Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 55 free mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Iris Shaders, Enchantment Glint Outline, Motschen's Puddles.
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Iris Shaders
A modern shader pack loader for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing OptiFine shader packs
Enchantment Glint Outline
Adds a customisable outline to enchanted items. Works with resource packs and vanilla shaders. Sodium compatible
Motschen's Puddles
Adds puddles that spawn during rain and thunder! Compatible with any shader pack!
Beryl
Introducing an efficient shader pipeline for Vulkan.
Photonics: A raytracing engine
A ray-traced voxel engine with a focus on performance and crisp shadows
Interactive Foliage
Plants physically react to players, mobs and items — no shaders required.
Custom Glint
Allows you to change your armor/tools enchant glint live to anything, Allows for custom textures + end gateway shader effect and old enchant glint style toggle as well as enchant bloom works with vulkan mod
LIMBO Dimension Datapack
Adds a dimension that is inspired by the game LIMBO, can be accessed in survival and offers a unique survival experience, and special loot. For best immersion, turn off shaders and set the render distance lower so the fog is all around you.
Radiance (Windows)
Radiance is rebuilt of Minecraft OpenGL on a Vulkan C++ backend, featuring native Hardware Ray Tracing. Break free from OpenGL limits for Minecraft on Windows.
WynnIris
An Iris fork with built-in Wynncraft shader effects. Renders glint effects, custom skyboxes, translucency, and player emotes directly in the shader pipeline.
Shadered
A mod that adds complex visual decorations
Iris Extension
An extension for the Minecraft shader loader Iris with some useful features for shader developers.
DynamicLantern
A Curios decorative lantern that requires no dynamic lighting dependency and no extra libraries — it only needs Curios and shaders to emit light.
Vulkanite
A mod that brings hardware accelerated raytracing to minecraft java edition
EntityModelShadersFix
Occulus ETM+EMF Fixes, fixes missing parts of ResourcePacks when using all three.
Void Cubes
Adds decorative blocks featuring the end portal shader effect
Vulkan PostFX
Experimental VPFX shader pack loader and post-processing framework for Minecraft’s modern Vulkan-based rendering path.
Oculus Unlocked
Allows mod shaders to work while Oculus has an active shaderpack
Biome Shader Switch
🗸 Switches shaders based on the player's current biome. Supports Iris & Oculus shader packs with per-biome, per-height, and fallback shader rules. Auto-detects all biomes including modded ones — zero manual config needed.
Shader Cycler
Add-on to oculus/iris to switch between shaders automatically when entering dimensions (including modded ones) or with just a key-bind
VulkanFlow
VulkanFlow brings bloom, shadows and shader like effects to Minecraft highly optimized for integrated GPUs and low end devicec. Achieve stable 60 FPS on hardware like Intel UHD 620, fully compatible with Sodium.
Radiance (Linux)
Radiance is rebuilt of Minecraft OpenGL on a Vulkan C++ backend, featuring native Hardware Ray Tracing. Break free from OpenGL limits for Minecraft on Linux.
lumaLight
Colorful client-side lighting, outlines, bloom, and a biome-aware cartoon atmosphere without shader packs.
The Forgotten Man
A hand-built DELTARUNE Chapter 5 dimension you reach through a craftable door. The tree room, the man behind the tree, and a shader based portal you can see through.
Ultra Secret Settings
Client side mod that brings back Super Secret Settings with more shaders
Entity Dithering
Adds bedrock-like transparency effect to entities. Compatible with any shaders!
Ferium
Shaders Vibrant Visuals like
Kairo's Color Filters
NVIDIA-style color filters inside Minecraft, with presets. Control vibrance, saturation, contrast, sharpness and more, works with all shaderpacks and resource packs!
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Veil Iris Lights Compat [VILC]
Veil light & shadow support for Iris + Shaderpacks
Boe's Earth
Blockstates extension for shaders and resourcepacks
JFlashlight
Illuminate your world with a toggleable, photon-forked shader-powered flashlight. Creates a directional beam with 16 colors, volumetric dust, and multiplayer support.
PeekF1
It allows you to keep survival gameplay functional while enjoying the full beauty of shaders without distractions.
Universal Depth of Field
Native DoF - no shaders required.
Particle Dithering
Adds dithered transparency effect to particles. Compatible with any shaders!
Iris Caves
Makes Alex's Caves work with your shaders — biome fog, the Luxtructosaurus red sky, Deepsight, and fixes for its invisible mobs and projectiles.
Shaders
A client-side Fabric mod that adds customizable animated rainbow and gradient outline effects to Minecraft entities, players, and held items for visual customization.