polygon-wind VS Illegal-Mod-Sites

Look around for vertex shaders. This one https://github.com/RenanBomtempo/polygon-wind might be up your alley.

And you can use https://stopmodreposts.org/ to learn about trustworthy (and untrustworthy) sources for mods.

Use https://stopmodreposts.org/ to see what isn't

There are hundreds of mod reposting sites and they're most likely automated. One of the most infamous ones is 9minecraft. You can check https://stopmodreposts.org/ if it's on it.

90% of mods are hosted here - https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods It's totally safe, no malware. However there are some concerns about how locked down that ecosystem is. So an alternative source for mods is https://modrinth.com/mods. You can use https://stopmodreposts.org/ to see what sites are considered safe/friendly or not.

https://stopmodreposts.org/ check out stopmodreposts to check out what sites to avoid when looking for mods

https://stopmodreposts.org/ lists what sites to avoid. Treat all website that offer unofficial Minecraft content as suspect until confirmed. That world is rife with malware. The safest sources are:

Also of course, help the (good) modders in mitigate all those scammy reposts - like the sites mentioned in https://stopmodreposts.org/ that love to reupload corrupted .jars to harm players.

It's one of the known reputable sites but unfortunately there's a cottage of industry of fraudulent and risky sites that attempt to appear as credible sources for downloads. A good resource to help avoid these sites is to use the StopModReposts browser plugin in Chrome or Firefox which can prevent unintentionally downloading from many bad actor sites.