Lag Detective
Lag Detective is a lightweight diagnostics mod that helps answer where the lag is coming from.
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Lag Detective
LagDetective
**Lag Detective is a lightweight Fabric diagnostics mod for Minecraft that helps you quickly understand why your game or server is lagging — without installing heavy profilers or complex tools.
It provides real-time performance monitoring, clear lag classification, and easy-to-read reports through simple commands and an optional client dashboard.**
What Lag Detective Does:
Lag Detective helps answer questions like:
- Is the lag coming from the server TPS or the client FPS? - Are you CPU/tick bound, GPU/render bound, or memory/GC stuttering? - Are too many entities loaded in one chunk? - Is chunk loading or world generation causing spikes? - What are the most likely causes right now?
Key Features:
Server Performance Tools:
- TPS and MSPT monitoring - Entity and chunk activity tracking - Server-side lag diagnosis - Support report generation
Client Diagnostics Dashboard
- FPS + frame time monitoring - Client tick time measurement - Memory + GC spike detection - Server metrics shown when available
Commands:
/ld status — server performance summary
/ld fps — current client FPS
/ld mspt — server tick time
/ld tps — server TPS estimate
/ld clientinfo — full client debug info
/ld serverinfo — full server debug info
/ld entity — chunk-by-chunk entity scan
/ld report — generate support report
/ld ui — open the diagnostics dashboard
Support Reports
Lag Detective can generate a complete diagnostic report for debugging or support requests:
- System + mod info - Current TPS/FPS/MSPT - Top lag causes with confidence scores - Recommended actions - Saved automatically as: `lagdetective-report.txt`
Designed for Safety & Compatibility
- Works on client + dedicated server - No mixins required - Lightweight sampling (default once per second) - Never modifies other mods or game settings - Suggestions are informational only
Perfect For:
- Server owners tracking TPS drops - Modpack developers diagnosing performance - Players experiencing stutters or frame lag - Debugging mob farms, chunk loaders, or heavy mods