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title: "Getting started - Sorted wiki"
description: "Install Sorted, find its buttons and sort your first chest."
url: https://voxelsprout.com/sorted/wiki/getting-started
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[Sorted](https://voxelsprout.com/sorted) [Wiki](https://voxelsprout.com/sorted/wiki)Getting started

# Getting started

Install Sorted, find its buttons and sort your first chest.

## What you need

* Minecraft **1.21** to **1.21.3**, **1.21.10**, **1.21.11** or **26.1** to **26.3**
* [Fabric Loader](https://fabricmc.net/use/installer/) 0.16 or newer
* [Fabric API](https://modrinth.com/mod/fabric-api) and [YACL](https://modrinth.com/mod/yacl)
* [Mod Menu](https://modrinth.com/mod/modmenu), optional, for a settings button in the mod list

## Install

1. Install Fabric Loader for your Minecraft version.
2. Download [Sorted from Modrinth](https://modrinth.com/mod/sorted), and Fabric API and YACL. Pick the Sorted file for your Minecraft version.
3. Put the files in the `mods` folder of your Minecraft folder.
4. Start the game and open a world.

With the Modrinth app or another launcher that reads Modrinth, installing Sorted picks the right file and pulls in Fabric API and YACL for you.

On NeoForge, the same file runs with [Sinytra Connector](https://modrinth.com/mod/connector) and Forgified Fabric API in place of Fabric API. That is not tested before each release.

## The first sort

1. Open a chest. Above it, on the right, is the sort button. Click it.
2. Press E for your inventory. Below it is a row of buttons: search on the left, and quick fill, quick stack and sort on the right. See [The buttons](https://voxelsprout.com/sorted/wiki/the-buttons).
3. Press R to sort your inventory. Your hotbar is left alone.
4. Walk up to your chests, open your inventory and click **Quick Stack**. See [Quick Stack](https://voxelsprout.com/sorted/wiki/quick-stack).

Clip: A chest full of mixed items sorted with one click. Video: https://voxelsprout.com/media/sorted/sort-chest.mp4

## Nothing on the server

Sorted is client-side only. It works on vanilla servers, Realms and in modpacks, and needs nothing installed on the server.

On a server, Sorted moves items with the same clicks you would make by hand, at a limited speed. Some servers do not allow inventory mods. Check the rules. See [Servers](https://voxelsprout.com/sorted/wiki/servers).

[Next The buttons](https://voxelsprout.com/sorted/wiki/the-buttons)

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