Better MC
ModpackThis is a modpack that strives to rival OptiFine while adding additional features.
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Modpack
Modrinth Downloads
12,842
Modrinth ID
GsvSe9YD
Last Updated
Jul 29, 2026
Description
Welcome to A Better Minecraft, a Fabric Vanilla+ modpack & OptiFine alternative with a few additional features. These include a better video settings UI, a Mods menu, an Armor Hud mod, a Just Enough Items crafting book experience, Fullbright, and an enhanced hunger bar.
Updates way faster than OptiFine. You can join plugin-based or Vanilla servers without an issue. Our graphics/performance enhancements is mainly powered by Sodium, with a couple other mods to help out. The highly customizable video settings of OptiFine are also here, brought to you by a variety of different mods. Shaders are supported by Iris Shaders, with 2 shader packs already installed. Zooming is also here courtesy of Zoomify. ~~~~~~~ Additional Features ~~~~~~~ Additional features include Fullbright and Night Vision from Gamma Utils. Hunger bar improvements from AppleSkin. Crafting book improvements from Just Enough Items. Armor showed in an offhand type slot from Armor Hud made by yours truly. ~~~~~~~~ Extra Information ~~~~~~~~ Official Website. Bug report and git repo is on the site.Compatibility
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Contained Mods (35)
Just Enough Items (JEI)
View Items and Recipes
Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)
Config Screen API for Minecraft
AppleSkin
Adds some useful information about food/hunger to the HUD
ImmediatelyFast
Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft
Entity Culling Fabric/Forge
Using async path-tracing to hide BlockEntities/Entities that are not visible
Fabric API
Core API library for the Fabric toolchain
[EMF] Entity Model Features [Fabric & Forge]
EMF is an, OptiFine format, Custom Entity Model replacement mod available for Fabric and Forge.
YetAnotherConfigLib
A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.
Sodium
The fastest and most compatible rendering optimization mod for Minecraft. Now available for both NeoForge and Fabric!
Iris Shaders
A modern shader pack loader for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing OptiFine shader packs
FerriteCore
Memory usage optimizations
[ETF] Entity Texture Features
Emissive, Random & Custom texture support for entities in resourcepacks just like Optifine but for Fabric
Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)
An optimization mod for Minecraft which improves server performance significantly.
BadOptimizations
Optimization mod that focuses on things other than rendering
Mod Menu
Adds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
Reese's Sodium Options
Alternative Options Menu for Sodium
Fabric Language Kotlin
Fabric language module for Kotlin
MidnightLib
Common library with a built-in configuration system
Sodium Extra
Features that shouldn't be in Sodium
Text Placeholder API
Placeholder and Text manipulation library for your Minecraft mods.
Dynamic FPS
Improve performance when Minecraft is in the background
MakeUp - Ultra Fast
MakeUp aims to provide the best quality / performance ratio, building a shader that can be adapted to anyone's resources...
Zoomify
A zoom mod with infinite customizability.
MoreCulling
A mod that changes how multiple types of culling are handled in order to improve performance
LambDynamicLights
The most feature-complete and optimized dynamic lighting mod.
Translations for Sodium
Unofficial translations for the Sodium Minecraft mod
Fast Better Grass
Makes grass and related blocks use the top texture on the sides. Works with other resource packs!
Complementary Shaders - Unbound
Transforming the visuals of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.
Bobby
Allows for render distances greater than the server's view-distance setting.
Puzzle
Adds resourcepack features and a GUI to more conveniently configure OptiFine alternatives.
OptiGUI
Blazing fast custom GUI textures on Fabric and Quilt with built-in OptiFine custom GUI resource pack support
MaLiLib
A library mod required for masa's client-side mods
Fabric Capes
Lets you use capes from OptiFine, LabyMod and other cape mods
Litematica
A modern schematic mod written for Fabric (and LiteLoader on 1.12.x), with extra features for Creative mode work
Gamma Utils (Fullbright)
Fully client side Gamma / Brightness / Night Vision mod, making it easy to see in the dark. Basically Fullbright for Fab...