Minecraft toolsSmall tools for big builds.

Point at a spot and mark it for your friends, stretch a measuring tape between blocks, see where the build height ends and stop placing torches when you want to shoot. Built into the Laby Client, free.

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Free
Minecraft 1.8.9 to the latest release
Windows, macOS and Linux

A marker with your head on the meadow, then one that follows CraftyCarla as she walks across

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Measurement

A measuring tape for your builds

Press your measuring key, click a block to start and another to finish: a tape stretches between them with the distance on it, and the action bar shows it too. Start the next tape wherever you like, and a right click takes the last point back.

Left click adds a point, right click removes one
Snaps to half blocks
Up to 100 blocks away
Stays until you clear it, with a key of its own

Measuring on the meadow: the tape follows the crosshair, the distance shows on it and in the action bar

Marker

Point at it, your friends see it

Look at a spot and press your marker key: a line with your head on top appears there for your Laby Chat friends in the same world, up to 100 blocks away. Mark a player or a mob and the marker follows them. The same marker points the way in World Sharing.

Up to 100 blocks away
Stays 2 to 10 seconds, with a sound
Follows the player or mob you mark
Pick a Marker Key first, there is none by default

Marking something far away? Zoom in with C first.

The marker over CraftyCarla's head follows her as she walks across the meadow
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Build Height Limit

See the last layer before you hit it

Build close to the top of the world and the client shades the highest layer you can build on, with a few fainter layers below it. No more guessing where your tower has to end.

Shade, Outline or both
Fading layers below the limit
A HUD widget counts the blocks you have left
Off by default

Blocks placed on the top layer at Y 319: their top is shaded, the layers below get a fading red outline

Improved Torch Placement

A torch in your off hand, without the accidents

With a torch in your off hand, a right click on a block places it whenever the item in your main hand has nothing to do: food when you are full, an empty bottle, a bow without arrows. Turn this on and the torch stays in your hand while you hold food, a bow or a glass bottle.

Food, bows and glass bottles
Any item in the off hand
Minecraft 1.9 and newer
Off by default

Off: the torch lands on the groundOn: the torch stays in your hand

A right click on the ground with a steak at full hunger and a torch in the off hand, without and with Improved Torch Placement

Server Helpers

Small things that save a reconnect

Smart Disconnect asks a second time before you leave a server or your world. Auto Reconnect brings you back after a kick with a countdown, server resource packs load without asking, and the pause menu can show the server you are on with its MOTD and ping.

Smart Disconnect: the button turns red and asks again
Auto Reconnect after 5 to 120 seconds
Server resource packs accepted for you
Server info above or below the pause menu buttons

Save and Quit pressed once: the button turns red and asks to be pressed again

External Devices

Your phone and Stream Deck as controllers

Turn on External Devices and the Laby app shows your HUD on your phone as a second screen, while a Stream Deck runs emotes, hotkeys, screenshots and settings on its keys. Devices find the game on your network and ask once before they connect.

Pair once, later they connect on their own
Laby app: your HUD widgets on your phone
Stream Deck: hotkeys, emotes, screenshots and settings
Off by default

The pairing request in game when a phone connects for the first time

Questions and answers

How do I mark a spot for my friends in Minecraft?

Pick a Marker Key in the Laby Client's hotkeys, look at the spot and press it. Your Laby Chat friends in the same world see the marker with your head on top.

How do I measure a distance in Minecraft?

Give Measurement a key, press it and click two blocks. The tape between them shows the distance in blocks.

What is the build height limit in Minecraft?

In the overworld of current versions you can build up to Y 319. Build Height Limit shades that layer when you come close, so you see where your build has to end.

Why do I place torches when I want to eat or shoot?

Minecraft places the item in your off hand when you right click a block. Improved Torch Placement stops that while you hold food, a bow or a glass bottle.

Can I use the marker on servers?

Yes. It shows for your Laby Chat friends in the same world, and markers that follow players or mobs work where the server allows them.

Which Minecraft versions are supported?

The Laby Client runs on Minecraft 1.8.9 up to the latest release, on Windows, macOS and Linux. Improved Torch Placement needs 1.9 or newer, because older versions have no off hand.

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Every tool, one download

Download the Laby Client, give the marker and the tape a key, and start building. Free, on every version from 1.8.9.