noglow
by sylvxa
Noglow stops the glowing status effect from being drawn on screen, which removes a rendering cost that some players find heavy during play.
What it does
Noglow is a client-side Fabric mod that disables the rendering of the glowing effect. When a player or entity has glowing applied, the outline is no longer drawn, so the frame work it causes is skipped. The change applies only on the player's own machine, and the mod needs nothing on the server.
The author describes the problem as one that shows up mainly on computers with weaker graphics hardware, such as integrated graphics or cards that struggle with basic shaders. The mod is aimed at those setups and at multiplayer servers where the glowing effect is used heavily, and it is meant to prevent general annoyance from the effect. Fabric API is required, and Mod Menu is optional for its settings screen. Files cover 1.19.4 – 26.2, with 1.1.4 for 26.2 as the latest Fabric build, released under the MIT License as open source.
Key features
Glowing effect disabled
The outline drawn around glowing entities is turned off, so the rendering work for it is not done.
Client-only change
Only the local game is modified, and the server does not need the mod to take effect for the player.
Aimed at weaker hardware
The mod targets computers where the glowing effect causes rendering problems, such as integrated graphics.
Nothing else changed
The author states the mod disables only the glowing rendering and changes no other effect or behavior.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.19.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 1
Use cases
Crowded multiplayer servers
Players on servers where many entities use the glowing effect can disable its rendering on their own client.
Low-end computers
Players with integrated graphics or limited graphics cards can remove a rendering cost that the author links to basic shaders.
Who it’s for: Players on Fabric who run Minecraft on modest hardware or who find the glowing effect distracting on busy servers. Server owners do not need to install anything.
Questions
Does Noglow need Fabric API?
Does Noglow have to be installed on the server?
Which versions does Noglow support?
Can Mod Menu change Noglow's settings?
In the catalog
noglow is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,575 Optimization mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
all it does is disable the rendering of glowing, nothing else. can help in situations like: - multiplayer servers where they excessively abuse the glowing effect - people with a graphics card that may be challenged with basic shaders (integrated graphics are the biggest culprit here!) - general annoyance prevention
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/noglow
- Owner
- sylvxa
- Published
- 2023-04-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15