VanillaCables

VanillaCables

Cables for precise, configurable item transport.

VanillaCables brings clean item logistics to Paper with visible Cable networks that do not occupy the blocks in your builds. Connect block inventories, attach compact Cable Buses, and control exactly where items go from safe in-game menus.

Highlights

• Visible, six-directional Cable networks — route beside, above, below, or even through ordinary blocks and water.
• Inventory endpoints — connect chests, trapped chests, barrels, placed shulker boxes, and other stable block-container inventories.
• Input, output, and disabled Bus modes — clear colored markers identify each endpoint, with lighter shades showing whitelist mode at a glance.
• Powerful filters — whitelist or blacklist by exact item, item type, or supported item family, including broad stone, cooking, smelting, and fuel groups.
• Fine-grained exact matching — optionally include enchantments and a minimum remaining-durability threshold.
• Deterministic priorities — higher-priority sources and destinations are processed first, with predictable fill-first behavior.
• Physical, recoverable upgrades — improve transfer quantity, add filter slots, and raise upgrade limits.
• Adaptive chest formatting — install a Format Chest Upgrade to organize normal and trapped chests into clear full, half, or quarter-row groups after transfers.
• Built-in recipe browser — inspect every VanillaCables recipe with /cables recipes.
• Persistent and chunk-aware — logical networks survive restarts while unloaded chunks remain inactive and are never force-loaded.
• Localized and configurable feedback — modest sounds and particles can be tuned or disabled.

Built for item safety

Transfers run once per second and move items directly between eligible inventories—there are no loose item entities traveling through the Cable. Destination capacity is planned before source removal, partial insertion is supported, and each successful move removes exactly the amount inserted.

Player-friendly configuration

Right-click a Cable Bus to open its chest-style control panel. Cycle its mode, assign a signed priority, build filters from non-consuming example items, and install or retrieve real upgrade items. Bus screens explain connection state and why an endpoint is inactive.

Requirements

• Paper 1.21.11 or newer
• Java 21

Build compact logistics networks that stay out of the way of your build.