Custom Chat 1.0.8

Custom Chat 1.0.8 is the latest stable release and the final planned release for the foreseeable future.

Active development and regular support are now paused indefinitely while I step away from Minecraft development and focus on other projects and development directions.

This does not mean that Custom Chat is permanently abandoned. I may return to the project in the future, but there is currently no roadmap, release schedule, or estimated date for another official version.

Highlights

• Major stability and performance improvements
• Improved Custom Chat UI and rendering behavior
• Improved Local History loading and caching
• Improved readable, JSONL, and binary logging
• Better Custom Chat Logs viewer performance
• Preserved Minecraft Text, Style, ClickEvent, and HoverEvent behavior
• Improved Rank Tooltips safety and compatibility
• Improved translation handling and provider limits
• Twitch IRC HUD with reconnect/status/send controls
• 7TV global and channel emote support
• Improved Twitch HUD buffering and caching
• Additional automated tests and validation
• Full developer documentation added to the public repository

Chat compatibility

Custom Chat continues to preserve supported Minecraft interactions, including:

• SuggestCommand
• RunCommand
• OpenUrl
• CopyToClipboard
• ShowText
• ShowItem
• ShowEntity

Translation

Translation remains fully user-triggered.

• Shift + Right Click opens the translation screen
• Insert only inserts the translation into Custom Chat
• Copy only copies the result
• Google Translate only opens the public browser page
• Translation results are never automatically sent

Rank Tooltips

Rank Tooltips remain experimental.

They preserve existing ClickEvents and never overwrite a server-provided HoverEvent.

Twitch HUD

1.0.8 includes the separate Twitch HUD with:

• Twitch IRC connection
• connect/disconnect/reconnect/status
• optional explicit message sending
• test/mock messages
• bounded HUD history
• 7TV emotes
• local metadata/image caching

Animated 7TV playback is not implemented in 1.0.8.

Open source

The complete Custom Chat source code is now public and licensed under:

GNU General Public License v3.0 only (GPL-3.0-only)

Source code: https://github.com/Gardeone12/CustomChat

Issues: https://github.com/Gardeone12/CustomChat/issues

The repository includes the full Java/Kotlin source, Gradle build system, ProGuard configuration, protected build pipeline, tests, resources, and developer documentation.

Development status

After 1.0.8:

• official releases are paused;
• active development is paused indefinitely;
• there is no release schedule;
• issues and pull requests remain available;
• pull requests may still be reviewed;
• fixes and new releases are not guaranteed.

The repository is intended to remain public even if development resumes in the future.

For the foreseeable future, 1.0.8 should be treated as the current stable Custom Chat release.