Block Helper
ModSee information about the blocks and items you look at.
Why gradeB
How grades workStrengths
Points lost
All 11 criteria
Maintenance
9 points lost18 / 27Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.13 days ago (11 Oct 2026) 12 / 12Supports popular versionsWhether the project has a file for a Minecraft version that 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also support. A version many modpacks use, like 1.20.1 or 1.21.1, also counts after a release in the last 12 months.1.5.2 on Forge, 1.4.7 on Fabric. About 13.4 years behind popular modding versions. Latest Minecraft: 26.3. 0 / 9Regular releasesIn how many of the last 24 months a new file came out. Full points at 8 months.Releases in 8 of the last 24 months 6 / 6Stability
Full points22 / 22Removed from modpacksHow many modpacks removed it in a later version of the pack. We can only see this in modpacks with two or more versions. A pack that swaps it for another edition of the same project, or that is rebuilt from scratch, does not count.None of the 2 modpacks with two or more versions removed it 10 / 10Quick fixesHow often a release needed a quick fix: a new release within 3 days to fix a problem in it.No quick fix in 2 years 7 / 7Known conflictsHow many projects say they do not work with it, compared with how widely it is used. Packs, small projects, forks, ports, add-ons, alternatives and old versions do not count.None 5 / 5Transparency
Full points10 / 10Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.GitHub · ThexXTURBOXx/BlockHelper 7 / 7Place to report problemsWhether the project page links to a place where players can report problems: an issue tracker.GitHub issues · ThexXTURBOXx/BlockHelper 3 / 3Popularity
1 point lost3 / 4DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 5 million.85,077 3 / 4Track record
Full points8 / 8AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.10.1 years, 371 releases 8 / 8Security
PassedFile checksThis check adds no points. It can only take points away.Our checks found nothing harmful in all 17 latest files. See Security
60.9 of the 71 points that apply = 86 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.
Images
About
Block Helper is a WAILA-style information mod for older Minecraft versions, showing details about the block you are looking at and information such as a mob’s health and originating mod. It integrates with NEI, AMI, and HMI to show a block’s recipes and uses, identify an item’s mod in inventory tooltips, and, with NEI, list applicable enchantments for an item. Its world overlays mark light levels to help identify places where mobs can spawn and display chunk borders, with the current chunk optionally highlighted. A configuration menu lets players adjust nearly every Block Helper feature in game. The mod includes compatibility modules for vanilla blocks and a broad range of older mod content, including BuildCraft, Forestry, IndustrialCraft, Railcraft, Thaumcraft, Thermal Expansion, and Twilight Forest. From version 2.x onward, Block Helper provides a WAILA API with minimal changes for user-created plugins and addons.
Written from Modrinth and CurseForge . How we write it
In-game changes
It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.0 to 1.5.2.
Adds no new blocks, items or other content.
Keeps all of vanilla Minecraft's textures, models and sounds.
Details
- Creator
- HyperSpeeed
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International
- Downloads
- 85K
- Created
- 3 Oct 2016
- Official pages
- Modrinth , CurseForge
- Links
- Source code , Issues
Security
No harmful code found
It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.0 to 1.5.2.
We checked its files and read their code, without running it.
What it can do on your computer
- Connects to the internet
- It has code that can go online, for example to check for updates, load skins or send crash reports. It contacts 1 web address. See Privacy
- Creates settings files
- The mod keeps its settings in the config folder of your game, where you can change or delete them. Only in its files for Fabric 1.3.1 to 1.4.7; Forge 1.0, 1.1 to 1.5.2; babric *.
Why we show this: a mod runs on your computer like any program, so harmful code in it can take your accounts or files. Our checks look for known signs of harm. They cannot prove that a file is harmless. In the grade: malware means no grade, and a Warning in a latest file for a recent Minecraft version lowers it.
How we checked
- FilesWe download the files from Modrinth or CurseForge and look at what is inside them and what their code can do, without running them. Fixed rules tell what is harmful.17 latest files: the newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. None is for a recent Minecraft version, so the answer above is about all of them. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks. See each file in Releases
- Their codeWe turn the code of the files back into readable code and follow what it does, without running it. This shows what it downloads, what it sends and where your login goes.Read without running it
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth, where the author declares that the project reads or edits things on your system outside the game. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when this applies.Nothing declared about your system outside the game.
- Looked for, not foundWe looked for these in the file and did not find them.Folders outside the game, other programs, updating itself, the webcam or microphone, an AI service.
- Modrinth and CurseForgeA release with a different file on Modrinth and on CurseForge, whose code is not the same. Each file is checked on its own. Nothing is blocked.Version not stated · release 2.0.0-pre10 · 5 May 2026: Modrinthcode differs in 1 release
BlockHelper-a1.2.6-2.0.0-pre10-client.jar, CurseForgeBlockHelper-b1.6.6-2.0.0-pre10-client.jar. 76 classes changed, 7 classes only in the CurseForge file, 3 classes only in the Modrinth file, in mcp.mobius.waila.addons:HUDHandlerAdvGeneratorAS,HUDHandlerAdvSolars,CorePlugin,DefaultCropProvider,HUDHandlerBlocks,HUDHandlerCrops,HUDHandlerDev,HUDHandlerEntities,HUDHandlerEntitiesDev,HUDHandlerEMC,HUDHandlerEMC,HUDHandlerEMCand 74 more.
Privacy
Sends text to an AI service
It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.0 to 1.5.2.
Sent to an address built while the game runs.
Only some of its files send text to an AI service.
We found this in its code, read without running it.
Why we show this: a mod can send things about you over the internet, like your player name or your login. Contacting an address to check for updates or download files sends nothing about you. Not in the grade: sending data can be normal for what a mod does.
How we checked
- Files readWe read the code without running it. We list each web address the code contacts while you play, and what it sends. Code that is never used is left out.The code of all 17 files, for Minecraft 1.0 to 1.5.2. See each file in Releases
- raw.githubusercontent.comChecks for a new version of the mod.Nothing about you
- Address built while the game runsThe code builds this address while the game runs: it is not written in the file.Purpose not known.Text to an AI service
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth, where the author declares crash reports, usage data and advertisements. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a project collects data on its users or shows advertisements.Nothing declared about crash reports, usage data or advertisements.
AI
No sign so far that AI was used to make it
We looked for AI tools in its texts, files and images and found none.
We have not read its code history yet.
No sign of AI in the game
We found no AI service, AI library or AI model file in its code.
Why we show this: some players and servers avoid projects made with AI, and AI in the game can send what you write to an online service. Not in the grade: using AI does not tell whether a project works well or is kept up to date.
How we checked
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a substantial part of the code is AI output, when an asset is mainly AI output, or when the project or its page relies on generative AI.No AI content or AI features declared.
- Code historyThe public code on GitHub: who made each change, credit lines such as "Co-authored-by", and its files.Not read yet
- Description and changelogsThe description, project page and newest changelogs: sentences saying an AI tool was used, and text pasted from an AI chat.Nothing found18 of 40 changelogs read
- Its filesFiles that AI coding tools leave behind (like AGENTS.md), and the texts inside the files you download.Nothing found
- Images in its filesHidden data in the images of the files you download, where AI image tools write their name and settings.Nothing found4 images read
- Code of the modThe code and files of the mod, read without running it: addresses of AI services, AI libraries, AI model files and a place for your own AI key.No AI service, AI library or AI model file230 code files read
Compatibility
See all 371 filesPoint at or tap a version to see its loaders.
Modpacks using this project
Find modpacks with itModpacks that include Block Helper in at least one of their versions, most downloaded first.
Latest files
The newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. None is for a recent Minecraft version. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks.