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Resources / Shaders / Photon Shaders / Alternatives

Alternatives to Photon Shaders

Photon Shaders is a shader pack that works on Minecraft 1.16 – 26.x. Here are 12 shader packs that do a similar job, ranked by how close they are and how many people use them.

Side by side

ResourceDownloadsRatingVersionsLast updatePrice
Photon Shadersthe one you looked at29.2M–1.16 – 26.x24 days agoFree
Hex's Default Shaders RewriteHexBR_40K–1.12 – 1.21Jul 2, 2024Free
Amethyst Shadersgamerbenyt466K–1.8 – 1.21Dec 14, 2025Free
Vanilletix Shadersara_mat379K–1.13 – 26.xMay 11, 2026Free
Vanilish ShadersTypon67K–1.8 – 1.21Feb 16, 2026Free
Forget-Me-Not Shadersambrosia67K–1.18 – 1.20Feb 3, 2024Free
CoffeeShadersGamesofDev11K–1.20 – 26.xJul 2, 2026Free
Lumenite ShadersWillek8,009–1.20 – 26.x5 days agoFree
Luxora ShadersHoneyStudios7,662–1.21Mar 16, 2026Free