Sodium replaces Minecraft's rendering engine to improve frame rates and reduce micro-stutter, according to its listing.
Sodium
Sodium replaces Minecraft’s renderer with an optimization mod designed to improve performance.
About Sodium
Sodium is a rendering engine replacement and optimization mod for the Minecraft client. It improves frame rates, reduces micro-stutter, and fixes many graphical issues.
It supports the Fabric and NeoForge mod loaders since version 0.6.0, with stable downloads from Modrinth and CurseForge and nightly builds for developers. Official support is limited to graphics cards with up-to-date drivers compatible with OpenGL 4.5 or newer, and OpenGL translation layers are not supported.
Key features
- Replaces Minecraft client renderer to improve frame rates and reduce micro-stutter
- Fixes many graphical issues in Minecraft
- Supports Fabric and NeoForge mod loaders since version 0.6.0
- Provides stable releases through Modrinth and CurseForge pages
- Offers nightly builds and Maven repository for testing and development
- Builds from source with Gradle build command
Best for: Minecraft client users with OpenGL 4.5-compatible graphics cards who want improved rendering performance.
Good for
- Improves frame rates and reduces micro-stutter while fixing graphical issues
- Supports both Fabric and NeoForge mod loaders
- Provides stable releases plus nightly builds and Maven access for developers
Watch out for
- Only officially supports graphics cards with OpenGL 4.5 or newer drivers
- OpenGL translation layers such as GL4ES and ANGLE are not supported
- Nightly builds come without support or warranty and target expert users
Sodium at a glance
- Website
- github.com/CaffeineMC/sodium
- Category
- Gaming › Mods & Fan Projects
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Good for
- Developers
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Sodium FAQ
Which mod loaders does Sodium support?
Since version 0.6.0, Sodium supports Fabric and NeoForge. New users are recommended to use Fabric.
Where can stable releases be downloaded?
Stable releases are available from the official Modrinth and CurseForge pages.
What graphics hardware is officially supported?
Official support is for cards with up-to-date drivers compatible with OpenGL 4.5 or newer, including AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series or newer, NVIDIA GeForce 400 Series or newer, and Intel HD Graphics 500 Series or newer.
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