Tool Harness

Tool Harness is an unofficial compatibility port based on the original Tool Belt mod created by gigaherz / David Quintana, updated for Minecraft 26.3 and NeoForge.

The goal of Tool Harness is to preserve the original Tool Belt gameplay experience while updating its code and internal systems for modern Minecraft and NeoForge APIs.

Features

• Store multiple tools inside the Tool Harness.
• Quickly access stored tools without filling the normal hotbar.
• Includes the original radial tool selection menu.
• Renders the equipped belt directly on the player model.
• Updated keyboard and mouse input handling for Minecraft 26.3.
• Updated inventory and container handling.
• Updated rendering systems for Minecraft 26.3.
• Updated recipe and advancement compatibility.
• Updated for NeoForge 26.3.
• Preserves the familiar tool storage and quick-selection gameplay of the original mod.

How Tool Harness Differs from Tool Belt

Tool Harness is specifically adapted for Minecraft 26.3 and the current NeoForge environment.

Compared with the original project, this version:

• Ports the mod to Minecraft 26.3.
• Updates compatibility for NeoForge 26.3.
• Updates keyboard and mouse input APIs.
• Updates inventory and container APIs.
• Updates player inventory and item handling where required.
• Updates rendering APIs for Minecraft 26.3.
• Updates recipe and advancement compatibility.
• Preserves the original radial tool selection system.
• Preserves the original tool storage mechanics.
• Uses new project branding while retaining attribution to the original project.

Curios Compatibility

Curios integration is currently disabled in this port while waiting for compatible APIs for Minecraft 26.3.

Tool Harness remains fully usable without Curios integration.

Requirements

• Minecraft 26.3
• NeoForge
• Java 25

Compatibility

Tool Harness is designed specifically for Minecraft 26.3 and NeoForge 26.3.

Some optional integrations available in previous versions of Tool Belt may not yet be available until their respective dependencies are updated for Minecraft 26.3.

Credits

Original Tool Belt created by gigaherz / David Quintana.

Tool Harness is an unofficial compatibility port and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the original author.

Original Project:
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/tool-belt

Original Source Code:
https://github.com/gigaherz/ToolBelt

License

Tool Harness is based on the original Tool Belt source code and retains the copyright notices, license terms, and disclaimer required by the original project's BSD license.

Redistribution and modification of the original code are performed in accordance with those license terms.

Source

Source code for Tool Harness is publicly available through this project's source repository.