Halogen

Free and open-source rendering engine replacement for the Minecraft client that greatly improves frame rates, reduces micro-stutter, and fixes graphical…

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The author built this one for Minecraft 1.16–1.16.5 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.

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Free and open-source rendering engine replacement for the Minecraft client that greatly improves frame rates, reduces micro-stutter, and fixes graphical issues in Minecraft

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Ships as sodium-forge-2.9.10+rev.ea6353c.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 892 KB
Download link checked 13 Aug 2026 — working

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