Logistics is in active development. Core pipe transport works, but expect rough edges, missing features, and the occasional bug. Report issues on GitHub if something breaks, or join the Discord for help and discussion.
Logistics is a Fabric mod inspired by BuildCraft and Logistics Pipes, bringing authentic item pipe systems to modern Minecraft. Items travel smoothly through thin pipes with visible motion, integrating seamlessly with other mods via Fabric's Transfer API.
Design Principles:
- Material-Based Identity - Each pipe uses distinct vanilla materials for visual clarity
- Layered Progression - Three tiers: Mechanical pipes (basic operations), Smart pipes (decisions), Network logistics (abstract services)
- Authentic Visuals - Items travel continuously through pipes with visible speed
- Mod Interoperability - Works with any mod using Fabric Transfer API (ItemStorage)
- Classic Ergonomics - Simple placement, visible connections, easy to understand
Logistics is built on a three-tier system that grows with your world progression.
Basic routing without item awareness
Start here. These pipes perform mechanical operations—moving, merging, extracting, deleting—but they don't look at what's flowing through them. They just do their job, every time, regardless of item type.
- Stone Transport Pipe (Stone) - Very slow backbone connectivity with random routing
- Copper Transport Pipe (Copper) - Backbone connectivity with random routing
- Item Extractor Pipe (Wood) - Pull items from adjacent inventories into your network
- Item Merger Pipe (Iron) - All inputs converge to a single output
- Golden Transport Pipe (Gold) - Speed boost when powered by redstone
- Item Passthrough Pipe (Sandstone) - Connects only to pipes; bypasses inventories
- Item Void Pipe (Obsidian) - Delete unwanted items
Item-aware routing decisions
These pipes are intelligent. They inspect items and change behavior based on what they see. This is where your network becomes conditional and responsive.
- Item Filter Pipe (Diamond) - Route specific items to specific destinations (item-aware)
- Item Insertion Pipe (Quartz) - Prefer inventories with space; otherwise route to pipes
System-aware automation and requests
Your inventories become abstract resources. Provider modules advertise what's available; supplier modules push stock; requester modules pull what's needed; crafting pipes handle on-demand autocrafting.
Pipes:
- Basic Logistics Pipe - Network backbone; accepts and deposits addressed items with optional filtering
- Provider Logistics Pipe - Advertises adjacent inventory contents to the network
- Requester Logistics Pipe - Requests specific items from the network on demand
- Supplier Logistics Pipe - Keeps a target inventory stocked with configured items
- Crafting Logistics Pipe - Automates crafting recipes fulfilled by the network
- Process Logistics Pipe - Routes in-progress crafting jobs to dedicated machines
- Satellite Logistics Pipe - Remote output point for routing items to distant destinations
- Chassis Pipes (MkI–MkV) - Modular pipes with swappable logistics module slots
Modules (for Chassis Pipes):
- Provider Module (I–II) - Advertise inventory contents at different range/speed tiers
- Extractor Module (I–III) - Pull items from adjacent inventories at increasing speeds
- Passive / Active Supplier Module - Push stock to requesters (passive waits; active seeks)
- Crafter Module (I–III) - Fulfill crafting requests at increasing speeds
- Quicksort Module - Route items by type to sorted destinations
- Terminus Module - Mark a pipe as a terminal endpoint; prevents routing past it
- Sink Module - Accept any overflow items
- Polymorphic Sink Module - Accept overflow, treating NBT-equal items as equivalent
- Enchantment Sink Module - Accept overflow, ignoring enchantment differences
- Mod Sink Module - Accept overflow filtered by mod origin
Each tier builds on the previous one—you'll use all three together as your base grows.
Logistics includes a complete system for item transport, power generation, and automation.
Transport items through networks with different behaviors:
- Basic Transport - Stone and Copper pipes for backbone connectivity
- Extraction & Routing - Wood (extractor), Iron (merger), Diamond (filter), Quartz (insertion) pipes
- Special Pipes - Gold (speed boost), Sandstone (passthrough), Obsidian (void)
RF energy generation and distribution:
- Redstone Engine - Simple, safe, steady power; never overheats
- Stirling Engine - Fuel-powered with heat management; shuts down safely on overheat
- Creative Engine - Infinite power for testing and creative mode
- Power Cables (Copper/Gold/Ender) - Distribute energy from engines to connected machines at increasing transfer rates
- Macerator - Grind ores, gems, and materials into fine dusts for smelting and crafting
- Kiln - Electric furnace; smelts any vanilla smelting recipe using RF energy
- Laser Quarry - Automated 16×16 mining with energy-scaled speed
- Wrench - Configuration tool for pipes and machines
- Marking Fluid - Color-code your pipe networks
Requirements: Minecraft 26.1+ • Fabric Loader 0.18.6+ • Fabric API • Java 25+
Download from:
- GitHub Releases (includes dev builds)
- Modrinth (stable releases)
- CurseForge (stable releases)
- Craft pipes - Start with stone or copper transport pipes
- Connect to inventories - Pipes automatically connect to chests and other storage
- Extract items - Use wood extractor pipes (wrench to configure)
- Route and filter - Combine different pipe types to build your network
Build your first pipe network →
- Thin pipe blocks with 6-way connections
- Server-side traveling item simulation with continuous progress
- Client-side smooth visual rendering
- Extraction from and insertion into adjacent inventories
- Mechanical and Smart pipe behaviors
- Network logistics: provider, requester, supplier, crafting, satellite, and chassis pipes
- Autocrafting via vanilla Crafter integration
- Redstone, Stirling, and Creative engines with heat management
- Power cables (copper, gold, ender) for RF energy distribution between machines
- Macerator for grinding ores, gems, and materials into dusts
- Kiln as an RF-powered electric furnace for any vanilla smelting recipe
- Laser Quarry with automatic frame construction and energy-scaled mining speed
- NeoForge mod loader support (architecture groundwork complete; SPI implementations in progress)
- Fluid pipes with Transfer API integration
- Power/cost system for logistics operations
- Additional pipe upgrades and advanced logistics features
See the documentation for detailed information on pipes, power, automation, and more.
Contributions welcome! Report issues on GitHub Issues. For code contributions, see CLAUDE.md for development guidance.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
Some textures are licensed under CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 - see CREDITS.md for attribution details.
Inspired by:
- BuildCraft — Classic pipe mechanics and visual style
- Logistics Pipes — Request/provider logistics system design
- Forestry — machines and progressive automation
- The Fabric community for excellent modding tools and APIs
Textures:
- Some textures used, adapted, or inspired from Unused Textures by Malcolm Riley, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Some textures used, adapted, or inspired from TextureRepository by Futureazoo, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0