Better Glass
by PetByte
Better Glass adds more than a thousand glass and tinted glass blocks, with connected textures, stained and colored variants, and panes to match each one.
What it does
The mod introduces a large set of new glass blocks, including clear, scratched and colored variants, stained glass, tinted glass and glass panes for each. A total of 1,138 blocks is added, and the mod's own preview image shows only the regular glass blocks. Each new block can be crafted at a crafting table or cut at a stonecutter, and a new glasscutter block is planned to get its own function.
Installation needs Fabric API, which is required. Continuity is optional and adds connected textures for the glass, and Just Enough Items (JEI) is optional for browsing the new blocks. Better Glass is client and server, so the server and every player need it. It is published for Fabric only, for game versions 26.1 – 26.3, with the latest file v1.1.1+mc26.3 for 26.3, under the MIT License, and the code is open source. Snapshot builds are also published.
Key features
Hundreds of glass blocks
Clear, scratched, colored and stained glass blocks are added, with tinted glass and panes for each style.
Connected glass
Better Glass is the only mod in this set that brings Continuity support, so panes and blocks join up visually, and it also lets players recolor glass in both directions.
Crafting and stonecutting
New glass blocks can be made at a crafting table or cut from other blocks at a stonecutter.
Planned additions
More glass blocks and possible backports to older versions are planned for later releases.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 2
How it compares
Beacon Tinted Glass is a Fabric mod for 26.2 – 26.3, client and server, open source under the Apache License 2.0. Translucent Glass is client-side only, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and covers 1.20 – 26.2. Dynamic Glass is client-side only, for 1.21.11 – 26.2, and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Glass | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-15 |
| Beacon Tinted Glass | Fabric | 26.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-01 |
| Translucent Glass | Fabric | 1.20 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-06-25 |
| Dynamic Glass | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-09-12 |
Questions
Does Better Glass need Fabric API?
Can Better Glass connect glass textures?
Do servers need Better Glass installed?
In the catalog
Better Glass is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Better Glass adds various new Glass Blocks! Clear Glass and Scratched Glass, Colored and Stained variants of both, new Colored variants for Vanilla Glass, Stained & Colored Tinted Glass, and Panes for all, as well as Patterns for all yet again! In total, this sums up to 1,138 blocks! The above image only displays…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/petbyte-better-glass
- Owner
- PetByte
- Published
- 2026-05-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15