A list of performance-enhancing mods for 1.18.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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Cull Less Leaves |
Unknown | Cull Less Leaves is an improved version of Cull Leaves. | XanderIsDev | Client | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| Cyclonite |
Unknown | A module for multi-threaded operations on entities. | KenRouKoro | Server | 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 Culling |
Unknown | EntityCulling using async path-tracing to skip rendering Tiles/Entities that are not visible. | tr9zw | Client | none | Custom |
| Exordium |
Unknown | Render the GUI and screens at a lower framerate to speed up what's really important: the worldrendering. | tr7zw | Client | none | Custom |
| Fabric Chunk Pregenerator |
Unknown | Fabric Chunk Pregenerator is a fabric mod that allows you to pregenerate chunks for your server or for singleplayer while running fabric. | SuperCoder79 | Both | Configuration Needed (7) | LGPL-3.0 |
| Fastload |
ForceCloseLoadingScreen | Fastload, is a simple mod that reduces world loading time. This serves as an alternative to ksyxis, which uses an unsafe method of cutting down time. | overloadedwithmods | Both | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| FastBench for Fabric |
Recipe Cache | This is a mod aimed at improving performance of all crafting-related functions. | tfarecnim | Server | none | MIT |
| 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 |
| FixMySpawnR |
Unknown | FixMySpawnR Claims to reduce about half of the tps lag caused by mobspawners. | AbsolemJackdaw | Both | none | GPL-3 |
| ForgetMeChunk |
Unknown | Fixes the large lag spikes you sometimes get when crossing a chunk border | BreadLoaf | Client | Unstable (7) | UNLICENSE |
| 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 |
| Log Begone |
Unknown | Log Begone is a fork of Shut Up Console by Bravarly that simply allows you to remove annoying logs. Can also help with performance if there is a lot of log spam | AzureDoomC | Server | Configuration Needed (7) | LGPL-3.0 |
| MCMT-Fabric |
Unknown | Log Begone is a fork of Shut Up Console by Bravarly | Carpet, Dimensional Threading | This is a mod, that attempts to multithread minecraft's tick execution. | himekifee | Server |
| MCMTFabricCE |
Carpet, Dimensional Threading, C2ME | This is a mod, that attempts to multithread minecraft's tick execution. | himekifee | Server | Corruption (1) | GPL-3 |
| 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 |
| More Culling |
See MoreCulling#6 | changes how blockstate culling is handled in order to improve performance | FX_PR0CESS | Client | None | LGPL-2.1 |
| No Mob Generation |
Unknown | Prevents animals from spawning in new chunks when the mobcap is full | Cdr Johannsen | Server | none | GPL-2 |
| Observable |
Unknown | Shows what's lagging your world/server by profiling (tile) entities. | tasgon | Server | none | MPL-2.0 |
| Particle Blocker |
Unknown | Adds a GUI to pick and choose particles to not render. | Declipsonator | Client | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Smooth Chunk Save |
Unknown | Saves chunks continuously over time, reducing server lag and preventing lagspikes from saving too many chunks at once. | someaddon | Server | none | All Rights Reserved |
| 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 |
| Alternate Current |
Unknown | Alternate Current is an efficient and non-locational redstone dust implementation. | SpaceWalkerRS | Server | none | MIT |
| 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 |
| Better Biome Blend |
Sodium | Better Biome Blend is a mod which accelerates the biome color blending algorithm. | FionaTheMortal | Client | none | UNLICENSE |
| Canary |
Apotheosis | Canary is a general-purpose optimization mod and unofficial fork of the Fabric mod Lithium for Minecraft which works to improve a number of systems (game physics, mob AI, block ticking, etc) without changing any behavior. | AbdElAziz333 | Both | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| 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 |
| Entity Collision FPS Fix |
Unknown | Client Side mod that optimizes entity's on the render thread. | CorgiTaco | Client | none | CCO |
| 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 |
| Fastload |
ForceCloseLoadingScreen | Fastload, is a simple mod that reduces world loading time. This serves as an alternative to ksyxis, which uses an unsafe method of cutting down time. | overloadedwithmods | Both | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| 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 |
| FixMySpawnR |
Unknown | FixMySpawnR Claims to reduce about half of the tps lag caused by mobspawners. | AbsolemJackdaw | Both | none | GPL-3.0 |
| 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 |
| It Shall Not Tick (ISNT) |
Unknown | It Shall Not Tick (ISNT) is a performance enhancing mod that limits entity ticking to within a configurable range of players. | Gaz_ | Both | none | MIT |
| Log Begone |
Unknown | Log Begone is a fork of Shut Up Console by Bravarly that simply allows you to remove annoying logs. Can also help with performance if there is a lot of log spam | AzureDoomC | Server | Configuration Needed (7) | LGPL-3.0 |
| Krypton Reforged |
Unknown | Krypton Reforged is a Minecraft mod that implements a suite of optimizations focused on the Minecraft networking stack. | TeamDeusVult | Both | 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 |
| Pluto |
Unknown | Pluto is a networking stack optimization mod and unofficial fork of the Fabric mod Krypton for Minecraft, this mod aims to optimize the network stack of the game in order to provide better network performance. | AbdElAziz333 | Both | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| Magnesium |
Optifine, Halogen | (Formerly Sodium Reforged) Unofficial port of "Sodium" to Forge. | someoneelsewastaken | Client | Alpha (3) | LGPL-3.0 |
| Observable |
Unknown | Shows what's lagging your world/server by profiling (tile) entities. | tasgon | Server | none | MPL-2.0 |
| Radium Reforged |
Unknown | Radium is an Unofficial Fork of CaffeineMC's "Lithium," made to work with Forge Mod Loader | Asek3 | Both | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| Radon |
Unknown | Radon is an Unofficial Fork of CaffeineMC's "Phosphor", made to work with Forge Mod Loader. | Asek3 | Both | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| Rubidium |
Magnesium, Optifine | Rubidium is an Unofficial Fork of CaffeineMC's "Sodium", made to work with Forge Mod Loader. | Asek3 | Client | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| Saturn |
Unknown | Saturn is a free and open-source performance mod for Minecraft Forge designed to optimize Minecraft's memory usage | AbdElAziz333 | Both | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| Starlight |
Unknown | Forge mod for rewriting the light engine to fix lighting performance and lighting errors | SpottedLeaf (PaperMC) | Server | none | LGPL-3.0 |
| Smooth Boot (Reloaded) |
Unknown | Smooth Boot - Optimize Minecraft loading performance to be smoother on low end systems and scale better on high end systems. | AbdElAziz333 | Client | none | MIT |