See Optifine Alternatives for a few useful client side only mods!
Mods on this list are marked as outdated when they are two major Minecraft versions old - e.g. if 1.16 is the latest version, 1.14 and older mods are considered outdated.
Bugfixes
Boat Fall | Modrinth | |
Carpet Extra | CurseForge | |
Carpet TIS Addition | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Carpet | CurseForge GitHub | |
FabricCrossDimTPFix | Modrinth | |
Fabrication | CurseForge | |
Head Name Fix | GitHub | |
Illegal Stack Fixer | CurseForge | |
Keep Head Names | Modrinth | |
MC-7569 Fix | GitHub | |
TimeOut Out | Modrinth | |
Wither Cage Fix | Modrinth CurseForge | |
WorldBorderFix | Modrinth |
Building
Armor Stand Editor | Modrinth | |
Head Index | Modrinth | |
Shapes Edit | CurseForge | |
WorldEdit | CurseForge |
Chat
Chat+ | CurseForge | |
Drogtor the Nickinator | CurseForge | |
Essential Commands | Modrinth GitHub | |
Extension | Modrinth | |
FabricTailor | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Girlbossed | Modrinth | |
Hewo | CurseForge | |
ItemFlexer | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Kanaify | Modrinth | |
Pingspam | Modrinth | |
Player Roles | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Regional Chat | Modrinth | |
Server Chat History | Modrinth | |
SimpleChat - Chat mod for Fabric servers | Modrinth | |
Styled Chat | Modrinth | |
Styled Nicknames | Modrinth |
Join Messages/MOTD
DisableJoinLeaveMessage | GitHub | |
Player Events | Modrinth | |
Spawnbook | GitHub |
Chat Linking
Discord
AutoWhitelist | Modrinth | |
BlockBot | Modrinth | |
Discord Integration Fabric | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Discord-MC-Chat | Modrinth | |
DisFabric | CurseForge | |
Fabric-Discord Link | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Fabric2Discord | Modrinth CurseForge | |
ModFest Utilities | GitHub | |
QChatLink | CurseForge | |
Simple Discord Link | Modrinth CurseForge | |
TomsServerUtils | Modrinth | |
DiscordMinecraftFabric | Modrinth | abandoned |
Matterbridge
Twitch
Stream Participation | CurseForge | links bit donations to mcfunctions |
Claims/World Protection
Factions | Modrinth | |
Flan | CurseForge | |
Get Off My Lawn ReServed | Modrinth | |
Hey That's Mine | Modrinth | |
Leukocyte | Modrinth GitHub | |
Sewing Machine Utilities | CurseForge |
Commands
Aliases | Modrinth CurseForge | |
BetterTellraw | Modrinth | |
Command Aliases | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Custom Commands | Modrinth | |
Cyan | Modrinth | |
Damage Function | Modrinth | |
DisguiseLib | Modrinth | |
Dory | Modrinth | |
Editable Player NBT Hack | Modrinth | |
Essential Commands | Modrinth GitHub | |
Extension | Modrinth | |
Fabrication | CurseForge | |
GlobalSpawn | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Head Index | Modrinth | |
Image2Map | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Impersonate | Modrinth CurseForge | |
MobDisguises | Modrinth | |
Mods Command | Modrinth | |
More Commands Mod | CurseForge | |
Player Pronouns | Modrinth | |
Player Roles | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Roll | CurseForge | |
Sewing Machine Utilities | CurseForge | |
slashdiscord | Modrinth | |
Slime | Modrinth | |
Stellar Tune | Modrinth GitHub | |
TabTPS | Modrinth | |
Vanish | CurseForge | |
Wires | Modrinth CurseForge | previously Server Simplified |
Personal Spaces | Modrinth | abandoned |
Teleportation/Homes
BlossomBack | Modrinth | |
BlossomHomes | Modrinth | |
BlossomTPA | Modrinth | |
BlossomWarps | Modrinth | |
Homabric | Modrinth | |
Interdimensional | Modrinth | |
Lapis Warps | CurseForge | |
QuickHomes | CurseForge | |
QuickTeleports | CurseForge | |
RandomTP | Modrinth | |
Sewing Machine Utilities | CurseForge | |
The Warp Mod | Modrinth CurseForge |
Cursed
Dihydrogen Monoxide Reloaded | Modrinth CurseForge |
Economy/Shops
Diamond Economy | Modrinth | |
Grand Economy | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Sewing Machine Utilities | CurseForge | |
Universal Shops | Modrinth CurseForge |
Gamemodes/Minigames
Factions | Modrinth | |
Gamemodes | Modrinth | |
Level = Border | Modrinth | |
Manhunt Fabricated | Modrinth GitHub | |
Nucleoid | GitHub | |
Server Side Tetris | Modrinth | |
Skylands (Skyblock) | Modrinth | |
Solar Apocalypse: Refabricated | Modrinth CurseForge |
Inventory
Conditional Keep Inventory | Modrinth | |
Configured Keep Inventory | CurseForge | |
FilledToTheBrim | Modrinth CurseForge GitHub | works best with client mod installed |
Game Start | CurseForge | |
Inv View | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Inventory Sorting | CurseForge | |
InvSync | Modrinth | |
ItemRename | Modrinth CurseForge GitHub | |
Better Keepinventory | Modrinth | |
Kits | Modrinth | |
Lootstrap | CurseForge | |
RenameIt | Modrinth |
NPCs
Blacksmiths | Modrinth | |
Taterzens | Modrinth | |
TraderNPCs | Modrinth |
Performance
Carpet | CurseForge GitHub | |
Fast Furnace for Fabric | CurseForge | |
FerriteCore | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Krypton | Modrinth GitHub | |
LazyDFU | Modrinth | |
Lithium | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Phosphor | Modrinth CurseForge | incompatible with Starlight |
Recipe Cache | CurseForge | |
Starlight | Modrinth | incompatible with Phosphor |
Very Many Players (Fabric) | Modrinth | experimental |
Hydrogen | Modrinth | experimental, abandoned |
Affects behaviour
These mods make significant changes that may impact behaviour in-game, or reduce the work done (e.g. ticking, chunk loading) by the server. Technical servers may not want to use these.
Alternate Current | Modrinth | |
Entity View Distance | Modrinth | |
Ksyxis | Modrinth | |
ServerCore | Modrinth | |
TickTools | Modrinth | |
World Specific View Distance | Modrinth | |
C2ME | Modrinth GitHub | experimental |
DimensionalThreading | GitHub | experimental |
Tic-TACS | GitHub | experimental, abandoned |
Quests
Simple Quests | CurseForge |
Server Management
Action Inventory Mod | Modrinth | |
AutoWhitelist | Modrinth | |
Badlion Client Disabler | Modrinth | |
BanHammer | Modrinth | |
BrandBlock | Modrinth | |
UPNP for dedicated servers | CurseForge | |
DynRes | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Enforce Gamemode | Modrinth | |
Erroring Entity Remover | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Autocomplete Command Blacklist | Modrinth | |
FabricSQLWhitelister | Modrinth | |
Fabric-Votifier | GitHub | |
FabricExporter | Modrinth | |
FlashFreeze | Modrinth | |
Fuck NameMC | GitHub | |
GeyserSkinManager Fabric | Modrinth | |
Holograms | Modrinth | |
I'm Here Get Moving | Modrinth | |
Maintenance Mode | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Never Tick Alone | CurseForge | |
Gastrolimital Bypass | Modrinth | |
Progression | GitHub | |
Reload server.properties | CurseForge | |
Semblance | Modrinth | |
ServerStop | CurseForge | |
Servux | CurseForge | |
TellMe | CurseForge | |
Username Remap | CurseForge | |
Version Mod Loader | Modrinth | |
Wires | Modrinth CurseForge | previously Server Simplified |
Fabric Restart | CurseForge | abandoned |
Anticheat/Anti X-ray
AntiXray | Modrinth | |
GolfIV | Modrinth |
Backups
Textile Backup | Modrinth CurseForge |
Console/Logs
Anonymize | GitHub | |
BadStdOut | Modrinth | |
Better Fabric Console | CurseForge GitHub | |
Clean Logs | Modrinth | fork of Shut Up Console |
Cyanide | CurseForge | |
JLine for Dedicated Server | CurseForge | |
mclo.gs | CurseForge | |
Not Enough Crashes | Modrinth |
Datapacks
Data Loader (commander07 1.18 port) | Modrinth | |
Entity Modifiers | Modrinth | |
Packie | CurseForge | |
Text Builders | Modrinth |
Gamerules
Boring Default Game Rules | Modrinth | |
Carpet Gamerules | CurseForge |
Logging/auditing
Ban Trigger | Modrinth | |
CommandSpy | CurseForge | |
Ledger | Modrinth | supersedes DeltaLogger |
Ore-Readout | Modrinth | |
Sewing Machine Utilities | CurseForge |
Multiworld/Dimensions
Interdimensional | Modrinth |
Permissions/Roles
LuckPerms | Modrinth | |
Player Roles | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Wires | Modrinth CurseForge | previously Server Simplified |
Pregeneration
Chunk Pregenerator (Fabric) | CurseForge | |
Chunky Pregenerator | Modrinth CurseForge |
Profiling/Debugging
Blame | Modrinth | |
Carpet | CurseForge GitHub | |
MixinTrace | Modrinth | |
Spark | Modrinth CurseForge |
Protocol tricks - Cross-version/edition compatibility, resource packs for client-required mods
Geyser-Fabric | GitHub Website | |
PolyMc | GitHub Website | |
ViaFabric | Modrinth Website |
Proxy forwarding (BungeeCord/Waterfall/Velocity)
CrossStitch | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Fabric Forwarding | Modrinth CurseForge | |
FabricProxy-Lite | Modrinth | supersedes FabricProxy |
Resource packs
Polypack Host | Modrinth | |
RefreshResource | Modrinth | |
SwitchableResourcepacks | Modrinth |
Server List modifications
MiniMOTD | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Server Ping | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Sewing Machine Utilities | CurseForge |
Statistics/Analytics
Plan | CurseForge | |
RPGStats | Modrinth CurseForge | |
ServerStats | Modrinth | |
UnifiedMetrics | Modrinth |
Tab List modifications
Styled Player List | Modrinth | |
Fabric Tab List | Modrinth | |
TabTPS | Modrinth |
Tweaks
Cauldrons
Cauldron Fix | Modrinth | |
Easier Powdered Snow | Modrinth | |
Dispenser Cauldron | Modrinth |
Combat
AntiLogout | Modrinth CurseForge | |
AttackSpeedPlus | CurseForge | |
Axes Are Weapons | Modrinth | |
CombatEdit | CurseForge | |
FabricPvP | Modrinth | |
Freezma | CurseForge | |
Headshot | CurseForge | |
Infinity Fix | Modrinth | |
LifeSteal | Modrinth | |
Perfect Accuracy | Modrinth | |
PvP toggle | GitHub | |
Set Bonuses | Modrinth | |
Snowball and Egg Knockback | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Snowballs Hit Players | Modrinth |
Crafting
Anvil Crushing Recipes | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Craftable Enchanted Golden Apple | Modrinth | |
DeepslateCutting Fabric | Modrinth | |
Gimme bundles! | Modrinth CurseForge | |
NBT Crafting | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Recipe Reshaper | Modrinth |
Dispensers
Better Dispensers | CurseForge | |
Dispenser Cauldron | Modrinth | |
Mechanical Dispensers | CurseForge |
Enchanting/Enchantments
Better Impaling | CurseForge | |
Better Than Mending | Modrinth | |
EnchantmentDisabler | CurseForge | |
Expanded Armor Enchanting | Modrinth | |
Expanded Axe Enchanting | Modrinth | |
Expanded Trident Enchanting | Modrinth | |
Expanded Weapon Enchanting | Modrinth | |
Feather Fall Flying | Modrinth | |
Grind Enchantments | Modrinth | |
High Level Enchants | Modrinth | |
Overpowered Mending | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Sharpness VI | Modrinth | |
Unbreakable Enchantment | Modrinth |
Fishing
Realistic Fishing | Modrinth |
Flight
Survival Flight | CurseForge |
Game Mechanics Tweaks
Anvil Crush | Modrinth | |
Anvil Fix | Modrinth CurseForge | works best with client mod installed |
Backport Gamerules | Modrinth GitHub | |
Bedrock Destroyer | CurseForge | |
Better Beacon / Conduit | CurseForge | |
Better Nether Map | Modrinth | |
Better Moss IMO | Modrinth | |
Blastproof Netherite | CurseForge | |
Carpet Extra | CurseForge | |
Carpet TIS Addition | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Carpet | CurseForge GitHub | |
Colorful Anvils | Modrinth | |
Context-Specific Immunity | CurseForge | |
Cooperative Advancements | CurseForge | |
Copper Hopper | CurseForge | |
Cropped | Modrinth CurseForge GitHub | |
DeepslateGenerator | Modrinth | |
Delayed Respawn | GitHub | |
Difficulty Tweaker | Modrinth | |
Discerning Furnace | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Dispenser Configurator | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Drop Spread | Modrinth | |
Experience Beacons for Carpet | CurseForge | |
Fabrication | CurseForge | |
Fence Player Upper | Modrinth CurseForge | |
FilledToTheBrim | Modrinth CurseForge GitHub | works best with client mod installed |
Fire's Survival Tweaks | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Fluid Physics | CurseForge | |
GolemF | GitHub | |
Grindstone Is Made Of Stone | Modrinth | |
Hardened Crops | Modrinth | |
Horizonal Portals | Modrinth | |
IceBoatF | GitHub | |
Instant Fertilization | CurseForge | |
Interdimensional Map Markers | CurseForge | |
Lapis Reserve | CurseForge | |
Lengthy Ladders | CurseForge | |
Lightning Podoboo | Modrinth | |
Lightning Prevention | CurseForge | |
Limited Spawner | CurseForge | |
Mini Tweaks | GitHub | |
No Sneaking Over Magma! | Modrinth CurseForge | |
No Teleport Cooldown | Modrinth | |
No Cap | Modrinth | |
Offline Daytime | Modrinth | |
ParadoxSlabs | Modrinth | |
persistent entities | Modrinth | |
Piston push limit | CurseForge | |
Powershot | Modrinth | |
Push To Craft | CurseForge | |
QuickCarpet | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Realistic Fire Spread | CurseForge | |
Replant Swamp Trees | Modrinth | |
Scaffold Forever | CurseForge | |
Sewing Machine Utilities | CurseForge | |
Silky hands | Modrinth | |
SlipperyWalls | CurseForge | |
Spice of Fabric | Modrinth | |
Sticky Elytra | Modrinth | |
TickTock | CurseForge | |
TrampleDisabler | CurseForge | |
Unlimited Dragon Eggs | Modrinth CurseForge |
Graves/Death
AntiLogout | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Conditional Keep Inventory | Modrinth | |
Configured Keep Inventory | CurseForge | |
Don't Do Death Despawn | Modrinth | |
Lenient Death | Modrinth | |
Sewing Machine Utilities | CurseForge | |
Universal Graves | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Working Graves | GitHub |
Minecarts
Audaki Cart Engine | CurseForge | |
Block Under Fast Minecart | CurseForge | |
Cart Boosts | CurseForge | |
Speed Carts | CurseForge | |
Subspace train | Modrinth | |
TaterCart | Modrinth |
Mobs
Advanced Golems | CurseForge | |
Always Drop Loot | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Apathy | Modrinth | |
Beacons For All | CurseForge | |
BetterLeads | Modrinth | |
Camp Fires Cook Mobs | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Chicken Nerf | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Creeper AI Updated | Modrinth | |
Custom Piglin Bartering | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Custom Spawns | CurseForge | |
Damage Incorporated | Modrinth | |
Daylight Mobs Reborn | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Endermen are Friends | CurseForge | |
Environmental Creepers | CurseForge | |
Epic Horse Breed | Modrinth | |
FabricNoMobGrief | Modrinth | |
Per Player Spawns | CurseForge | |
Farsighted Mobs | CurseForge | |
Fatal Blow | Modrinth | |
Fishy Bears | Modrinth | |
Hauling Hogs | CurseForge | |
FabricHealthDisplay | Modrinth | |
Horse Stonks | Modrinth | |
Horse Buff | Modrinth | |
Improved Mobs | CurseForge | |
Independent Pets | Modrinth | |
Mob Blindness | Modrinth | |
Mob Rebirth | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Mob Spawning Light Level | Modrinth | |
Mob Filter | Modrinth CurseForge | |
mobgrief | Modrinth | |
Mob proof crystals | Modrinth | |
Mobs Attempt Parkour | Modrinth CurseForge | |
More Mob Drops | Modrinth | |
No Angy Fwom Looky Wooky UwU | Modrinth | |
Name Bros | Modrinth CurseForge GitHub | |
Neutral Animals | Modrinth | |
No More Bleeding Sheep | Modrinth | |
No Creeper Holes! | CurseForge | |
No Mob Farms | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Peaceful Skeletons | CurseForge | |
Pigless Portals | Modrinth CurseForge | |
playerless | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Project: Save the Pets! | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Proper Mobcap Modifier | CurseForge | |
Random Wool Sheep Drop | Modrinth | |
Steed Stopper | CurseForge | |
The Loved Ones | CurseForge | |
Wrangler | Modrinth |
New Game Mechanics
Biome Technologies | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Patbox's Brewery | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Carpet Extra | CurseForge | |
Carpet TIS Addition | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Carpet | CurseForge GitHub | |
ComputerCraft: Restiched with Polymer | Modrinth | |
Chain Suspension | CurseForge | |
Compostable Rotten Flesh | CurseForge | |
Dance of Growth | CurseForge | |
Carpet EssentialsAddons | GitHub | |
Extension | Modrinth | |
Fabrication | CurseForge | |
FastGrowth | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Fire's Survival Tweaks | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Gentle Picking | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Ghastly Wail | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Harmful Stonecutters | CurseForge | |
Home Camp | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Illager Expansion (Polymer Port) | Modrinth | |
Infinity Water Bucket | Modrinth CurseForge | |
JankAddons | Modrinth | |
Mechanical Factory | Modrinth | |
Name Bros | Modrinth CurseForge GitHub | |
No More Magic Milk | Modrinth | |
Pisces | CurseForge | |
PlayerPig | CurseForge | |
Waystones (Polymer Port) | Modrinth | |
Punch2Prime | Modrinth CurseForge | |
QuickCarpet | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Server Backpacks | Modrinth | |
ServShred | Modrinth | |
Sewing Machine Utilities | CurseForge | |
FabricSit | Modrinth | |
SlimyFloor | CurseForge | |
Snow Under Trees | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Snowy Trees | Modrinth | |
Snowy | CurseForge | |
StitchedSnow | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Strains of Ascension | GitHub | |
Trinkets (Polymer Port) | Modrinth | |
Unforgiving Void | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Vanessence | Modrinth | |
Victorian Gewgaws | Modrinth | |
Olifantenpad | CurseForge | abandoned |
Villagers
Economical Villager Trading | Modrinth CurseForge | |
InfiniteVillagerTrading | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Roundaround's Villager Converting | Modrinth | |
SimpleVillagers | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Villager See, Villager Do | Modrinth CurseForge | |
VillagerConfig | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Villagers Follow Emeralds | Modrinth | |
VillagerTradeFix | CurseForge | |
Wandering Collector | Modrinth | |
Zombify | Modrinth |
Utility / Quality of Life
Baila | GitHub | |
Better Signs & Frames | Modrinth CurseForge | |
ChestRefill | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Clumps | CurseForge | |
Couplings | CurseForge | works best with client mod installed |
Creative One-Punch | Modrinth | |
Cropped | Modrinth CurseForge GitHub | |
Crowmap | Modrinth | |
Easy Painter | Modrinth | |
EditSign | Modrinth | |
Egg Of Capitalism | Modrinth | |
HealthCare | Modrinth | |
Lakotnik - Hunger Preview | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Monsters in the Closet | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Polydex | Modrinth | |
Simple Right Click Harvest | Modrinth | |
Suitably Stackable Stew | CurseForge |
Cosmetic
Froggy Flies | Modrinth | |
Hat command | Modrinth CurseForge GitHub | |
Immersive Cursedness | Modrinth | |
MAmbience | CurseForge | requires resource pack |
Server Hats | Modrinth | |
simplehat | GitHub | |
Villager Names | Modrinth CurseForge |
Sleep (Voting/Acceleration/etc)
Bed Benefits | Modrinth | |
Better Safe Bed | CurseForge | |
BetterSleeping Revived | Modrinth | |
Day Dream | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Freedom of Insomnia | Modrinth | |
Keep The Rain | Modrinth | |
Lucid-lite | Modrinth | |
Sewing Machine Utilities | CurseForge | |
SleepWarp | CurseForge |
Tree/Leaf removal/decay
Fabric Tree Chopper | CurseForge | |
Falling Tree | Modrinth CurseForge | |
FastDecay | Modrinth | |
Leaf Decay | CurseForge | |
TreeFeller | Modrinth | |
Tree Felling | Modrinth | |
Trees Do Not Float | Modrinth CurseForge |
Web Maps
BlueMap | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Dynmap | CurseForge | |
squaremap | Modrinth |
Worldgen
Better Moss IMO | Modrinth | |
Castle Dungeons | CurseForge | |
Cave Biomes | CurseForge | |
Cavenabler | CurseForge | |
Classic Beaches | CurseForge | |
Survival Island | CurseForge | |
Lakeside | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Mo' Structures | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Modern Beta | CurseForge | |
ProtoSky | Modrinth | |
Repurposed Structures | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Simply Improved Terrain | CurseForge | |
Sky Villages | Modrinth | |
Smoother Bedrock | CurseForge | |
SpaghettiTrees | Modrinth | |
Stoneholm | Modrinth | |
Stonevaults, Dungeons & Towers | CurseForge | |
Structure World | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Tatters Skyblock | CurseForge | |
Terra | Modrinth | |
Terralith ~ Overworld Evolved | CurseForge | |
Vanilla+ Biomes | CurseForge | incorrect biome colors when not on client |
When Dungeons Arise | Modrinth CurseForge | |
Wool Temples | CurseForge | |
Yeet The Tall Grass! | CurseForge | |
YUNG's Better Caves | CurseForge | |
YUNG's Better Mineshafts | CurseForge | |
YUNG's Better Strongholds | CurseForge | |
Smooth Bedrock by Blayyke | Modrinth CurseForge | abandoned |