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Dawn (Feather) Client Alternatives

Please note that this page may be outdated due to Minecraft update cycles.

Feather, on numerous occasions, has been caught illegally stealing code and breaking other mod's licenses. Despite the overwhelming amount of evidence, their admins and moderators refuse to acknowledge it and avoid it. Feather is also unsupported by many mod authors, as Feather is closed source and obfuscated, and so incompatibilies cannot be fixed by mod authors. It is not recommended to use Feather or support the developers behind the "client". All major performance improvements can be gotten from using the original mods that Feather leeches off.

Additionally, I do not personally trust them. If they are unable to write their own code for their features, I do not trust them to write proper security measures as by using Feather you are essentially giving them access to your Microsoft/Minecraft account. Their Discord server also refuses to ban scammers, as on several occasions myself and others have been told that it is not their problem.

It is recommended that you read the Migrating to Latest list first, as it includes all recommended mods that are not included here, as well as a full guide on how to install these mods and Fabric.

Modpacks

If you are too lazy to install all these mods yourself and want a one-click cohesive client experience like Feather Client, we recommend using these modpacks:

  • OneClient
    • OneClient is currently only available via its custom launcher, a Modrinth modpack is currently in review
    • Note that OneClient contains in-game purchases such as cosmetics that can be completely disabled if desired
  • More to come!

Visuals

HUD

Hypixel

Other

General

Blur Settings

Sound

Keybinds

  • Custom Dropstack - ?

Chat Options

Chat Settings

Stack Messages

Mentions

Performance

Rendering Settings

  • Use Fast Rendering - Sodium
  • Use Direct Memory Access - Sodium
  • Use Fast Font Rendering - ImmediatelyFast
  • Use Static Particle Color - Particle Core (Improves performance of brightness calculations to make it not an issue instead of removing it entirely)
  • Lazy Chunk Loading - Sodium

Light Settings

  • Use Fast Block Lighting - Sodium
  • Use Fast Entity Lighting - Sodium

Advanced Settings

Cosmetics

External Mods

Contributors