Shrimple
ShaderA shader that keeps the familiar look with shadows and colored light.
- Security
- Passed
- Privacy
- Nothing sent
- Runs on
- Client only
- Loaders
- Iris, OptiFine
- Minecraft versions
- Up to 1.21.4
Why gradeC
How grades workStrengths
Points lost
- No release in 23 months−9 points
- Releases in only 1 of the last 24 months−4 points
- Many modpacks removed it−3 points
All 10 criteria
Maintenance
9 points lost18 / 27Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.23 months ago (8 Dec 2024) 7 / 12Supports popular versionsWhether the project has a file for a Minecraft version that 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also support. A version many modpacks use, like 1.20.1 or 1.21.1, also counts after a release in the last 12 months.Newest supported: 1.21.4. 32% of the 169 popular Quilt mods updated in the last 6 months also have files for 1.21.4. Latest Minecraft: 26.3. 9 / 9Regular releasesIn how many of the last 24 months a new file came out. Full points at 3 months.Releases in 1 of the last 24 months 2 / 6Stability
3 points lost7 / 10Removed from modpacksHow many modpacks removed it in a later version of the pack. We can only see this in modpacks with two or more versions. A pack that swaps it for another edition of the same project, or that is rebuilt from scratch, does not count.98 of the 345 modpacks with two or more versions removed it in a later one (28%) See the 98 modpacks2 / 5Quick fixesHow often a release needed a quick fix: a new release within 3 days to fix a problem in it.Not measured yet.Known conflictsHow many projects say they do not work with it, compared with how widely it is used. Packs, small projects, forks, ports, add-ons, alternatives and old versions do not count.None 5 / 5Transparency
Full points3 / 3Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.Does not apply. A shader's files can be read in the download.Place to report problemsWhether the project page links to a place where players can report problems: an issue tracker or a Discord server.GitHub issues · Null-MC/Shrimple 3 / 3Popularity
Full points4 / 4DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 5 million.3,422,148 4 / 4Track record
4 points lost4 / 8AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.3.7 years, 12 releases 4 / 8
36 of the 52 points that apply = 69 out of 100.
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About
Shrimple is a Minecraft Java shader designed to keep a minimal, vanilla-like look while offering selectable lighting and visual effects. Its options include waving plants, FXAA anti-aliasing, sharp or soft sun-and-moon shadows, colored lighting, volumetric fog lighting, and tone-mapping. Lighting profiles range from vanilla lighting with FXAA, through dynamic shadows and per-vertex or per-pixel colored lighting, to ray-traced block-light shadows; colored lighting can also represent nearby light sources such as torches, candles, and fire. Material effects include normal mapping, smooth or sharp parallax depth, specular reflections, and support for OldPBR and LabPBR texture packs, alongside screen-space reflections by default. With the Photonics mod, it can add ray-traced block- and hand-light shadows, world-space reflections, and global illumination. Additional visual options cover wet-looking surfaces and rain puddles, several water-wave styles, and sky reflections on specular materials.
Written from Modrinth and the GitHub README . How we write it
In-game changes
Changes how the game looks: 131 shader programs, for the Overworld, the Nether and the End. Draws its own shadows, water, sky, clouds and weather.
Settings in German, English and Russian. Has programs for Distant Horizons.
Details
- Creator
- Null
- License
- All rights reserved
- Downloads
- 3.4M
- Created
- 1 Mar 2023
- Official pages
- Modrinth , CurseForge
- Links
- Source code , Issues , Discord
Security
No harmful code found
We checked what is inside its files, without opening them in the game.
What it can do on your computer
- Contains programs or scripts
- The file contains programs or scripts. We do not run them. Only in its files for 1.16.5 to 1.21.4.
Why we show this: a shader cannot run programs, but its file can hide one. Our checks look for known signs of harm. They cannot prove that a file is harmless. In the grade: malware means no grade.
How we checked
- FilesWe download the files from Modrinth or CurseForge and look at what is inside them and what their code can do, without running them. Fixed rules tell what is harmful.5 latest files: the newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. The answer above is about the 2 for recent versions. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks. See each file in Releases
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth, where the author declares that the project reads or edits things on your system outside the game. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when this applies.Nothing declared about your system outside the game.
Privacy
Sends nothing
A shader has no code that can connect to the internet, so it cannot send anything about you.
AI
No sign so far that AI was used to make it
We looked for AI tools in its description, files, images and code history and found none.
We have not read its changelogs yet.
Why we show this: some players and servers avoid projects made with AI. Not in the grade: using AI does not tell whether a project works well or is kept up to date.
How we checked
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a substantial part of the code is AI output, when an asset is mainly AI output, or when the project or its page relies on generative AI.No AI content declared.
- Code historyThe public code on GitHub: who made each change, credit lines such as "Co-authored-by", and its files.Nothing found
- Description and changelogsThe description, project page and newest changelogs: sentences saying an AI tool was used, and text pasted from an AI chat.Nothing found in the descriptionChangelogs not read yet
- Its filesFiles that AI coding tools leave behind (like AGENTS.md), and the texts inside the files you download.Nothing found
- Images in its filesHidden data in the images of the files you download, where AI image tools write their name and settings.Nothing found2 images read
Compatibility
See all 12 filesPoint at or tap a version to see it.
Related projects
Projects that need Shrimple to work.
Modpacks using this project
| Oct 2024 | 57 |
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| Nov 2024 | 56 |
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| Jan 2025 | 70 |
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| Sep 2026 | 39 |
938 modpacks include Shrimple in at least one of their versions. Here are the 30 most downloaded.
Prominence™ II: Hasturian Era15.4M downloadslast version with it 18 May 2024
Re-Console713K downloadslast version with it 12 Oct 2026
Epic Shaders - All The Shaders579K downloadslast version with it 19 Oct 2026
Hope and despair335K downloadslast version with it 14 Jul 2026
KEO RPG optimized315K downloadslast version with it 16 Sep 2026
Everything Voxy256K downloadslast version with it 6 Dec 2025
GTA 5239K downloadslast version with it 9 Oct 2024
ChaosZProject - A Modern Zombie Apocalypse [VR for WIP v.3.0.0]214K downloadslast version with it 8 Jun 2025
Guild Adventures145K downloadslast version with it 27 Jul 2025
The Best of Twilight Forest122K downloadslast version with it 14 Aug 2026Often in the same modpacks
Mods that modpacks often add together with Shrimple. Share: how many of the modpacks with Shrimple also have that mod.
Complementary Shaders - UnboundAShaderin 60% of the modpacks with Shrimple
BSL ShadersAShaderin 54% of the modpacks with Shrimple
Fresh AnimationsAResource packin 52% of the modpacks with Shrimple
Bliss ShadersAShaderin 49% of the modpacks with Shrimple
Essential ModBModin 46% of the modpacks with Shrimple
Solas ShaderAShaderin 44% of the modpacks with Shrimple
Chat HeadsAModin 40% of the modpacks with Shrimple
LithiumAModin 38% of the modpacks with Shrimple
YUNG's Better Nether FortressesAModin 37% of the modpacks with Shrimple
YUNG's Better End IslandAModin 37% of the modpacks with ShrimpleLatest files
The newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. The files for recent versions come first. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks.