OptiFine for Fabric v5 brings many exciting new features to the pack. During the alpha stage, v4 will continue to be supported and updated to the newest versions, rather than v5. Please report any bugs you find!
OptiFine for Fabric is a Fabric optimization modpack designed to being OptiFine-style features to Fabric, powered by modern Minecraft performance mods like Sodium, Iris, and more. Perfect for players searching for modern OptiFine alternatives.

Benchmarked on a mid-range desktop computer.
To get the correct version of OptiFine for Fabric for your setup:
-alpha, -beta, -dev). How to compare versions:
Pick the version with the highest numbers from left to right.
Examples:
- 3.4.1 is newer than 2.5.3
- 3.5.2 is newer than 3.4.1
If no stable releases exist for your Minecraft version, you may use an alpha, beta, or dev build. These appear clearly labeled in the selector.
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19.06.2026 · Modrinth
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Published versions and original Modrinth files.
19.06.2026 · 22 073 downloads
17.06.2026 · 6 241 downloads
OptiFine for Fabric... settings menu17.06.2026 · 1 147 downloads
16.06.2026 · 773 downloads
16.06.2026 · 499 downloads
Updated to 26.2
16.06.2026 · 158 downloads
Updated to Minecraft 26.2-Rc-2
25.05.2026 · 20 985 downloads
Updates:
- Fabric loader 0.19.1 -> 0.19.2
- A bunch of mods
17.04.2026 · 26 087 downloads
Updated to 26.1.2.
09.04.2026 · 4 788 downloads
Updated to Minecraft 26.1.1
08.04.2026 · 3 618 downloads
25.03.2026 · 6 922 downloads
Updated to 26.1. Many mods are unavailable due to them not updating. This version is highly unstable!
05.03.2026 · 53 714 downloads
Now in beta! Almost all mods have been updated.
11.12.2025 · 81 101 downloads
Due to these not yet updating to 1.21.11, they are temporarily unsupported.
- Mods
- [EMF] Entity Model Features
- [ESF] Enntity Sound Features
- [ETF] Entity Texture Features
- Async
- Auth Me
- BactroMod
- BadOptimizations
- BetterGrassify
- Contiuity
- Cubes Without Borders
- Cull Leaves
- Dark Loading Scree
- Enhanced Block Entities
- Fabrishot
- FancyMenu
- FastQuit
- Forge Config API Port
- It's All Connected [Resource Pack]
- Konkrete
- Krypton
- Language Reload
- Lithium
- Melody
- Model Gap Fix
- ModernFix
- More Culling
- Noisium
- Nuit
- Nuit Interop
- OptiGUI
- Particle Core
- Polytone
- Reese's Sodium Options
- Remove Reloading Screen
- ResourcePackCached
- Sodium Core Shader Support
- Sodium Dynamic Lights
- Sodium Extra Information
- Sodium Extras
- Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks
- TxniLib
- Very Many Players
- ViaFabricPlus
12.10.2025 · 54 885 downloads
Due to these not yet updating to 1.21.9, they are temporarily unsupported.
- Mods
- ResourcePackCached
- Noisium
- Polytone
- OptiGUI
- [EMF] Entity Model Features
- [ESF] Enntity Sound Features
- [ETF] Entity Texture Features
- Async
- FastQuit
- Auth Me
- FancyMenu
- This means the custom UI will not be active!
- Fabrishot
- Entity Culling
- Sodium Extra
- Sodium Extra Information
- Konkrete
- Language Reload
- Melody
- Continuity
- Particle Core
- Resource packs
- It's All Connected
- This means that built-in connected textures will not be active!
04.10.2025 · 8 677 downloads
Due to these not yet updating to 1.21.9, they are temporarily unsupported.
- Mods
- ResourcePackCached
- Noisium
- Polytone
- OptiGUI
- [EMF] Entity Model Features
- [ESF] Enntity Sound Features
- [ETF] Entity Texture Features
- Async
- FastQuit
- Auth Me
- FancyMenu
- This means the custom UI will not be active!
- Fabrishot
- Entity Culling
- Sodium Extra
- Sodium Extra Information
- Konkrete
- Language Reload
- Melody
- Continuity
- Particle Core
- Resource packs
- It's All Connected
- This means that built-in connected textures will not be active!
19.09.2025 · 5 650 downloads
Updated to Minecraft 1.21.6.
19.09.2025 · 27 014 downloads
Updated to Minecraft 1.21.4.
13.09.2025 · 23 090 downloads
Added and updated mods. Fixed bugs.
15.08.2025 · 40 510 downloads
Updated to Minecraft 1.21.8
Updated mods.
These mods have not yet updated to 1.21.8, and have therefore been disabled:
- [ESF] Entity Sound Features
- Enhanced Block Entities
- ModernFix
- Noisium
- Nuit (formerly FabricSkyboxes)
- Nuit Interop (formerly FabricSkyBoxes Interop)
- Polytone
- Sodium Dynamic Lights
- Sodium Extra Information
- Sodium Extras
- Titlebar Changer
- TxniLib
15.08.2025 · 8 263 downloads
Updated Fabric version to 0.17.2.
Updated mods.
15.08.2025 · 1 020 downloads
Updated Fabric version to 0.17.2.
Updated mods.
These mods have updated, and have therefore been readded to the modpack:
- Anvian's Lib
- Capes
- Polytone
15.08.2025 · 2 907 downloads
Updated mods.
These mods have updated, and have therefore been readded to the modpack:
- Anvian's Lib
- Capes
- Polytone
09.07.2025 · 7 002 downloads
Updated mods.
Readded:
- Continuity
- Particle Core
- ResourcePackCached
08.07.2025 · 7 934 downloads
Updated mods.
These mods have updated, and have therefore been readded to the modpack:
- Contiuity
- ParticleCore
- ResourcePackCached
03.07.2025 · 10 030 downloads
Updated to 1.21.1.
02.07.2025 · 1 445 downloads
Mods that haven't updated:
- Entity Sound Features
- Anvian's Lib
- Capes
- Continuity
- Enhanced Block Entities
- ModernFix
- Noisium
- Nuit
- Nuit Interop
- Particle Core
- Polytone
- ResourcePackCached
- Sodium Dynamic Lights
- Sodium Extra Information
- Sodium Extras
- Titlebar Changer
- TxniLib
02.07.2025 · 657 downloads
Mods that haven't updated:
- Entity Sound Features
- Anvian's Lib
- Capes
- Continuity
- Enhanced Block Entities
- ModernFix
- Nuit
- Nuit Interop
- Particle Core
- Polytone
- ResourcePackCached
- Sodium Dynamic Lights
- Sodium Extra Information
- Sodium Extras
- Titlebar Changer
- TxniLib
02.07.2025 · 14 591 downloads
Mods that haven't updated:
- Enhanced Block Entities
- ModernFix
- Nuit
- Nuit Interop
01.07.2025 · 5 307 downloads
13.06.2025 · 5 083 downloads
Updated mods.
These mods have updated, and therefore have been readded to the modpack:
- Continuity
- Polytone
13.06.2025 · 4 060 downloads
Updated mods and fixed bugs.
22.04.2025 · 12 230 downloads
29.03.2025 · 15 686 downloads
Updated mods and fixed bugs.
25.02.2025 · 2 960 downloads
Added support for 1.21.4! Some mods have not updated, and are therefore disabled.
25.02.2025 · 4 997 downloads
Updated mods and fixed bugs.
19.02.2025 · 703 downloads
Updated mods.
31.01.2025 · 719 downloads
28.01.2025 · 591 downloads
Fixed various bugs.
Added mods "Sodium Extra" and "Sodium Extra Information."
Added connected textures resource pack. Disabled by default.
25.01.2025 · 696 downloads
Added many more performance mods - still without any vanilla parity issues!
New features:
- Resource pack caching
- GPU leak fix
- Sign and beacon optimizations
- Multiplayer performance increase
- Servers ping faster
- Dimensions are processed in parallel threads
- Connect to servers faster
20.01.2025 · 858 downloads
Fixed critical bug where Reese's Sodium Options conficted with Sodium Options API and Sodium Options Mod Compat.
20.01.2025 · 385 downloads
Added mod "Animatica." This mod adds support for animated textures.
20.01.2025 · 2 119 downloads
Added support for 1.21.2. In alpha.
Missing features:
- CIT Resewn
- C2ME
- Continuity
- Entity Culling
- FabricSkyBoxes
- FabricSkyBoxes Interop
- FerriteCore
- Iris
- Particle Core
- Sodium Dynamic Lights
- Sodium Extras
- Sodium Leaf Culling
- Sodium Options API
- Sodium Options Mod Compat
- ThreadTweak
- TxniLib
20.01.2025 · 869 downloads
Updated mods.
20.01.2025 · 8 299 downloads
Backported to 1.16.5.
Missing features:
- Sodium Core Shadaer Support
- Sodium Leaf Culling
- TxniLib
- ThreadTweak
- Polytone
- Particle Core
- Fzzy Config
- Noisium
- BadOptimizations
- Yet Another Config Lib (YACL)
- Entity Model Features
- OptiGUI
- More Culling
- ScalableLux
- CIT Resewn
- C2ME
- Placeholder API
- Continuity
Altered features:
- Substituted Puzzle for Sodium Options API and Sodium Options Mod Compat
- Substituted WI Zoom for Zoomify
- Substituted Phosphor for ScalableLux
- Substituted MinecraftCapes for Capes
- Substituted LambDynamicLights for Sodium Dynamic Lights
- Added MoreMcmeta
- Added MoreMcmeta Emissive Textures
For the full experience, please use any version from 1.21.1-latest.
20.01.2025 · 1 685 downloads
Backported to 1.17.1.
Missing features:
- Sodium Core Shadaer Support
- Sodium Leaf Culling
- TxniLib
- ThreadTweak
- Polytone
- Particle Core
- Fzzy Config
- Noisium
- BadOptimizations
- Sodium Dynamic Lights
- Yet Another Config Lib (YACL)
- Entity Model Features
- OptiGUI
- More Culling
Altered features:
- Substituted Starlight for ScalableLux
- Substituted Puzzle for Sodium Options API and Sodium Options Mod Compat
- Substituted WI Zoom for Zoomify
For the full experience, please use any version from 1.21.1-latest.
20.01.2025 · 2 097 downloads
Backported to 1.18.2.
Missing features:
- Sodium Core Shadaer Support
- Sodium Leaf Culling
- TxniLib
- ThreadTweak
- Particle Core
- Fzzy Config
- Noisium
- BadOptimizations
- Sodium Dynamic Lights
- Yet Another Config Lib (YACL)
Altered features:
- Substituted Starlight for ScalableLux
- Substituted Puzzle for Sodium Options API and Sodium Options Mod Compat
For the full experience, please use any version from 1.21.1-latest.
20.01.2025 · 934 downloads
Backported to 1.19.
Missing features:
- Sodium Core Shader Support
- Sodium Leaf Culling
- TxniLib
- ThreadTweak
- Polytone
- Particle Core
- Fzzy Config
- Noisium
- BadOptimizations
- Sodium Dynamic Lights
- Entity Model Features
Altered features:
- Substituted Starlight for ScalableLux
- Substituted Puzzle for Sodium Options API and Sodium Options Mod Compat
For the full experience, please use any version from 1.21.1-latest.
20.01.2025 · 426 downloads
Backported to 1.19.1.
Missing features:
- Sodium Core Shadaer Support
- Sodium Leaf Culling
- TxniLib
- ThreadTweak
- Polytone
- Particle Core
- Fzzy Config
- Noisium
- Entity Texture Features
- Entity Model Features
- Sodium Dynamic Lights
- OptiGUI
Altered features:
- Substituted Starlight for ScalableLux
- Substituted Puzzle for Sodium Options API and Sodium Options Mod Compat
For the full experience, please use any version from 1.21.1-latest.
20.01.2025 · 2 246 downloads
Backported to 1.19.2.
Missing features:
- Sodium Core Shader Support
- Sodium Leaf Culling
- TxniLib
- ThreadTweak
- Polytone
- Particle Core
- Fzzy Config
- Noisium
Altered features:
- Substituted LambDynamicLights for Sodium Dynamic Lights
- Substituted Starlight for ScalableLux
- Substituted Puzzle for Sodium Options API and Sodium Options Mod Compat
For the full experience, please use any version from 1.21.1-latest.
20.01.2025 · 440 downloads
Backported to 1.19.3.
Missing features:
- Sodium Core Shader Support
- Sodium Leaf Culling
- TxniLib
- ThreadTweak
- Polytone
- Particle Core
- Fzzy Config
- Noisium
Altered features:
- Substituted LambDynamicLights for Sodium Dynamic Lights
- Substituted Starlight for ScalableLux
- Substituted Puzzle for Sodium Options API and Sodium Options Mod Compat
For the full experience, please use any version from 1.21.1-latest.
20.01.2025 · 1 841 downloads
Backported to 1.19.4.
Missing features:
- Fzzy Config
- Noisium
- Particle Core
- Polytone
- Sodium Core Shader Support
- Sodium Extras
- Sodium Leaf Culling
- Sodium Options API
- Sodium Options Mod Compat
- ThreadTweak
- TxniLib
Altered features:
- Substituted LambDynamicLights for Sodium Dynamic Lights
- Substituted Starlight for ScalableLux
For the full experience, please use any version from 1.21.1-latest.
20.01.2025 · 535 downloads
v1 release
20.01.2025 · 21 072 downloads
Backported to 1.20.1.
Missing features:
- Sodium Core Shader Support
- Sodium Leaf Culling
Altered features:
- Substituted Starlight for ScalableLux
For the full experience, please use any version from 1.21.1-latest.
20.01.2025 · 972 downloads
Backported to 1.20.2.
Missing features:
- Cull Leaves
- Polytone
- Sodium Core Shader Support
- Sodium Extras
- Sodium Leaf Culling
- Sodium Options API
- Sodium Options Mod Compat
- TxniLib
Altered features:
- Substituted LambDynamicLights for Sodium Dynamic Lights
- Substituted Starlight for ScalableLux
For the full experience, please use any version from 1.21.1-latest.
20.01.2025 · 229 downloads
Backported to 1.20.3.
Missing features:
- CIT Resewn
- Cull Leaves
- Entity Culling
- FerriteCore
- Fzzy Config
- Sodium Core Shader Support
- Sodium Extras
- Sodium Leaf Culling
- Sodium Options API
- Sodium Options Mod Compat
- ThreadTweak
- TxniLib
- YetAnotherConfigLib
Altered features:
- Substituted LambDynamicLights for Sodium Dynamic Lights
- Substituted Starlight for ScalableLux
- Substituted WI Zoom for Zoomify
For the full experience, please use any version from 1.21.1-latest.
19.01.2025 · 4 225 downloads
Backported to 1.20.4.
Missing features:
- Sodium Extras
- Sodium Leaf Culling
- Sodium Options API
- Sodium Options Mod Compat
- TxniLib
- ScalableLux
For the full experience, please use any version from 1.21.1-latest.
19.01.2025 · 542 downloads
Backported to 1.20.5.
Missing features:
- Sodium Extras
- Sodium Leaf Culling
- Sodium Options API
- Sodium Options Mod Compat
- TxniLib
- CIT Resewn
- Cull Leaves
- ScalableLux
- Sodium Dynamic Lights
For the full experience, please use any version from 1.21.1-latest.
19.01.2025 · 1 711 downloads
Backported to 1.20.6.
Missing features:
- Sodium Extras
- Sodium Leaf Culling
- Sodium Options API
- Sodium Options Mod Compat
- TxniLib
- CIT Resewn
- Cull Leaves
- ScalableLux
- Sodium Dynamic Lights
For the full experience, please use any version from 1.21.1-latest.
19.01.2025 · 10 212 downloads
Backported to 1.21.
Missing features:
- Sodium Extras
- Sodium Leaf Culling
- Sodium Options API
- Sodium Options Mod Compat
- TxniLib
For the full experience, please use any version from 1.21.1-latest.
16.01.2025 · 1 137 downloads
First upload!