A Vulkan-based renderer for Minecraft: Java Edition 1.8.9
Graphite is a Fabric mod that replaces Minecraft’s default OpenGL renderer with a fully rewritten Vulkan 1.3 renderer.
This is not a wrapper or translation layer. It is a complete rewrite of the rendering system, built to better match modern GPU architectures and reduce CPU overhead.
- Replaces the legacy OpenGL 2.1 renderer with Vulkan 1.3
- Lower CPU overhead and better frame pacing
- Designed for modern GPUs and drivers
- Opens the door for more advanced rendering techniques
- Ornithe modloader
- Install Ornithe
- Download the latest Graphite release from this repository
- Place the jar file into your
.minecraft/modsfolder - Launch the game
- Download: https://modrinth.com/mod/graphite
- Discord: https://discord.gg/gMHVnMBEMh
- This project is experimental and still in development
- Expect bugs, crashes, and incomplete features
- Please report issues with logs attached
This project includes code derived from Sodium.
Both Graphite and Sodium are licensed under Polyform Shield 1.0.0.
- Graphite license applies to original code in this repository
- Sodium license applies to any reused or adapted portions from Sodium
- Graphite's modifications and additions are licensed under the same terms as Sodium, but those protections apply to us as well
An exception to this is the vulkan-api module, which is licensed under a custom license. You can view its license for more details.
Please refer to the respective license files included in the repository for full details.