Best Sodium Alternatives in 2026

20 apps from Minecraft performance mods ranked against Sodium on the same published basis.

  1. 1Sodium vs FerriteCore
  2. 2Sodium vs Lithium
  3. 3Sodium vs Nvidium
  4. 4Sodium vs Exordium
  5. 5Sodium vs Krypton
  6. 6Sodium vs VulkanMod
  7. 7Sodium vs Alternate Current
  8. 8Sodium vs ServerCore
  9. 9Sodium vs Enhanced Block Entities
  10. 10Sodium vs More Culling
  11. 11Sodium vs wWaypoints
  12. 12Sodium vs BadOptimizations
  13. 13Sodium vs Dynamic FPS
  14. 14Sodium vs Embeddium
  15. 15Sodium vs ModernFix
  16. 16Sodium vs Neo-Loom
  17. 18Sodium vs C2ME
  18. 19Sodium vs Fast Noise
  19. 20Sodium vs ImmediatelyFast
  20. 21Sodium vs Immersive Optimization

Sodium alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1FerriteCore6.4Free planFreeself-hosted
2Lithium6.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
3Nvidium6.4Free planFreeLinux
4Exordium6.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
5Krypton6.3Free planFreeLinux
6VulkanMod6.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
7Alternate Current6.2Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
8ServerCore5.9No—self-hosted
9Enhanced Block Entities5.8No—Linux
10More Culling5.8No—Linux, Mac, Windows
11wWaypoints5.8No—Linux, Mac, Windows
12BadOptimizations5.4No——
13Dynamic FPS5.4No——
14Embeddium5.4No——
15ModernFix5.4No——
16Neo-Loom5.4No——
18C2ME5.3No——
19Fast Noise5.3No——
20ImmediatelyFast5.3No——
21Immersive Optimization5.3No——
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Questions about Sodium alternatives

What is the best alternative to Sodium?

FerriteCore, number 1 in Minecraft performance mods with a score of 6.4 out of 10. The others here: Lithium, Nvidium, Exordium and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Sodium?

FerriteCore 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 mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.