Is Neoforge better than Fabric for Minecraft?

To run any mods on Minecraft, players need to download and install a mod loader. There are many mod loaders, out of which modders can choose either one or several of them to make their mods compatible. Some of the most popular mod loaders are Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, and Quilt.

When Fabric and NeoForge are compared, the former is better for Minecraft. Here's why.

Reasons why Fabric is better than NeoForge for Minecraft

There are more Fabric-supported mods than NeoForge

Fabric has double the amount of compatible mods compared to NeoForge (Image via Modrinth)

One of the main reasons why Fabric is better than NeoForge because of how many mods that are compatible with the former. For example, on the Modrinth website, Fabric has approximately 26,000 mods, which is almost double compared to NeoForge, which only has around 14,000 mods.

Hence, if players search for mods, there are more chances that they will find a Fabric-supported mod rather than a NeoForge-supported mod. While most popular mods support all the mod loaders, other slightly less popular ones will mostly be supported by Fabric.

Though some mods might also be NeoForge-supported only, and not Fabric, it is less likely than the other way round.

Fabric is slightly easier and lighter to use for beginner modders

Fabric is one of the lightest mod loaders for Minecraft (Image via Fabric)

Though NeoForge is newer, Fabric is a much faster and lightweight mod loader, which makes it slightly better for new modders arriving in the modding space.

NeoForge is a modern community-driven mod loader that is essentially a fork of the old Forge mod loader. It has broad compatibility, but is also a bit technical and complex, especially for handling heavy and detailed mods.

For more lightweight and simple mods, Fabric still takes the crown because of its fast updating interval, small core, and an easy tooling ecosystem with Fabric API, Loom, etc.

Since many new Minecraft modders join the space every day, Fabric is a much better choice for them. A large audience uses Fabric, which could boost the chances of a mod becoming popular, and the mod loader itself can be easy to work with.

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Edited by Akshat Kabra