One launcher, two worlds
Java Minecraft with every mod – or an engine forged in Rust.
Apophis launches real Java Minecraft with a companion mod for 1.20 to 26.3. For 26.3 there is also the Apophis Runtime: a Rust engine of its own as an additional launch mode.
Java Mode
Vanilla · Fabric · Companion mod
- Minecraft 1.20 – 26.3, 19 versions in 12 companion jars
- Every Fabric mod, Modrinth and CurseForge built in
- Apophis visuals, zoom, freecam, minimap, telemetry
- The safe choice for large servers
Apophis Runtime
Rust engine · wgpu · 26.3 only
- Title screen after 1.7 s (benchmarked), 3.3 s from the launcher
- LOD far view up to 1024 chunks in local worlds
- Visuals as native Rust mods: Cosmos, mist, cyberspace, chroma, bokeh
- Honestly: no Fabric mods, 833 known gaps
Numbers, not superlatives
Measured, not promised.
Same world, same four flight paths, 1920×1080, VSync off. Apophis Runtime versus Java 26.3 with Sodium, Lithium, FerriteCore and ImmediatelyFast.
* R0 benchmark from Nov 3, 2026: one run each on one machine (Core Ultra 7 265KF, RTX 5070 Ti), rendering to an invisible target. The engine has 833 known gaps – where features are missing, it also does less work.
Read the full benchmark Apophis Runtime Java + Sodium & co.
Start to title screen9.1× faster
1.7 s
15.5 s
Start to in-world7.3× faster
3.9 s
28.4 s
Avg FPS, render distance 16 (village)3.8× more
1,561 FPS
413 FPS
1 % lows, render distance 16 (village)2.4× more
282 FPS
116 FPS
Chunk loading, render distance 32 (mountain)5.9× faster
7.5 s
44.3 s
Peak memory, render distance 322.6× faster
1.6 GB
4.2 GB
Visuals
A sky of gold, sand and cosmos.
Features
Everything a client should do. And more.
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