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A high-performance rendering engine replacement for Minecraft, which greatly improves frame rates and reduces micro-stutter.

A modern shader pack loader for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing OptiFine shader packs

A Sodium addon that adds features that shouldn't be in Sodium.

Food/hunger-related HUD improvements

Alternative Options Menu for Sodium

A working voice chat in Minecraft!

A Minecraft mod that provides realistic sound attenuation, reverberation, and absorption through blocks.

A core mod

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Better Advancements tries to improve the UI and UX for the advancements system in minecraft 1.12+ in a modded environment

Makes resource packs load in the background, allowing you to do other things while waiting!

Real-time map used for mapping in-game or your browser as you explore.

A Level of Detail rendering mod

Make your world feel more immersive by adding a gradual erosion system to the terrain you walk on.