Best Sodium Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from Minecraft performance mods ranked against Sodium on the same published basis.
- 1Sodium vs Lithium
- 2Sodium vs VulkanMod
- 3Sodium vs Exordium
- 4Sodium vs Nvidium
- 5Sodium vs FerriteCore
- 6Sodium vs Krypton
- 7Sodium vs Alternate Current
- 8Sodium vs wWaypoints
- 9Sodium vs More Culling
- 10Sodium vs Enhanced Block Entities
- 11Sodium vs ServerCore
- 13Sodium vs BadOptimizations
- 14Sodium vs C2ME
- 15Sodium vs Dynamic FPS
- 16Sodium vs Embeddium
- 17Sodium vs Fast Noise
- 18Sodium vs ImmediatelyFast
- 19Sodium vs Immersive Optimization
- 20Sodium vs ModernFix
- 21Sodium vs Neo-Loom
Sodium alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithium | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 2 | VulkanMod | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 3 | Exordium | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 4 | Nvidium | 6.9 | Free plan | Free | Linux |
| 5 | FerriteCore | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | self-hosted |
| 6 | Krypton | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | Linux |
| 7 | Alternate Current | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | Linux, self-hosted |
| 8 | wWaypoints | 6.7 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 9 | More Culling | 6.6 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 10 | Enhanced Block Entities | 6.3 | No | — | Linux |
| 11 | ServerCore | 6.3 | No | — | self-hosted |
| 13 | BadOptimizations | 5.6 | No | — | — |
| 14 | C2ME | 5.6 | No | — | — |
| 15 | Dynamic FPS | 5.6 | No | — | — |
| 16 | Embeddium | 5.6 | No | — | — |
| 17 | Fast Noise | 5.6 | No | — | — |
| 18 | ImmediatelyFast | 5.6 | No | — | — |
| 19 | Immersive Optimization | 5.6 | No | — | — |
| 20 | ModernFix | 5.6 | No | — | — |
| 21 | Neo-Loom | 5.6 | No | — | — |
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Questions about Sodium alternatives
What is the best alternative to Sodium?
Lithium, number 1 in Minecraft performance mods with a score of 7.3 out of 10. The others here: VulkanMod, Exordium, Nvidium and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Sodium?
Lithium is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 7 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on.