How to Create a Custom HUD for Your FiveM Server
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Your HUD — health, armor, hunger, money, location — is on screen every second a player is connected. A clean, branded HUD instantly signals a quality server; a cluttered or laggy one does the opposite. Here's how HUDs work in FiveM.
How FiveM HUDs are built
Most HUDs are NUI resources — essentially a small web page (HTML/CSS/JS) the game renders over the screen, fed live data by the resource's client script. That's why HUDs can look so polished and animated.
1. Install a HUD resource
Drop it into resources and ensure it. Make sure it's compatible with your framework so it reads the right status values for money, job and needs.
2. Brand it to your server
Colors, logo and layout are your identity. A HUD that matches your server's brand — and your store theme from our partner FosTheme — makes everything feel cohesive and professional.
3. Keep it performant
A heavy HUD that updates constantly can cost real frames. Favor efficient resources that only redraw when values change — every bit of client performance matters, as covered in our client FPS guide.
4. Don't overload it
Show what players need at a glance and tuck the rest away. A clean HUD reads faster and looks more premium than one crammed with every stat.
For ready-made, well-supported HUDs, our partner Glory Scripts is a solid place to look — pair a sharp HUD with the rest of your core script stack.
