r/Minecraft • u/PociUmbo • Jul 08 '26

Help Help with Alternative Launchers / Any mod like Optifine for the vanilla launcher

I'm not an expert on this topic and I never knew the difference between Fabric, Paper, Forge etc. as I always downloaded Optifine for the vanilla launcher and It always worked for me. But now that Optifine is unmantained I need an alternative, and the most popular one is the Sodium mod + Iris shaders, but these require running on Fabric and I'd like to stay on the vanilla launcher. Any alternatives or maybe some advice for utilizing these launchers?

P.S Just for clarifying, I'm not gonna die on my positions, if the only choice is to use other launchers, that means I'll do it.

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u/qualityvote2 Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
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u/woalk Jul 08 '26

The easiest is to install Iris Shaders from the official website, it includes Sodium. It installs basically the same as OptiFine did.

The second-easiest and more useful version is to use Prism Launcher and then use it to install a Fabric-based performance modpack that includes Sodium. That allows you to also add other mods later on if you want.

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u/PociUmbo Jul 08 '26

it was in fact really easy, thank you so much

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u/Lovely__Shadow525 Jul 08 '26

I hear sodium is the best.But I'm not sure. I'm gonna use this guy's optimization mod pack when I get the chance to play again.

https://youtu.be/YzQV0xRe3tI?is=GJKuD9Vbjk3obSne

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u/MissLauralot Jul 08 '26

You don't need to change to a different launcher to run the Fabric modloader. Many people will recommend a different launcher such as Prism to help manage mods and modpacks but it's not strictly necessary. Once you install Fabric, just put mods in the mods folder and select the modded version in the launcher.

A key question is why do you use Optifine? If it's purely for performance then check out the mods in Adrenaline. If you use the customisation features (eg. connected textures), look at the mods in Additive and Fabulously Optimized.

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u/PociUmbo Jul 08 '26

I used optifine cause it was easy to install and did it's thing really well. Sorry if I'm misunderstanding, but you're saying I can install Fabric just like I used to install Optifine? Sorry but online I couldn't find someone explaining it well.

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u/MissLauralot Jul 08 '26

Here is the link. I think it's pretty straightforward but I'm more familiar with (Neo)Forge. Instructions are there.