A list of performance-enhancing mods for 1.17.x forge/fabric versions.
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| Name | Known Incompatibilities | Description | Author | Performance Improvement | Label | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alternate Current  |
Unknown | Alternate Current is an efficient and non-locational redstone dust implementation. | Space Walker | Server | None | MIT |
| Better Beds |
Unknown | Removes the Block Entity Renderer from the bed and replaces it with the default minecraft model renderer. | Motschen | Client | None | MIT |
| Better Biome Blend |
Sodium | Better Biome Blend is a mod which accelerates the biome color blending algorithm. | FionaTheMortal | Client | none | UNLICENSE |
| Canvas Renderer |
Sodium | Advanced Rendering Engine for Fabric | grondag | Client | none | Apache License 2.0 |
| Concurrent Chunk Management Engine |
Unknown | A Fabric mod designed to improve the chunk performance of Minecraft. | ishland | Both | Alpha (1) | MIT |
| Chunky |
Unknown | Pre-generates chunks, quickly and efficiently. | pop4959 | Both | Configuration Needed (7) | GPL-3 |
| Clumps |
Unknown | Clumps groups XP orbs together into a single entity to reduce lag when there are many in a small area. | jaredlll08 | Server | none | MIT |
| Cull Clouds |
Unknown | Fabric mod that adds a small optimization improves clouds building way to not render parts which you cant see to increase fps. | ugamii | Client | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| Cull Leaves |
Unknown | Adds culling to leaf blocks, providing a huge performance boost over vanilla. | Motschen | Client | none | MIT |
| DashLoader |
Unknown | This mod launches minecraft faster by caching all of the content on first launch and then loading that cache on the next one | alphaqu | Client | Incompatible (2) | LGPL-3.0 |
| Dimensional Threading |
Unknown | Minecraft mod which optimizes the processing of multiple Dimensions, by assigning them independent threads | WearBlackAllDay | Server | Incompatible (2) | MIT |
| Dynamic FPS |
Unknown | Automatically reduces rendering speed when minecraft is not focused (to 1 FPS) or hidden (no renders at all). | juliand665 | Client | none | MIT |
| Dynamic View |
APTweaks | This is a small/light serverside utility mod to help balancing lag (TPS) and chunk view/load distance. | someaddon | Server | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| Enhanced Block Entities |
Sodium⁴ | EBE is a mod which aims to increase the performance of block entity rendering, as well as offer customizability via resource packs. | FoundationGames | Client | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| Entity Distance |
Unknown | Allows the user to adjust the (client) distance at which different entities render | capnkork | Client | none | MIT |
| Entity Culling |
Unknown | EntityCulling using async path-tracing to skip rendering Tiles/Entities that are not visible. | tr9zw | Client | none | Custom |
| FastChest |
Unknown | This mod helps by removing dynamic models from chests and making them render as static chunk geometry. | fake_domi | Client | none | MIT |
| FastFurnace for Fabric |
Recipe Cache | Similar to FastWorkbench, it caches the last recipe used, and checks this recipe first before re-scanning the entire registry. | tfarecnim | Server | none | MIT |
| FerriteCore |
Unknown | This mod reduces the memory usage of Minecraft in a few different ways | malte0811 | Both | none | MIT |
| Hydrogen |
Unknown | Reduces the memory usage of the game in more modded scenarios | CaffeineMC | Client | Alpha (1) | LGPL-3.0 |
| Krypton |
Unknown | Krypton is a Minecraft mod designed for the Fabric mod loader that implements a suite of optimizations focused on the Minecraft networking stack. | astei | Both | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| Ksyxis |
Unknown | Speeds up your world loading by skipping vanilla's unnecessary 441 chunk loading-unloading on every login. | VidTu | Both | Incompatible (1) | MIT |
| LazyDFU |
Unknown | LazyDFU is an optimization mod that makes the initialization of DataFixerUpper "lazy" | tr9zw | Both | none | MIT |
| Lazy Language Loader |
Unknown | Lazy Language Loader improves loading times when changing your language by only reloading the language instead of all the game resources! | chachylmao | Client | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| Lithium |
Unknown | Lithium is a general-purpose optimization mod for Minecraft which works to improve a number of systems without changing any behavior | jellysquid3_ | Server | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| MemoryLeakFix |
Unknown | A mod that fixes multiple memory leaks in minecraft. Both server-side & client-side. | FX_PR0CESS | Both | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| Mipmaplevel and Language Fix |
Unknown | Makes changing Mipmaplevels and Language faster, by instead of doing a full reload, only reloading the respective part of the game. | KingContaria | Client | none | CCO |
| Observable |
Unknown | Shows what's lagging your world/server by profiling (tile) entities. | tasgon | Server | none | MPL-2.0 |
| Phosphor |
Starlight | Phosphor is a Minecraft mod which works to optimize one of game's most inefficient areas, the lighting engine | CaffeineMC | Both | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| Raknetify |
Unknown | Allows users to use raknet to connect to servers, which improves network performance. Gives significant boosts on bad connections | ishland | Both | Alpha (?) | Custom |
| Recipe Cache |
FastFurnace, FastBench (?) | Caches recipe lookup for crafting and furnaces to lessen server lag caused by crafting stacks of items and large amounts of furnaces ticking | biom4st3r1 | Server | none | MIT |
| Resolution Control+ |
Unknown | ResolutionControl+ allows you to change Minecraft's render resolution separately from the HUD elements. | Ultimate Boomer | Client | none | MIT |
| ServerCore |
Unknown | A fabric mod that aims to optimize & add multiplayer features to the minecraft server. | Wesley1808 | Server | none | MIT |
| Simply No Shading |
Unknown | This mod mimics OptiFine's Internal Shader with Old Lighting OFF by default. Benefits are less lag as this mod is not a shader, stability, and compatibility with other mods. | StartsMercury | Client | none | MIT |
| Smoke Suppresion |
Unknown | This is to prevent client-side lag and general annoyance when using large numbers of campfires in farms. | supersaiyansubtlety | Client | none | MIT |
| Smooth Boot |
Unknown | Optimize Minecraft loading performance to be smoother on low end systems and scale better on high end systems. | UltimateBoomer | Both | none | MIT |
| Sodium |
Mods that utilize of the FRAPI⁴ | Sodium is a 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. | jellysquid3_ | Client | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| Starlight |
Unknown | Fabric mod for completely rewriting the vanilla light engine. | Spottedstar | Both | none | MIT |
| Very Many Players |
Unknown | Very Many Players, or VMP for short, is a Fabric mod designed to improve general server performance at high playercount without sacrificing vanilla functionality or behavior. | ishland | Server | none | MIT |
| Vulkan Renderer |
Sodium | a fabric mod that rewrites Minecraft OpenGL renderer to use Vulkan API. | x_collateral | Client | Incompatible(6) | All Rights Reserved |
| Name | Known Incompatibilities | Description | Author | Performance Improvement | Label | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Improvements⁵ |
None | Simplified AI modification mod focused on performance and low-level modifications to AIs in the game | QueenOfMissiles | Server | none | All Rights Reserved |
| Better Biome Blend |
Sodium | Better Biome Blend is a mod which accelerates the biome color blending algorithm. | FionaTheMortal | Client | none | UNLICENSE |
| Better Fps - Render Distance |
Unknown | Better FPS Render Distance is a mod which adds a few performance improvements to increase fps. | someaddon | Client | none | All Rights Reserved |
| Chunk-Pregenerator |
Unknown | Chunk Pregenerator is a tool that allows you to generate your World more efficiently, by Preemptively generating the chunks. It is a Server-side tool that has some optional client features if wanted. | Speiger | Both | Configuration Needed (7) | All Rights Reserved |
| Chunky |
Unknown | Pre-generates chunks, quickly and efficiently. | pop4959 | Both | Configuration Needed (7) | LGPL-3.0 |
| Clumps |
Unknown | Clumps groups XP orbs together into a single entity to reduce lag when there are many in a small area. | jaredlll08 | Server | none | MIT |
| Dynamic View |
APTweaks | This is a small/light serverside utility mod to help balancing lag (TPS) and chunk view/load distance. | someaddon | Server | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| Entity Culling |
Unknown | EntityCulling using async path-tracing to skip rendering Tiles/Entities that are not visible. | tr9zw | Client | none | Custom |
| FastFurnace |
Unknown | Similar to FastWorkbench, it caches the last recipe used, and checks this recipe first before re-scanning the entire registry. | Shadows_of_Fire | Server | none | MIT |
| FastSuite |
Unknown | FastSuite is a mod about improving recipe performance, it improves upon all mods that use the JSON recipe system, rather than just a specific subset of recipes | Shadows_of_Fire | Server | none | MIT |
| FastWorkbench |
Unknown | This is a mod aimed at improving performance of all crafting-related functions. | Shadows_of_Fire | Server | none | MIT |
| FerriteCore |
Unknown | This mod reduces the memory usage of Minecraft in a few different ways | malte0811 | Both | none | MIT |
| Get It Together, Drops! |
Unknown | This mod adds two configuration options to control how dropped items combine on the ground. This can significantly improve performance in areas with lots of dropped items | bl4ckscor3 | Server | none | MIT |
| Ksyxis |
Unknown | Speeds up your world loading by skipping vanilla's unnecessary 441 chunk loading-unloading on every login. | VidTu | Both | Incompatible (1) | MIT |
| LazyDFU |
Mods that remove the DFU | LazyDFU is an optimization mod that makes the initialization of DataFixerUpper "lazy" | Corgi_Taco | Both | none | MIT |