Glisten

Glisten is a Minecraft Modpack for Fabric that makes Minecraft more fluid and more immersive by using mods and resource packs.

Utility Mods & APIs

Sodium: Changes the Game’s rendering system, making the game run more smoothly.
Iris: Adds shader support to Fabric to improve the game’s visuals.
Fabric API & Cloth Config API: Libraries for the mods.
Mod Menu: Allows you to see all the mods you have, so that you don’t have to look in the mods folder.
Forge Config API: A library that can make some forge mods run on Fabric.

Visual content

Fresh Animations: Gives mobs and others much more movement, making them more fluid.
ETF & EMF: Remodels the mob to have better joints, essential for Fresh Animations.
Continuity: Connects glass and other textures to make the game feel fresher.
Chunks Fade In: Instead of chunks popping in, they fade in.
Camera Overhaul: When turning, it has a camera sway effect so that it feels smoother when turning.
Shoulder Surfing: Adds a new camera mode that is basically freelook.
Hold My Items: Adds new first person animations

Atmosphere & Sound

AmbientSound: Adds background sounds to make the game feel more lively. For example, birds chirping.
Sound Physics Remastered:: Adds an echo effect when mining in caves.

UI enhancements

Inventory Particles: Adds particles when interacting with an item in your inventory.
Smooth Scroll & Smooth GUI: Adds a smooth interface when swapping in an item slot, and more.
Icons: Adds an icon in front of the text of the GUI
Colourful Containers: Adds new GUIs to the game, like crafting and furnace.

Built-in shaders

Complementary Reimagined: The most popular shader. Makes Minecraft more aesthetically pleasing while keeping the vanilla style.
Visual Vibrance (recommended): Makes the game more vibrant, and it doesn’t ruin the vanilla feel. Based on Bedrock Shader Vibrant Visuals.