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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternate Current | Unknown | Alternate Current is an efficient and non-locational redstone dust implementation | Space Walker | Server | none |
| Better Beds | Unknown | Removes the Block Entity Renderer from the bed and replaces it with the default minecraft model renderer. | Motschen | Client | none |
| Better Biome Blend | Sodium | Better Biome Blend is a mod which accelerates the biome color blending algorithm. | FionaTheMortal | Client | none |
| C2ME | Unknown | A Fabric mod designed to improve the chunk performance of Minecraft. | ishland | Both | Alpha (1) |
| Canvas | Sodium | Advanced Rendering Engine for Fabric | grondag | Client | Alpha (1) |
| Chunky | Unknown | Pre-generates chunks, quickly and efficiently. | pop4959 | Both | Configuration Needed (7) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Cull Leaves | Unknown | Adds culling to leaf blocks, providing a huge performance boost over vanilla. | Motschen | Client | none |
| DashLoader | Enhanced Block Entities | 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 (4) |
| Dimensional Threading | Unknown | Minecraft mod which optimizes the processing of multiple Dimensions, by assigning them independent threads | WearBlackAllDay | Server | none |
| Dynamic FPS | Unknown | Automatically reduces rendering speed when minecraft is not focused (to 1 FPS) or hidden (no renders at all). | juliand665 | Client | none |
| Dynamic View | APTweaks | This is a small/light serverside utility mod to help balancing lag (TPS) and chunk view/load distance. | someaddon | Server | none |
| Enhanced Block Entities | Sodium⁴, DashLoader | 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 |
| Entity Distance | Unknown | Allows the user to adjust the (client) distance at which different entities render | capnkork | Client | none |
| EntityCulling | none | EntityCulling using async path-tracing to skip rendering Tiles/Entities that are not visible | tr9zw | Client | none |
| FastChest | Unknown | This mod helps by removing dynamic models from chests and making them render as static chunk geometry. | fake_domi | Client | none |
| FastFurnace | 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 |
| FerriteCore | Unknown | This mod reduces the memory usage of Minecraft in a few different ways | malte0811 | Both | none |
| Hydrogen | Unknown | Reduces the memory usage of the game in more modded scenarios | CaffeineMC | Client | Alpha (1) |
| 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 | Alpha (1) |
| Ksyxis | Unknown | Speeds up your world loading by not loading nearby chunks every time. | VidTu | Both | Reverse Features (1) |
| LazyDFU | None | LazyDFU is an optimization mod that makes the initialization of DataFixerUpper "lazy" | astei | Both | none |
| 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 |
| Lithium | none | Lithium is a general-purpose optimization mod for Minecraft which works to improve a number of systems without changing any behavior | CaffeineMC | Server | none |
| MemoryLeakFix | Unknown | A mod that fixes multiple memory leaks in minecraft. Both server-side & client-side. | FX_PR0CESS | Both | none |
| 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 |
| Observable | Unknown | Shows what's lagging your world/server by profiling (tile) entities. | tasgon | Server | none |
| Phosphor | Starlight | Phosphor is a Minecraft mod which works to optimize one of game's most inefficient areas, the lighting engine | CaffeineMC | Both | none |
| 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 |
| Resolution Control+ | Unknown | ResolutionControl+ allows you to change Minecraft's render resolution separately from the HUD elements. | Ultimate Boomer | Client | none |
| ServerCore | Unknown | A fabric mod that aims to optimize & add multiplayer features to the minecraft server. | Wesley1808 | Server | Buggy (2) |
| Simply No Shading | 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 | |
| Smoke Suppresion | Unknown | This is to prevent client-side lag and general annoyance when using large numbers of campfires in farms. | supersaiyansubtlety | Client | none |
| Smooth Boot | Unknown | Optimize Minecraft loading performance to be smoother on low end systems and scale better on high end systems | UltimateBoomer | Both | none |
| Sodium | Mods that utilize 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 | CaffeineMC | Client | none |
| Starlight | Unknown | Fabric mod for completely rewriting the vanilla light engine. | Spottedleaf (PaperMC) | Both | none |
| 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 | Alpha (4) |
| VulkanMod | Unknown | a fabric mod that rewrites Minecraft OpenGL renderer to use Vulkan API. | xCollateral | Client | Incompatible (6) |
| Name | Known Incompatibilities | Description | Author | Performance Improvement | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Improvements⁵ | none | Simplified AI modification mod focused on performance and low-level modifications to AIs in the game | QueenOfMissiles | Server | none |
| Better Biome Blend | Probably any Sodium port | Better Biome Blend is a mod which accelerates the biome color blending algorithm. | FionaTheMortal | Client | none |
| Better Fps - Render Distance | Unknown | Better FPS Render Distance is a mod which adds a few performance improvements to increase fps. | someaddon | Client | none |
| 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) |
| Chunky | Unknown | Pre-generates chunks, quickly and efficiently. | pop4959 | Both | Configuration Needed (7) |
| 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 |
| Dynamic View | APTweaks | This is a small/light serverside utility mod to help balancing lag (TPS) and chunk view/load distance. | someaddon | Server | none |
| EntityCulling | none | EntityCulling using async path-tracing to skip rendering Tiles/Entities that are not visible | tr9zw | Client | none |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| FastWorkbench | Unknown | This is a mod aimed at improving performance of all crafting-related functions. | Shadows_of_Fire | Server | none |
| FerriteCore | Unknown | This mod reduces the memory usage of Minecraft in a few different ways | malte0811 | Both | none |
| 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 |
| Ksyxis | Unknown | Speeds up your world loading by not loading nearby chunks every time. | VidTu | Both | Reverse Features (1) |
| LazyDFU | Mods that remove the DFU | LazyDFU is an optimization mod that makes the initialization of DataFixerUpper "lazy" | Corgi_Taco | Both | none |