Minecraft Java 26 Mods
Browse 4,539 free mods for Minecraft Java 26 — popular picks include Sodium, Iris Shaders, Entity Culling.
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Sodium
A high-performance rendering engine replacement for Minecraft, which greatly improves frame rates and reduces micro-stutter.
Iris Shaders
A modern shader pack loader for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing OptiFine shader packs
Entity Culling
Using async path-tracing to hide Block-/Entities that are not visible
FerriteCore
Memory usage optimizations
Lithium
No-compromises game logic optimization mod, useful for both single-player games and multi-player servers.
[ETF] Entity Texture Features
Emissive, Random & Custom texture support for entities in resourcepacks just like Optifine but for Fabric
Sodium Extra
A Sodium addon that adds features that shouldn't be in Sodium.
[EMF] Entity Model Features
EMF is an, OptiFine format, Custom Entity Model replacement mod available for Fabric and Forge.
Reese's Sodium Options
Alternative Options Menu for Sodium
ModernFix
All-in-one mod that improves performance, reduces memory usage, and fixes many bugs. Compatible with all your favorite performance mods!
More Culling
A mod that changes how multiple types of culling are handled in order to improve performance
Complementary Shaders - Reimagined
Preserving the elements of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.
Dynamic FPS
Reduce resource usage while Minecraft is in the background, idle, or on battery.
LambDynamicLights - Dynamic Lights
Adds dynamic lights to Minecraft as the most feature-complete and optimized dynamic lighting mod.
Complementary Shaders - Unbound
Transforming the visuals of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.
Krypton
A mod to optimize the Minecraft networking stack

Language Reload
Reduces load times and adds fallbacks for languages
Clumps
Clumps XP orbs together to reduce lag
Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (Fabric)
A Fabric mod designed to improve the chunk performance of Minecraft.
Distant Horizons
Massively increase render distance without harming performance.
BSL Shaders
Shaderpack for Minecraft: Java Edition. It's bright, colorful, and distinct.
Packet Fixer
A simple mod to fix various problems with packets, nbt and timeouts.
Photon Shaders
A gameplay-focused shader pack with a semi-realistic style
Remove Reloading Screen
Makes resource packs load in the background, allowing you to do other things while waiting!
OptiGUI
Blazing fast custom GUI textures on Fabric and Quilt with built-in OptiFine custom GUI resource pack support

Let Me Despawn
Improves performance by tweaking mob despawn rules. Say bye to pesky unintentional persistent mobs.
Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks (SSPB)
Reintroduces vanilla-like smooth lighting to non-full blocks (e.g. dirt paths and how they have dark shading when directly next to a full block) when using Sodium.
FastQuit
Lets you return to the Title Screen early while your world is still saving in the background!
Capes
Lets you use capes from OptiFine, LabyMod and other cape mods
spark
spark is a performance profiler for Minecraft clients, servers and proxies.
Translations for Sodium
Unofficial translations for the Sodium Minecraft mod
Modern UI
Modern desktop graphics application framework and low-level 3D graphics engine
Crash Assistant
Shows a GUI after Minecraft crashes, immediately showing and analyzing all affected logs.
Motschen's Better Leaves
Improves the appearance of leaves with high mod compatibility and performance!
Chunky
Pre-generates chunks, quickly and efficiently

Chloride (Embeddium++/Sodium++)
Gives Embeddium/Sodium additional Performance and Quality features for a tasteful experience