# Installation

> Pick the right Settings Saver jar for your loader and Minecraft version, install it, and check that the mod is running.

URL: https://xichil.dev/wiki/settings-saver/v0/guides/installation/ · Updated: 2026-11-06 · Applies to: Fabric, Quilt, Legacy Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, MC 1.7.10 - 26.3

By the end of this guide Settings Saver is installed in an instance and its button shows up in the
Options screen.

## Before you start

You need a client instance with one of these loaders. Settings Saver is client-only: on a dedicated
server it loads, logs `Dedicated server detected; nothing to do.` and does nothing else, so there is
no reason to install it there. It has no dependencies: one jar is all you need.

## Pick the jar

One jar covers a whole loader family, so you never need a different jar per Minecraft version.

| Jar | Loader | Minecraft |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `settingssaver-<version>-fabric.jar` | Fabric, Quilt | 1.14 to 26.3 |
| `settingssaver-<version>-legacyfabric.jar` | Legacy Fabric | 1.7.10 to 1.13.2 |
| `settingssaver-<version>-forge-1.7.10.jar` | Forge | 1.7.10 |
| `settingssaver-<version>-forge-1.8-1.12.2.jar` | Forge | 1.8 to 1.12.2 |
| `settingssaver-<version>-modlauncher.jar` | Forge | 1.13.2 to 26.3 |
| `settingssaver-<version>-modlauncher.jar` | NeoForge | 1.20.1 to 26.3 |

#### Fabric, Quilt

Use the `fabric` jar on Minecraft 1.14 and newer, Fabric snapshots included. Quilt loads it as is.
Fabric Loader 0.12 or newer is required.

#### Legacy Fabric

Use the `legacyfabric` jar on Minecraft 1.7.10 to 1.13.2.

#### Forge

Forge has three jars, one per era:

- 1.7.10: the `forge-1.7.10` jar.
- 1.8 to 1.12.2: the `forge-1.8-1.12.2` jar.
- 1.13.2 to 26.3: the `modlauncher` jar.

#### NeoForge

Use the `modlauncher` jar on every NeoForge version, 1.20.1 to 26.3. It is the same jar as Forge
1.13.2+ uses.

## Steps

1. Put the Settings Saver jar in the instance's `mods` folder.
2. Start the game.
3. Open **Options**. A **Settings Saver...** button is at the bottom of the screen.
4. Click it. The Settings Saver menu opens, showing **Profile: default** and **Sync: Off**.

You can also open the menu from the mod list: the **Config** button of Settings Saver in Mod Menu
(Fabric and Quilt) or in Forge's and NeoForge's own mod list. Forge 1.13.2's mod list never enables
that button, so use the Options screen there.

On its first launch Settings Saver creates its [store](https://xichil.dev/wiki/settings-saver/v0/guides/store-location/index.md) and the instance's
[config file](https://xichil.dev/wiki/settings-saver/v0/config/instance/index.md). Nothing in the instance is changed yet: the `default` profile
stays empty until you save to it. Continue with [Saving and loading](https://xichil.dev/wiki/settings-saver/v0/guides/saving-and-loading/index.md).