fabric VS Starlight

Compare fabric vs Starlight and see what are their differences.

fabric

Essential hooks for modding with Fabric. (by FabricMC)

Starlight

Rewrites the light engine to fix lighting performance and lighting errors [Moved to: https://github.com/PaperMC/Starlight] (by Spottedleaf)
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1 day ago over 2 years ago
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fabric

Posts with mentions or reviews of fabric. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-04.
  • Behind a proxy, how can I prevent clients with no mods or missing mods from entering?
    1 project | /r/fabricmc | 31 May 2023
    This is a topic that was partially addressed during 2019 https://github.com/FabricMC/fabric/issues/463
  • Creat astral brass not mixing
    1 project | /r/CreateMod | 27 May 2023
    Their reasoning is here
  • Recipe Datapack Help.
    1 project | /r/CreateMod | 9 May 2023
    https://github.com/FabricMC/fabric/issues/1166 Hereโ€™s the reasoning behind the 81,000 number
  • Fabric Hider?
    1 project | /r/fabricmc | 27 Mar 2023
    What error message are you getting, theres someone who had a simmilar issue and it turned out it was due to a problem with spigot server side. https://github.com/FabricMC/fabric/issues/849
  • Why users should care about QuiltMC?
    2 projects | /r/feedthebeast | 4 Aug 2022
    Fabric's Lead Developer as a Tyrant philosophy isn't necessarily bad; there are significant benefits to having a very unified vision and avoiding design by committee. But it necessarily limits throughput at that Tyrant, and in Fabric's case, that lead to a generally slow level of progress on a lot of important aspects, partly because people spent a lot of time in Discord talking about making a perfect Fluid API, or Config API, and never actually got around to making one, and partly because once they were made it'd spend the better part of a year with things sitting in PR or only as an issue. Forge had a similar problem back in the 1.6-1.7 days (until it finally just got in the habit of getting people sick of having to deal with dependencies and just merging in a best extant normal-person library), but Forge could get away with that when the alternative was vanilla. From a user's perspective, if you want a config system, or standardized (not-TechReborn) energy api, this matters.
  • fabric VS quilted-fabric-api - a user suggested alternative
    2 projects | 28 Jul 2022
  • Fabric API not working (zip file is empty error)
    1 project | /r/fabricmc | 27 Jun 2022
    FIX! I downloaded it using the same link using wget instead of curl, and it worked immediately. I have no clue why it worked with wget and not curl. Any further insight would be appreciated. Working command: wget https://github.com/FabricMC/fabric/releases/download/0.56.1%2B1.18.2/fabric-api-0.56.1+1.18.2.jar.
  • How to force client to have mod
    1 project | /r/fabricmc | 18 May 2022
    Since you develop the mod, you could probably set up a login network channel to send a small "I am installed" packet when a client logs in.
  • Help minecraft keeps crashing Exit code inside
    2 projects | /r/Minecraft | 12 May 2022
    https://github.com/Wurst-Imperium/Wurst7/issues/625 https://github.com/FabricMC/fabric/issues/2145
  • Anyone know where I can find the texture for these arrows?
    1 project | /r/fabricmc | 4 May 2022
    Their identifier is fabric:textures/gui/creative_buttons.png. They can be found on GitHub.

Starlight

Posts with mentions or reviews of Starlight. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-14.
  • Will Phosphor 1.17 come out?
    1 project | /r/Minecraft | 16 Aug 2021
    Well Starlight seems to be out already. And it works better than Phosphor and supports 1.17 Fabric
  • Low fps on high-end PC
    1 project | /r/Minecraft | 16 Aug 2021
    https://github.com/Tuinity/Starlight makes chunks load way faster though, works for me
  • How to install Starlight?
    1 project | /r/fabricmc | 14 Aug 2021
    Go here and find column "Releases"(on right), and click on "tags", under description of latest version you can find word "Assets". Click on it. Download only file with "starlight" in name, and last bat not leatest -> put into mods folder. Fabric loader is required.
  • [Java] Minecraft lags/freezes after 5/10seconds on a certain area
    2 projects | /r/MinecraftHelp | 14 Aug 2021
    If you don't want to use the patch, or you are facing this issue but are not using paper(or playing singleplayer), you can use starlight (and ask your friends to do so too) on the client side. The jar file can be found in the Releases tab (only available for fabric atm).
  • Seed Problem
    3 projects | /r/Minecraft | 13 Aug 2021
  • FPS Boost for 1.17?
    3 projects | /r/fabricmc | 11 Aug 2021
    Here is what I have found is the best for FPS boosting and general optimizations in 1.17:๐—œ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ซโŽ = not compatable w/ other mods (does not apply cross catagory)๐Ÿ”ผ = better of the incompatable ones๐Ÿ“– = requires an API to work[#] = footnoteAll mods here are for the fabric loader (https://fabricmc.net/use/)All mods here are for 1.17.x-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰๐—™๐—ฃ๐—ฆ ๐—•๐—ข๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—šโŽ๐Ÿ”ผSodium https://modrinth.com/mod/sodium-Sodium Extra https://modrinth.com/mod/sodium-extra-Indium https://modrinth.com/mod/indiumโŽ[1]Enhanced Block Entities https://modrinth.com/mod/ebeCull Leaves https://modrinth.com/mod/cull-leavesEntity Culling https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/entitycullingBetter Beds https://modrinth.com/mod/better-beds๐Ÿ“–[2]Tweakeroo https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/tweakeroo๐—ฅ๐—”๐—  ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—กHydrogen https://modrinth.com/mod/hydrogenFerriteCore https://modrinth.com/mod/ferrite-core๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—š๐—˜๐—ก/๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—”๐—— ๐—œ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—งLithium https://modrinth.com/mod/lithium๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—œ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—งStarlight https://github.com/Tuinity/Starlight/releases๐—•๐—ข๐—ข๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—œ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—งโŽ๐Ÿ”ผLazyDFU https://modrinth.com/mod/lazydfuโŽDashLoader https://modrinth.com/mod/dashloader๐—ก๐—˜๐—ง๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—šKrypton https://modrinth.com/mod/krypton๐—ง๐—ฃ๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐Ÿ“–Fast Furnace https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/fast-furnace-for-fabric๐—”๐—ฃ๐—œMaLiLib https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/malilibFabric API https://modrinth.com/mod/fabric-api-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰-า‰๐—™๐—ข๐—ข๐—ง๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง๐—˜[1] Enhanced block entities is not compatable with Sodium unless Indium is also installed and a special version of sodium which can be found here: https://github.com/CaffeineMC/sodium-fabric/actions follow instructions below to get correct version.Step 1: Go to https://github.com/CaffeineMC/sodium-fabric/actionsStep 2: Click on the latest workflowStep 3: Click on the text labled "build-artifacts"Step 4: Open zip that was downloadedStep 5: Take out file that ends in ".jar" and only ".jar"Step 6: Put the .jar file into your "mods" folder and if Sodium is in there remove it[2] Tweakeroo with the settings (disableBlockBreakingParticles, disableDeadMobRendering, disableParticles) in TweakNo Toggles set to true
  • Low fps with shaders
    2 projects | /r/Optifine | 10 Aug 2021
    Use Iris Shaders, Starlight, and Lithium (other two are on curseforge, they are all mods but don't need Fabric API)
  • Starlight>>Phosphor
    1 project | /r/MinecraftSpeedrun | 9 Aug 2021
    Delete phosphor from mods, and download and paste this
  • Does anyone know how i can get my game to run better? This is literally unplayable
    2 projects | /r/Minecraft | 31 Jul 2021
    Go here https://github.com/Tuinity/Starlight/releases download the appropriate release for your Minecraft version and place it in your mods folder. For best results use sodium, lithium and hydrogen with it.
  • Low performance
    5 projects | /r/Minecraft | 31 Jul 2021
    Starlight: Complete rewrite of the lighting engine. It also works better than Phosphor

What are some alternatives?

When comparing fabric and Starlight you can also consider the following projects:

Paper - The most widely used, high performance Minecraft server that aims to fix gameplay and mechanics inconsistencies

phosphor-fabric - A Fabric mod designed to dramatically improve the performance of Minecraft's lighting engine while fixing many bugs

MinecraftForge - Modifications to the Minecraft base files to assist in compatibility between mods. New Discord: https://discord.minecraftforge.net/

lithium-forge - A port of Lithium for Minecraft Forge.

EventBus - Event Bus

OptiFabric - OptiFabric venturing out into the 1.16+ world

hopperOptimizations - A mod that optimizes hoppers and their interactions with entities and inventories. It drastically reduces hopper lag without changing any behavior.

Airplane - A stable, optimized, well supported 1.17.1 Paper fork.

mcaselector - A tool to select chunks from Minecraft worlds for deletion or export.

Tuinity - [Moved to: https://github.com/Tuinity/Tuinity]

sodium-fabric - A Fabric mod designed to improve frame rates and reduce micro-stutter