Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 7,306 free mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Fast IP Ping, Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks (SSPB), CrashExploitFixer.
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Fast IP Ping
Yeet the laggy reversed DNS lookup for literal IP server addresses
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.
CrashExploitFixer
This mod fixes a bunch of crash exploits discovered in Minecraft.
Flerovium
Greatly improve your fps with virtually no side-effects on graphics quality
FastQuit
Lets you return to the Title Screen early while your world is still saving in the background!
spark
spark is a performance profiler for Minecraft clients, servers and proxies.
Distraction Free Recipes (EMI / REI / JEI)
Automatically hides the recipe viewer when not searching.
Modern UI
Modern desktop graphics application framework and low-level 3D graphics engine
Puzzle
Adds resourcepack features and a GUI to more conveniently configure OptiFine alternatives.
Starlight (Fabric)
Rewrites the light engine to fix lighting performance and lighting errors
Animatica
A mod implementing the OptiFine/MCPatcher animated texture format
Sodium Options API
Config API for adding Sodium options with a better categories menu
Sodium/Embeddium Options Mod Compat
Adds compatibility for various mods through Sodium Options API
Crash Assistant
Shows a GUI after Minecraft crashes, immediately showing and analyzing all affected logs.
Concurrent Chunk Management Engine
A Fabric mod designed to improve the chunk performance of Minecraft.
Redstone Pen
Adds a pen to draw Redstone selectively and optimized, as well as signal repeating relays, and a Redstone logic controller.
Forge CIT
Ports Optifine Custom Item Textures to Forge
Sodium Dynamic Lights
Multiloader port of LambDynLights that adds Sodium options integration
Create Better FPS
Improve your Create FPS, up to 50%
Chunky
Pre-generates chunks, quickly and efficiently
Fast Item Frames
Supercharged item frames! Less lag, better performance, and now they can change color and vanish!

Chloride (Embeddium++/Sodium++)
Gives Embeddium/Sodium additional Performance and Quality features for a tasteful experience
Polytone
Customize Map Color, Block Colors, Colormaps and Block Sounds, Biome Colors, dynamic colored lights, Dye Colors. Supports Optifine format. For Resource Packs
ServerCore
A mod that aims to optimize the minecraft server.
Despawn Tweaks
Optimization mod that fixes cases where mobs will be prevented from despawning.
BetterGrassify
Gamers can finally touch grass!? OptiFine's Fancy and Fast better grass implemented on Fabric and NeoForge!
Particle Core
Particle optimizations: Culling, rendering optimizations, configurable particle-type-specific spawn reduction, and potion particle disabling. Compatible with Sodium, improves performance over Sodium alone.
Very Many Players (Fabric)
A Fabric mod designed to improve server performance at high playercounts.
Autochef's Delight
Support stacked cooking & optimize recipe-matching in Farmer's Delight
DespawnTweaker
better Let Me Despawn optimization | Don't allow mobs from spawners to despawn
Immersive Optimization
A lightweight entity-tick-scheduler for doubling your TPS.
FastCraft
A powerful universal optimization mod without game play changes.
Xenon
Forge port of the Sodium performance mod
Simple Weather
Providing an alternative, yet elegant solution for weather effects in Minecraft.
ScalableLux
A Fabric mod based on Starlight that improves the performance of light updates in Minecraft.
Temporal API
Temporal API is the library for Team Temporal mods, other projects may use it as well.