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MicroOptimizations

by Microcontrollers

Players on Minecraft 1.8.9 who want a lighter client can add MicroOptimizations, a Forge optimization mod released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only.

ForgeClient-side onlyGNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 onlyOpen source1.8.9

What it does

MicroOptimizations targets small performance costs in the 1.8.9 client, and its page presents it as a set of micro-level changes rather than a single large rework. Because it changes nothing on the server side, a multiplayer server does not need it, and players can add or remove it on their own without affecting others on the same server.

Key features

  1. Client-side tuning

    Changes are applied on the client, where the game spends time on rendering and logic that the author tuned for 1.8.9.

  2. Micro-level changes

    Small, targeted adjustments replace broad rewrites, so each change touches only a narrow part of the client's work.

  3. Public source code

    The source is published for anyone to read, modify and redistribute under the terms of the license.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.8.91.0.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

How it compares

Full comparison

Velox Caelo is also a Forge client-side mod for 1.8.9, but it is released under All rights reserved, so its code is not open source. Relictium is an open source Forge client-side mod under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, built for 1.12.2 rather than 1.8.9.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
MicroOptimizationsForge1.8.9Client-side only2024-08-08
Velox CaeloForge1.8.9Client-side only2024-07-01
RelictiumForge1.12.2Client-side only2025-01-19

Questions

Does MicroOptimizations need to be installed on the server?

No. Only the player's game needs it, and servers run without it.

In the catalog

MicroOptimizations is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,441 Optimization mods for Forge. 955 mods support Minecraft 1.8.9.

Optimization mods3,545Forge modsMods for 1.8.9955

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Similar mods

Entity Cullingb1.7.3 – 26.3AI Improvements: Performance Tuning1.7.10 – 26.3Alternate Currenta1.0.11 – 26.3Ksyxis1.8 – 26.3FPS Reducer1.7.10 – 26.3Async Logger1.0 – 26.3

What the author says

FeatherClient has made some of their optimizations public at FeatherOpt. I ported the optimizations that do not already exist in other Forge 1.8.9 optimization mods here to work on regular Forge. These optimizations are mostly cache and block pos pooling improvements. For further optimizations, I recommend using…
Microcontrollers, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Microcontrollers
Published
2024-08-08
Updated on Modrinth
2024-08-08
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

Optimization
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