
• net.minecraft.tags.TagKey
• net.minecraft.util.random.Weighted
• net.minecraft.util.random.WeightedList
• and 81 more

On the roadmap: Minecraft's libraries and client API (0.2), Code next to data (0.3), Machines (0.4), Mixin (0.5)

In the author's words

Shows small contextual hints for hidden vanilla Minecraft mechanics

Scan

Scanned on 4 November 2026 against Kiln 0.2.0, file hover-hints-fabric-1.0.3+26.3.jar. The scan reads the mod's classes; it does not run them.