Overview

Graphite is a Fabric mod that replaces Minecraft’s default OpenGL renderer with a fully rewritten Vulkan 1.3 renderer.

This is not a wrapper or translation layer. It is a complete rewrite of the rendering system, built to better match modern GPU architectures and reduce CPU overhead.

Why Graphite?

Replaces the legacy OpenGL 2.1 renderer with Vulkan 1.3
Lower CPU overhead and better frame pacing
Designed for modern GPUs and drivers
Opens the door for more advanced rendering techniques

Installation

Requirements

Ornithe modloader

Steps

Install Ornithe
Download the latest Graphite release from this repository
Place the jar file into your .minecraft/mods folder
Launch the game

Notes

This project is experimental and still in development
Expect bugs, crashes, and incomplete features
Please report issues with logs attached

Licensing

This project includes code derived from Sodium.

Both Graphite and Sodium are licensed under Polyform Shield 1.0.0.

Graphite license applies to original code in Graphite
Sodium license applies to any reused or adapted portions from Sodium
Graphite's modifications and additions are licensed under the same terms as Sodium, but those protections apply to us as well

An exception to this is the vulkan-api module, which is licensed under a custom license.