Stracciatella Shaders
ShaderA lightweight shader with colored lights and familiar scenery.
Why gradeA
How grades workStrengths
Points lost
- Some modpacks removed it−1 point
All 10 criteria
Maintenance
Full points27 / 27Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.8 months ago (9 Feb 2026) 12 / 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: 1.21.11. 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also have files for 1.21.11. 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 6 of the last 24 months 6 / 6Stability
1 point lost16 / 17Removed 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.16 of the 106 modpacks with two or more versions removed it in a later one (15%) See the 16 modpacks4 / 5Quick fixesHow often a release needed a quick fix: a new release within 3 days to fix a problem in it.No quick fix in 2 years 7 / 7Known 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 · DrDesten/Stracciatella 3 / 3Popularity
Full points4 / 4DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 5 million.742,442 4 / 4Track record
Full points8 / 8AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.4.8 years, 16 releases 8 / 8
57.7 of the 59 points that apply = 98 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.
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About
Stracciatella is a lightweight, configurable shader that keeps Minecraft’s vanilla-style look while adding visual refinements and aiming for high performance. Its colored block and hand lighting makes light-emitting blocks tint and shade their surroundings, with HDR emissives and generated emissive textures adding glow. Fog and sky options let players tune distance, height, noise, and cave fog, customize sky and fog colors, and add custom stars and shooting stars; the Overworld and Nether also feature volumetric-like fog effects, including height-responsive and sweeping dense fog, with Distant Horizons support. The shader adds weather and motion details such as rain refraction, puddles, waving leaves, lanterns, fire, water, and lava, alongside damage and fast-movement effects. Players can adjust lightmaps, directional lighting, color grading, and custom color LUTs, as well as enable blinking ore highlights for diamond, ancient debris, iron, gold, copper, redstone, lapis lazuli, emerald, coal, Nether quartz, and Nether gold. Other options include anti-aliasing and upscaling, configurable block outlines, dithering to reduce banding, and terrain blending for Distant Horizons. Nearly all of its visual effects are customizable, allowing players to shape the shader’s look to their preference.
Written from Modrinth , CurseForge and the GitHub README . How we write it
In-game changes
Changes how the game looks: 33 shader programs, for the Overworld, the Nether and the End. Draws its own water, sky, clouds and weather.
Settings in English. Has programs for Distant Horizons.
Often used with it
See all 30Details
- Creator
- DrDesten
- License
- All rights reserved
- Downloads
- 744K
- Created
- 17 Jan 2022
- 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.
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.2 latest files: the newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. The answer above is about the one for a recent version. 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 that AI was used to make it
We looked for AI tools in its texts, files, images and code history and found none.
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 found1 of 33 changelogs read
- 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 found6 images read
Compatibility
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Modpacks using this project
| Oct 2024 | 2 |
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| Nov 2024 | 2 |
| Dec 2024 | 1 |
| Jan 2025 | 1 |
| Feb 2025 | 8 |
| Mar 2025 | 14 |
| Apr 2025 | 9 |
| May 2025 | 11 |
| Jun 2025 | 5 |
| Jul 2025 | 7 |
| Aug 2025 | 9 |
| Sep 2025 | 5 |
| Oct 2025 | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 8 |
| Dec 2025 | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 8 |
| Feb 2026 | 15 |
| Mar 2026 | 12 |
| Apr 2026 | 14 |
| May 2026 | 12 |
| Jun 2026 | 9 |
| Jul 2026 | 13 |
| Aug 2026 | 10 |
| Sep 2026 | 9 |
152 modpacks include Stracciatella Shaders in at least one of their versions. Here are the 30 most downloaded.
Linggango - [V6.5 IS OUT]1.3M downloadslast version with it 22 Oct 2025
Epic Shaders - All The Shaders574K downloadslast version with it 19 Oct 2026
Shaders Shaders Shaders!83K downloadslast version with it 18 Jun 2026
TechAcademy50K downloadslast version with it 13 Sep 2025
A little bit of Shaders and More17K downloadslast version with it 29 Mar 2026
every shader possible8.8K downloadslast version with it 8 Nov 2025
SuperSMP Pack8.5K downloadslast version with it 17 Sep 2026
Mersive. -ARCHIVED-7.4K downloadslast version with it 1 Aug 2025
Halo Project Orionis6.9K downloadslast version with it 2 Mar 2025
I Love Shaders4.7K downloadslast version with it 28 Feb 2026Often in the same modpacks
Mods that modpacks often add together with Stracciatella Shaders. Share: how many of the modpacks with Stracciatella Shaders also have that mod.
BSL ShadersAShaderin 63% of the modpacks with Stracciatella Shaders
Solas ShaderAShaderin 59% of the modpacks with Stracciatella Shaders
Complementary Shaders - UnboundAShaderin 59% of the modpacks with Stracciatella Shaders
Bliss ShadersAShaderin 49% of the modpacks with Stracciatella Shaders
Fresh AnimationsAResource packin 47% of the modpacks with Stracciatella Shaders
MellowAShaderin 44% of the modpacks with Stracciatella Shaders
Essential ModBModin 44% of the modpacks with Stracciatella Shaders
MakeUp - Ultra FastAShaderin 43% of the modpacks with Stracciatella Shaders
Chat HeadsAModin 41% of the modpacks with Stracciatella Shaders
Miniature ShaderAShaderin 38% of the modpacks with Stracciatella ShadersLatest 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.