Minecraft Wiki:Hey Wiki

Hey Wiki

Author(s)	Minecraft Wiki Main contributors Dianliang233
Platform(s)	Fabric NeoForge
Written in	Java
Latest version	1.7.2
Release date	June 1, 2024
Size	~200 KiB
License	LGPL-3.0
Source available	GitHub

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Hey Wiki is a client mod made by the Minecraft Wiki community that allows you to press H (customizable) to open the wiki page of the block, item, or entity you're aiming at, whether it's from vanilla or a mod. It supports Fabric and NeoForge.

This mod is available on GitHub, Modrinth and CurseForge.

Features

• Press H (customizable) to open the wiki (Minecraft Wiki or the respective mod wiki) page of the block/item/entity you're aiming at.
• Press Alt + H or ⌥ Opt + H to open the wiki page of the item in your main hand.
• Press B to open the wiki search screen. You can search for wiki pages by typing in the search bar.
• Adds several commands.
• Link to a wiki page in chat using [[wiki link]] syntax.

How to use

1. Install the mod. You can download it from Modrinth and CurseForge. Don't forget to install the dependencies.
2. Point at a block/entity with your crosshair or hover over an item in your inventory with your cursor.
3. Press the keybind (default is H).
4. Either confirm the action or copy the link to your clipboard in the screen that pops up.

It is also supported to use MCBrowser and MCEF for in-game browsing.

Optionally, you can change these behaviors in the config menu:

• If confirmation is required to open the wiki page: default is true
• Which wiki language you prefer, overriding your game language: default is your game language
• (For Chinese users) Which Chinese variant you prefer, overriding your game language: default is your game language
• The keybind to open the wiki page: default is H
• Reach distance: default is 5.2 blocks (same as creative mode reach)
• Whether you are allowed to look up fluid: default is false

Commands

These commands are available:

• /imfeelinglucky [<namespace>] - Takes you wherever the mod decides.
  • Example: /imfeelinglucky minecraft -> https://minecraft.wiki/w/???????
• /wiki <pageName> - Opens the Minecraft Wiki page of the specified page name.
  • Example: /wiki creeper -> https://minecraft.wiki/w/?search=creeper
  • Alias: /whatis
• /whatbiome - Opens the Minecraft Wiki page of the biome you're currently in.
• /whatstructure - Opens the Minecraft Wiki page of the structure you're currently in.
  • This command is only available in singleplayer.
• /whatcommand <command> - Opens the Minecraft Wiki page of the specified command.
  • Example: /whatcommand give -> https://minecraft.wiki/w/?search=%2Fgive
  • Alias: /whatcmd
• /whatisthis - Opens the Minecraft Wiki page of the block/item/entity you're aiming at.
• /whatisthisitem - Opens the Minecraft Wiki page of the item you're holding in you main hand.
  • /whatisthisitem offhand - Same, but for the offhand.

Note that if you open a page with a command, the confirmation screen will not appear.

[[Wiki links]] in chat

Hey Wiki supports [[wiki links]] in chat. When you send a message with [[wiki link]] syntax, Hey Wiki will replace it with a clickable link. The page name can include a namespace.

This also supports interwiki links. For example:

• [[aether:The Aether]] will link to the Aether Wiki page of "The Aether" (interwiki)
• [[en:enderman]] will link to the English Minecraft Wiki page of "enderman" (interlanguage)
• [[minecraft:en:enderman]] will link to the English Minecraft Wiki page of "enderman" (interwiki and interlanguage)

Supported wikis

Currently, Hey Wiki supports the following wikis:

• Minecraft Wiki
• Aether Wiki
• Mekanism Wiki
• The Twilight Forest Wiki
• Applied Energistics 2 Wiki
• Stardust Labs Wiki
• Create Wiki
• Voidscape Wiki
• Advent of Ascension Wiki
• Doggy Talents Next Wiki
• Endertech Infinity Wiki
• Marvel Superheroes Mod Wiki
• BlockFront Wiki

If you want to add support for other wikis, you can file an issue. In addition, you can also add support for other wikis by using a resource pack.

APIs

Hey Wiki provides several ways mod, mod pack, data pack, and custom server developers can leverage to support their creation.

Resource pack

Hey Wiki supports using resource pack to add support for other wikis. To do so, create a JSON file in the assets/<namespace>/wiki_family/ folder in your resource pack with the following format:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] The root tag
  • [NBT List / JSON Array] namespace: Namespaces bound to the wiki family.
    • [String]: A namespace.
  • [NBT List / JSON Array] wikis: List of different language wikis.
    • [NBT Compound / JSON Object]: The root tag
      • [String] article_url: The URL pattern for articles. to an article. %s will be replaced with the query.
      • [String] mw_api_url: (Optional) URL to the MediaWiki API, if it exists.
      • [String] search_url: (Optional) The URL pattern for searching. %s will be replaced with the query.
      • [String] random_article: (Optional) The name of the random article page.
      • [String] excerpt: (Optional) How Hey Wiki should fetch excerpts from the wiki. Either text_extracts or none. text_extracts only works for MediaWiki sites with the TextExtracts extension installed. You can check this by visiting Special:Version on the wiki.
      • [String] search_provider: (Optional) Which provider to use for autocompleted search. Either mediawiki or algolia.
      • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] algolia: (Optional) Required if Algolia is used as search provider.
        • [String] api_url: URL to the API of Algolia instance.
        • [String] index_name: Name of the Algolia search index.
        • [String] api_key: An Algolia API key. You MUST give the API key read-only permission with (optional) rate limit. Please see Algolia documentation for detail.
        • [String] app_id: Algolia application ID.
      • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] language: Information on the language of the wiki.
        • [String] wiki_language: The language code of the wiki.
        • [Boolean] main: Whether this is the main language. If true, this language will be fallback if no other language matches.
        • [String] default: The default in-game language that the wiki supports. This will be fallback if the in-game language is not supported by the wiki.
        • [String] regex: A regular expression. If the regex matches the in-game language, this wiki will be used when config is auto
        • [String] exclude: (Optional) A regular expression. Ditto, but for exclusion.
        • [String] lang_override: (Optional) A custom language code that allows you to override translation keys to specific pages. A translation file should exist at assets/<namespace>/lang/<lang_override>.json.

Example JSON[show]

assets/example/wiki_family/minecraft.json

{
  // The namespaces that is bound to the wiki family
  "namespace": [
    "minecraft"
  ],
  // List of different language wikis
  "wikis": [
    {
      // The URL pattern for articles. %s will be replaced with the query
      "article_url": "https://minecraft.wiki/?search=%s",
      // (Optional) If the wiki is a MediaWiki wiki, the API URL
      "mw_api_url": "https://minecraft.wiki/api.php",
      // (Optional) The URL pattern for searching. %s will be replaced with the query.
      "search_url": "https://minecraft.wiki/?search=%s",
      // (Optional) The page name for the random article
      "random_article": "Special:RandomRootPage/Main",
      // (Optional) How Hey Wiki should fetch excerpts from the wiki. Either "text_extracts" or "none".
      // "text_extracts" only works for MediaWiki sites with the TextExtracts and PageImages extension installed. You can check this by visiting Special:Version on the wiki.
      "excerpt": "text_extracts",
      // (Optional) Which provider to use for autocompleted search. Either "mediawiki" or "algolia".
      "search_provider": "mediawiki",
      // (Optional) If you use algolia as search provider, you MUST fill out the following fields
      "algolia": {
        "api_url": "https://example-dsn.algolia.net/",
        "index_name": "example",
        "api_key": "efcc14a8c70a1489d18cfd565cce53ca",
        "app_id": "9957A67102"
      },
      "language": {
        // The language code of the wiki
        "wiki_language": "en",
        // Whether this is the main language. If true, this language will be fallback if no other language matches
        "main": true,
        // The default in-game language that the wiki supports. This will be fallback if the in-game language is not supported by the wiki
        "default": "en_us",
        // If the regex matches the in-game language, this wiki will be used when config is auto
        "regex": "^en_.*",
        // (Optional) Ditto, but for exclusion
        "exclude": null,
        // (Optional) A custom language code that allows you to override translation keys to specific pages. A translation file should exist at assets/<namespace>/lang/<lang_override>.json
        "lang_override": "minecraft_en"
      }
    },
    {
      // Another language
      "article_url": "https://de.minecraft.wiki/?search=%s",
      "language": {
        "wiki_language": "de",
        "default": "de_de",
        "regex": "^de_.*",
        "exclude": null
      }
    }
  ]
}

You also want to include a translation file in assets/<namespace>/lang/ folder with the following format:

assets/example/lang/en_us.json

{
  // Assuming the definition is located at `assets/example/wiki_family/minecraft.json`
  "wiki_family.example.minecraft": "Minecraft Wiki"
}

Custom item via data component or NBT

Data pack and custom server authors can use heywiki:identifier, heywiki:translation_key and heywiki:fallback_title in custom_data data component to provide custom namespace and name for an item. However, this only accounts for custom items. For 1.20.4, you can populate these fields directly in NBT.

You need to use the method above to register a new wiki with a custom namespace using resource pack. If it is not feasible to ask your players to download a resource pack, we can also ship it with the mod itself.

• 1.21
• 1.20.4

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] components: Parent tag.
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] minecraft:custom_data
    • [String] heywiki:identifier A custom identifier for the item. It should be in the format of <namespace>:<id>.
    • [String] heywiki:fallback_title (Optional) A custom fallback title for the item. If this is missing, the path (id) of the identifier is used instead.
    • [String] heywiki:translation_key (Optional) A custom translation key for the item. If this is missing or the translation key is not defined, the fallback title is used instead.

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] tag: Parent tag.
  • [String] heywiki:identifier A custom identifier for the item. It should be in the format of <namespace>:<id>.
  • [String] heywiki:translation_key A custom translation key for the item.

For example, on "niceserver", to have a bone item to resolve to the "Drill" page, you will first need to register the "niceserver" namespace per above. Then you can give the player this item:

• 1.21
• 1.20.4

/give @s minecraft:bone[minecraft:custom_data={"heywiki:identifier": "niceserver:drill", "heywiki:fallback_title": "Drill", "heywiki:translation_key": "item.niceserver.drill"}]

/give @s minecraft:bone{"heywiki:identifier": "niceserver:drill", "heywiki:translation_key": "item.niceserver.drill"}

Dependencies

For Fabric:

• (Required) Fabric API
• (Required) Architectury API: for multi-modloader compatibility
• (Required) Cloth Config: for configuration
• (Recommended) Mod Menu: to access the config menu
• (Optional) MCBrowser and MCEF: for in-game browser
• (Optional) REI/EMI/JEI: integration supported

For NeoForge:

• (Required) Architectury API: for multi-modloader compatibility
• (Required) Cloth Config: for configuration
• (Optional) REI/EMI/JEI: integration supported

Versioning

Hey Wiki

Hey Wiki itself follows Semantic Versioning. The version number is in the format of <major>.<minor>.<patch>[-<prerelease>]. The version number is incremented based on the following rules:

• Major: Incremented when breaking changes are made to stable, public API.
• Minor: Incremented when new features to stable, public API are added in a backwards-compatible manner.
• Patch: Incremented when bug fixes are made.

Changelogs for Hey Wiki can be seen at MCW:Hey Wiki/Releases.

Minecraft

Hey Wiki supports multiple versions of Minecraft.

Every Minecraft version is assigned a support status:

• Active: This version receives new features and bug fixes. Features will be backported as much as reasonably possible.
• Maintenance: This version receives only bug fixes and security patches. Features are generally not backported.
• End of Life (EOL): No further updates should be expected.

The current Minecraft release and the master branches are always Active. Pull requests should almost always go to master. If they're accepted, they should be cherry-picked to other Active branches.

When a new snapshot releases, master branch is updated to that snapshot. Snapshots might receive only one version or no version at all. Only Fabric is supported for snapshots.

Old Minecraft versions are provided with Long Term Support (LTS) based on their popularity and the community's interest. LTS versions receive Active support at first. After some time, they will be downgraded to Maintenance. Old snapshots are not supported.

The following table shows which versions are supported:

Git branch	Minecraft version	Support	LTS	Modloader
master	1.21.2	Active (latest release)	?	Fabric, Neoforge
mc/1.21.1	1.21, 1.21.1	Active (LTS)	Yes	Fabric, Neoforge
mc/1.20.6	1.20.6	EOL	No	Fabric, Neoforge
mc/1.20.5	1.20.5	EOL	No	Fabric, Neoforge
mc/1.20.4	1.20.4	Maintenance (LTS)	Yes	Fabric, Neoforge
N/A	Outdated snapshots	EOL	No	Fabric

Language support

Hey Wiki is available in multiple languages.

It is translated by the community on Crowdin. It currently supports the following languages:

• German - Germany (de_de)
• English - US (en_us)
• Spanish - Spain (es_es)
• Persian - Iran (fa_ir)
• Finnish - Finland (fi_fi)
• French - France (fr_fr)
• Hebrew - Israel (he_il)
• Italian - Italy (it_it)
• Japanese - Japan (ja_jp)
• Korean - South Korea (ko_kr)
• Classical Chinese (lzh)
• Dutch - Netherlands (nl_nl)
• Portuguese - Brazil (pt_br)
• Portuguese - Portugal (pt_pt)
• Russian - Russia (ru_ru)
• Thai - Thailand (th_th)
• Ukrainian - Ukraine (uk_ua)
• Chinese Simplified - Chinese Mainland (zh_cn)
• Chinese Traditional - Hong Kong (zh_hk)
• Chinese Traditional - Taiwan (zh_tw)