Minescript is a platform for controlling and interacting with Minecraft using scripts written in Python and other scripting languages. It is implemented as mod for Fabric, Forge, and NeoForge.

The examples below require Minescript 4.0 or higher.

Place Python scripts (.py files) in the minescript folder (located inside the minecraft folder) to run them from the Minecraft chat console. A file at minecraft/minescript/example.py can be executed from the Minecraft chat as:

\example

minescript.py is a script library that's automatically installed in the minecraft/minescript/system/lib folder the first time running Minecraft with the Minescript mod installed. minescript.py contains a library of functions for accessing Minecraft functionality:

# example.py:

import minescript

# Write a message to the chat that only you can see:
minescript.echo("Hello, world!")

# Write a chat message that other players can see:
minescript.chat("Hello, everyone!")

# Get your player's current position:
x, y, z = minescript.player().position

# Print information for the block that your player is standing on:
minescript.echo(minescript.getblock(x, y - 1, z))

# Set the block directly beneath your player (assuming commands are enabled):
x, y, z = int(x), int(y), int(z)
minescript.execute(f"setblock {x} {y-1} {z} yellow_concrete")

# Display the contents of your inventory:
for item in minescript.player_inventory():
  minescript.echo(item.item)

Pre-built mod jars for Fabric, Forge, and NeoForge can be downloaded from Modrinth and CurseForge.

To run the mod in dev mode, clone this repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/maxuser0/minescript.git

Then run the dev client for one of the supported mod loaders:

# Fabric client:
$ ./gradlew fabric:runClient

# Forge client:
$ ./gradlew forge:runClient

# NeoForge client:
$ ./gradlew neoforge:runClient

To build the mod without running it in dev mode, run:

# Build the Fabric mod:
$ ./gradlew fabric:build

# Build the Forge mod:
$ ./gradlew forge:build

# Build the NeoForge mod:
$ ./gradlew neoforge:build

The built mod jars will appear in build/libs within the given mod platform's subdirectory, e.g.

$ ls */build/libs/*-4.0.jar
fabric/build/libs/minescript-fabric-1.21.1-4.0.jar
forge/build/libs/minescript-forge-1.21.1-4.0.jar
neoforge/build/libs/minescript-neoforge-1.21.1-4.0.jar

All code, compiled or in source form, in the built mod jar is licensed as GPL v3 (specifically SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only). Sources within the tools directory that are not distributed in the mod jar and are not required for building or running the mod jar may be covered by a different license.

Special thanks to Spiderfffun and Coolbou0427 for extensive testing on Windows.