Aurora's ShadersShaders · 1.20 – 1.21Based on Complimentary Unbound, a beautifully colorful Vanilla+ shader meant for making the game look good while maintaining good performance and vanilla feel.
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Glimmer is a Minecraft shaderpack designed to be simple and performant whilst maintaining a physically based and natural look.
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Glimmer is a shader pack made by jbritain. Glimmer is a Minecraft shaderpack designed to be simple and performant whilst maintaining a physically based and natural look.
It supports Minecraft 1.20 – 1.21. It has been downloaded 558,633 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Feb 24, 2026.
Glimmer has had 15 releases on Modrinth since Dec 29, 2024. 3 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 1.5.2, released on Feb 24, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.20 – 1.21.11. It runs on Iris. The download is 5.6 MB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5.2 | Feb 24, 2026 | 1.20 – 1.21.11 | Release |
1.5.1 | Jan 2, 2026 | 1.20 – 1.21.11 | Release |
v1.5 | Nov 28, 2025 | 1.20 – 1.21.10 | Release |
1.4.2 | Aug 4, 2025 | 1.20 – 1.21.8 | Release |
1.4.1 | Jul 20, 2025 | 1.20 – 1.21.8 | Release |
Glimmer is open source. Its newest release on GitHub is V1.5.2, published on Feb 24, 2026.
Fix bloom causing the shaderpack not to load in the nether.
Before that: V1.5.1 (Jan 2, 2026), V1.5 (Nov 28, 2025).
Shader development is hard and takes a lot of time. If you enjoy my shaders, please consider supporting my work!
Glimmer is a Minecraft shaderpack designed to be simple and performant whilst maintaining a physically based and natural look.
If you have an issue with Glimmer or just want to chat, you can join my Discord server or find me in #jbritains-shaderpacks in the shaderLABS Discord server.
Written by jbritain. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.
Install Iris (with Sodium) or OptiFine for your Minecraft version: shaders need one of them.
Download the .zip file from Modrinth. Do not unzip it.
In Minecraft, open Options, then Video Settings, then Shader Packs, and click Open Shader Pack Folder.
Drop the .zip file into that folder, pick Glimmer in the list and click Done.
Shaders are heavy on the graphics card. If the game gets slow, pick a lower profile in the shader settings.
| Resource | Downloads | Versions | Last update | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glimmerthe one you looked at | 559K | 1.20 – 1.21 | Feb 24, 2026 | Free |
| Aurora's ShadersCrafterAurora | 948K | 1.20 – 1.21 | Mar 28, 2025 | Free |
 OPAL ShadersFENVEN | 397K | 1.19 – 26.x | Sep 27, 2026 | Free |
 Tricked Shaderstricked33 | 95K | 1.8 – 26.x | Sep 6, 2026 | Free |
Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.21.
Yes. Glimmer is free to download from Modrinth.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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