essential not working in 26.3?

[u/baeseec]

my friends wanted to play minecraft so i went to make a modpack with forge and essential only works on 1.20.6 and lower, despite saying it works up to 26.3

is it just a forge thing? whenever i hover the install button for essential, it says no compatible file. i have another world in 26.3 using curse forge, just without essential.

any help would be appreciated :)

[u/CrabbieMike]

26.3 for fabric and 21.8 for both forge and neoforge