Minecraft name tags and speech bubblesSee who's who, and who said what.
Badges and flags on name tags, chat in bubbles above heads, a menu for every player on the middle mouse button and a tab list with heads and real ping. Built into the Laby Client, free.
- Free
- Minecraft 1.8.9 to the latest release
- Windows, macOS and Linux
Badges, flags and your own name
Everyone on the Laby Client has a wolf beside their name: blue for Laby players, gold with Laby+. A flag on the right shows a player's country. Turn on your own name tag to see it in third person, give name tags a text shadow for bright backgrounds, or hide them all for a clean screenshot.
- Wolf badge for Laby players, gold with Laby+
- Country flags beside the name
- Show own name: on, off or like vanilla
- Hide all name tags with one switch
- Text shadow for bright backgrounds
- Name tags on mobs: off, tamed or all
Ping and totem pops on name tags: PvP mods. Cosmetics and pets: wardrobe.
Chat that pops up above heads
When a player near you writes in the chat, the message pops up in a bubble above their head, so you see at once who said it. Long messages wrap onto several lines. With the Voice Chat addon, the bubble shows a moving wave while someone talks.
- Off by default, one switch in the mods menu
- Stays 8 seconds, from 3 to 20
- Game font or your theme's font
- Voice waveform with the Voice Chat addon
Middle-click a player for everything else
Look at a player close to you and hold the middle mouse button: their head appears with everything you can do. Open their laby.net profile, copy the name, see their name history or add them as a Laby Chat friend, then let go on the entry. Your AutoTexts can sit here too, and servers and addons add their own, like the Voice Chat volume for each player.
- Middle mouse button by default, any key works
- Let go on an entry to use it
- AutoText with the player's name
- Entries from servers and addons
A tab list with faces and exact ping
Hold Tab and every player has their head, their ping and their flag. Laby players carry their badge, the ping can show in milliseconds, and the top line counts how many players use the Laby Client. Highlight yourself, your friends and your party, see who joins and leaves, and let servers put their banner on top.
- Heads, ping and country flags
- Display Exact Ping, colored, with a trend
- Share of Laby players on the server
- Highlights for you, friends, party, joins and leaves
- Sort by name, ping, Laby first or friends first
- Up to 800 players in columns
Questions and answers
How do I see my own name tag in Minecraft?
Turn on Show own name in the Name Tag settings of the Laby Client and switch to third person with F5. Your name tag shows like everyone else's.
What does the wolf next to a player's name mean?
The player uses the Laby Client. A blue wolf is a Laby player, a gold one has Laby+.
How do I turn on speech bubbles?
Open the mods menu with Right Shift, search for Speech Bubbles and switch it on. Chat messages of players near you then show above their heads.
How do I open the interaction menu?
Look at a player close to you and hold the middle mouse button, then let go on the entry you want. You can put the menu on another key in the hotkey settings.
Does the tab list work on every server?
Yes. The Laby Client's player list replaces the vanilla one everywhere. Servers can add their banner and badges through the Laby server API.
Which Minecraft versions are supported?
The Laby Client runs on Minecraft 1.8.9 up to the latest release, on Windows, macOS and Linux. Name tags, speech bubbles and the player list work on all of them.
More Minecraft mods in the Laby Client
Wardrobe & Cosmetics
Try on capes, wings, hats and pets, save outfits and change your skin without leaving the game.
Chat Tools
Search the chat with Ctrl+F, sort it into tabs and filters, send AutoText with one key and look up any player's old names.
PvP & Combat
Hit markers, kill sounds, a low health warning, TNT timers, team markers, shield colors and a HUD that keeps score.
Laby Chat
One chat in the game, the launcher, the app and on laby.net. With parties that follow you across servers and minigames against friends.
Inventory Mod
Search every chest, peek into shulker boxes, lock slots and get warned before your gear breaks. 23 upgrades in one mod.
Visuals
Move and resize your held items, recolor the glint, lower the fire, tune every particle and leave vapor trails with your elytra.
Your friends, easier to spot
Download the Laby Client, join a server and hold Tab. Free, on every version from 1.8.9.
Free, no account beyond your Minecraft one. Every mod is already inside.