Sodium Alternatives

    Sodium is described as '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'. There are seven alternatives to Sodium for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Minecraft, Mac, Linux and Minecraft Forge. The best alternative is Wurst, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sodium are OptiFine (Free), VanillaFix (Free), Minecraft Shaders (Free) and Less Lag (Free).

    This page was last updated Sep 14, 2021

    1. Wurst

      • Free • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Minecraft Forge
      • Minecraft
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      An open source hacked client for Minecraft.
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      Wurst vs Sodium opinions
      pros, cons and recent comments
      Its a hacked client and doens't work on servers
      Negative comment • 6 months ago

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      Sodium is a optimization mod while wurst IS A FUCKING HACKED CLIENT U STUPID THIS GONNA GET YOU BANNED
      Negative comment • 4 months ago

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      Atlas19 This has nothing to do with performance, this is a hacked client and Sodium is a performance mod.
      Negative comment • 3 months ago

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    2. OptiFine

      • Free • Proprietary
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Minecraft
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      OptiFine is a Minecraft optimization mod. It allows Minecraft to run faster and look better with full support for HD textures and many configuration options.

    4. VanillaFix

      • Free • Proprietary
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Minecraft Forge
      • Minecraft
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      VanillaFix is a mod that improves performance and fixes bugs and annoyances in vanilla Minecraft. Tripling FPS is common, try it for yourself if you don't believe it!
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    5. Minecraft Shaders

      • Free • Proprietary
      • Windows
      • Minecraft
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      Shaders are Minecraft Shaders Pack (GLSL) to improve Minecraft graphics, add reality effects, 3d textures, shading, reflections, sun rays, and very realistic clouds improvement.
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    6. Less Lag

      • Free • Proprietary
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Minecraft Forge
      • Minecraft
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      A simple mod to remove texture animations to increase FPS for larger mod packs and low end systems. This mod is to only resign here within and on curse. Free to uses within modpacks only threw curse.
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    8. Impact

      • Free • Proprietary
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Minecraft
      • Java
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      The Impact client is an advanced utility mod for Minecraft, it is based on ClientAPI and includes a large number of useful mods.

    9. BetterFps

      • Free • Proprietary
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Minecraft Forge
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      BetterFps is a Minecraft mod that add a few performance improvements, trying to be compatible with other mods.
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