Looking for API and Library mods for Minecraft 1.18.2? MineUniverse ranks 561 of them by downloads, led by GeckoLib, Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge) and Architectury API.
A flexible and expandable accessory/equipment API for users and developers.
Forge and Fabric lightweight library with utilities such as custom Villagers AI, data driven trades, global datapack, custom Map Markers, First and t…
CraftTweaker allows modpacks and servers to customize the game. With CraftTweaker you can change recipes, script events, add new commands and even ch…
Adds a Kotlin language loader and provides some optional utilities.
Item Filters is a library mod that is used by mods like FTB Quests. It adds several filter items that let you precisely select which items to match.
SuperMartijn642's Core Lib adds lots of basic implementations that allow for similar code between different Minecraft versions!
AzureLib
Java Minecraft mod using Bedrock models to create custom models and animations for items, blocks, entities updated Oct 14, 2026
Combatdynamics Recipes Library
An interdependency to ‘Combatdynamics’. This mod provides most of it’s recipes. updated Oct 15, 2026
Threadcore API
The public API for Threadcore. Lets your mod schedule work on a region thread, defer mutations safely, and declare its own threading contra… updated Oct 14, 2026
ManyIdeas Core
Contains blocks, tools and items, that are needed in many of the Many Ideas Mods. updated Oct 11, 2026
KotlinLangForge
Provides a Kotlin language adapter for Forge and Neoforge updated Oct 8, 2026
Fabric ORM Jimmer
Integrating Jimmer ORM for efficient database management. updated Sep 29, 2025
Placebo and Curios API round out the top five. Within the past 30 days, 12 of these mods (2%) were updated for 1.18.2. The latest updates include AzureLib, Combatdynamics Recipes Library and Threadcore API. Altogether, these API and Library mods have more than 13.8 billion downloads.
Released on February 28, 2022, Minecraft 1.18.2 has 68 more API and Library mods than 1.16.5 (493) and 39 fewer than 1.19.2 (600).
Overall, 3% of the 16,119 mods for 1.18.2 are API and Library mods. Forge has the most mods of any loader for 1.18.2 (404), ahead of Fabric (272), Quilt (82) and NeoForge (21). Some mods support more than one loader, so these numbers add up to 779, more than the 561 in total.
The most downloaded API and Library mods for Minecraft 1.18.2 on MineUniverse are GeckoLib, Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge), Architectury API, Placebo and Curios API.
There are 561 API and Library mods for Minecraft 1.18.2 on MineUniverse. Within the past 30 days, 12 of these mods (2%) were updated for 1.18.2. Together they have more than 13.8 billion downloads.
1. Install the mod loader the mod is made for (Forge, Fabric, NeoForge or Quilt) for your Minecraft version. 2. Download the mod file (.jar) that matches your Minecraft and loader version. 3. Put the .jar into the mods folder of your Minecraft directory (.minecraft/mods). 4. Start Minecraft with the loader profile selected in the launcher.
Forge leads with 404 mods, followed by Fabric (272), Quilt (82) and NeoForge (21). Some mods support more than one loader, so these numbers add up to 779, more than the 561 in total.
Yes. All 561 API and Library mods for Minecraft 1.18.2 on MineUniverse are free to download.
