PolyMc vs Iris

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PolyMc		Iris
	Project
8	Mentions	134
514	Stars	3,096
-	Growth	3.6%
8.1	Activity	8.6
4 days ago	Latest Commit	4 days ago
Java	Language	Java
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

PolyMc

Posts with mentions or reviews of PolyMc. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-21.

If I make a modded server for Minecraft Java editions can my friends on console still play with me
1 project | /r/MinecraftJava | 13 Sep 2022

HOWEVER, you might get away with more heavy mods by using PolyMc (not to be confused with the launcher of the same name) which allows for vanilla JE clients to join a modded server without instaling the mods; this should in theory allow your console friends to join.
My setup at 3AM after finishing some hand drawn Animation
2 projects | /r/Ubuntu | 21 Jan 2022

PolyMC appears to be completely unrelated.
Iris 1.2.0 for Minecraft is out with the Shader Configuration GUI!
2 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 19 Jan 2022

Oof, bad name. I looked it up and the first thing I found was this. I was wondering why it was not mentioning anything related to MultiMC or a launcher...
A MultiMC Fork is available in flatpak!
6 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 7 Jan 2022

I just want to tell you guys that ive found a multimc Fork called polyMC which is available on flatpak, it runs completely fine! https://github.com/TheEpicBlock/PolyMc https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.polymc.PolyMC
Would it be possible to add new blocks through serverside fabric mods and resource/data packs?
2 projects | /r/fabricmc | 3 Jan 2022

There's also PolyMC which converts existing mods to be serverside only https://github.com/TheEpicBlock/PolyMc
Can you run world gen mods on serverside only?
1 project | /r/fabricmc | 20 Feb 2021

And if it does add modded blocks you can try using PolyMC as well.
Do people need to download the modpack on my server to play on it?
1 project | /r/admincraft | 15 Feb 2021
Would you play on a Fabric Server?
1 project | /r/fabricmc | 11 Feb 2021

You should give PolyMC a try. https://github.com/TheEpicBlock/PolyMc

Iris

Posts with mentions or reviews of Iris. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-22.

Iris 1.6.12 for Minecraft 1.20.3
1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 7 Dec 2023

1 project | /r/Boiling_Steam | 7 Dec 2023
Iris 1.6.10 for Minecraft 1.20.2 Released
1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 16 Oct 2023
Iris 1.6.9 for Minecraft 1.20.1 is Out
1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 19 Sep 2023

1 project | /r/Boiling_Steam | 19 Sep 2023
Mod List
4 projects | /r/fabricmc | 22 Jun 2023

Iris Shaders + Sodium - Link - Indium - Link - (Indium is needed for many other Sodium based FPS increasing mods) - Increases performance and shaders performance
1.20.1 shaders glitch. on feather with iris. how do i fix. if i use night vision its fine but it looks worse bc shadows become less defined happens with all shaders but is okay without.
1 project | /r/minecraftshaders | 20 Jun 2023
[Java] How so I get shaders working
1 project | /r/MinecraftHelp | 20 Jun 2023

You can install iris from here: https://irisshaders.dev/download and they have a complete installation guide here: https://github.com/IrisShaders/Iris/blob/37f491553cea26241a8561da90917c740d7a573c/docs/guide.md
Minecraft Java Edition 1.20 - the Trails & Tales Update Has Been Released!
2 projects | /r/Minecraft | 7 Jun 2023

Downloading the latest version off of the official Iris website or GitHub should be safe: https://github.com/IrisShaders/Iris/releases
Iris 1.6.4 for Minecraft 1.20 Released and Adds Feature to Change Color Space
1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 7 Jun 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing PolyMc and Iris you can also consider the following projects:

polymer - Library for creating better server side content! (For Fabric)

Starlight - Rewrites the light engine to fix lighting performance and lighting errors

FTB-Quests - Quests is one of the best Questing mods for Minecraft out there. It has a highly customisable questing system and an easy to use interface.

LambDynamicLights - A dynamic lights mod for Minecraft with Fabric.

PolyMC - A custom launcher for Minecraft that allows you to easily manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once (Fork of MultiMC)

sodium-fabric - A fork of Sodium adding Iris compatibility. EXPERIMENTAL AND UNSTABLE, DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THERE ARE RENDERING ISSUES, BUGS, AND CRASHES.

BeaconFlight - Beacons can now allow players to fly!

Indium - A JavaScript development environment for Emacs

geckolib - GeckoLib is an animation engine for Minecraft mods, with support for complex 3D keyframe-based animations, numerous easings, concurrent animation support, sound and particle keyframes, event keyframes, math-based animations, and more. Available for all major modloaders.

sodium-extra-fabric - Features that shouldn't be in Sodium.

Terra - Voxel world generation modding platform

Indium - Sodium addon providing support for the Fabric Rendering API, based on Indigo