MineUniverse lists 203 OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.17, ranked by total downloads. Together they have more than 332 million downloads.
Shaderpack for Minecraft: Java Edition. It's bright, colorful, and distinct.
High performance shaders. Gameplay oriented. Lightweight.
A good performing fantasy stylized shaderpack with colored lighting and fancy visuals
A well performing fantasy styled shaderpack with emphasis on scene variation and customization.
A shader pack created to convey the style of the cancelled Super Duper Graphics Pack and other popular Minecraft titles.
Capturing the essence of old shaderpacks to create a stylized and modern Minecraft-look.
A shaderpack that gives Minecraft a modern visual overhaul while staying faithful to its original look.
An edit of Chocapic13 focusing on semi-realism/fantasy featuring amazing lighting, lens flare and more!
Using clever lighting techniques and powerful customization to create clean, immersive, and enjoyable visuals.
A MakeUp - Ultra Fast shaders edit that is highly customizable, beautiful, and fast!
Retro stylized shader that brings artifacts from CRT and VCR / VHS
Solas Shader
A good performing fantasy stylized shaderpack with colored lighting and fancy visuals updated Oct 14, 2026
VoidLight Cinematic
VoidLight Cinematic low minecraft shade updated Oct 13, 2026
Toonlamentry
A cartoon / anime stylized shaderpack meant to forget about themed limitations and just make the game look as cool as possible. 61 downloads
Doruk's Shader Plus
Doruk's Shader Plus is a Mellow based premium shader. updated Sep 27, 2026
Aurelia Shaders (Realistic)
Realistic Minecraft shaders with cinematic lighting, reflections, and stunning skies! updated Oct 15, 2026
HSN-Shaders
Adding lite shaders while retaining performance. updated Oct 11, 2026
The most downloaded OptiFine shaders for 1.17 are BSL Shaders, MakeUp - Ultra Fast | Shaders and Solas Shader, followed by Bliss Shaders and Super Duper Vanilla Shaders. In the last 30 days, 34 of them (17%) received a new file for 1.17. Recent updates include VoidLight Cinematic, Toonlamentry and Doruk's Shader Plus.
OptiFine shaders make up 80% of all 255 shaders for 1.17. For comparison, Minecraft 1.17 also has shaders for Iris (217).
Minecraft 1.17 was released on June 8, 2021. Compared with nearby versions, 1.17 has 12 more OptiFine shaders than 1.16.5 (191) and 15 fewer than 1.17.1 (218).
Ranked by downloads on MineUniverse, the top five OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.17 are BSL Shaders, MakeUp - Ultra Fast | Shaders, Solas Shader, Bliss Shaders and Super Duper Vanilla Shaders.
MineUniverse lists 203 OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.17. In the last 30 days, 34 of them (17%) received a new file for 1.17. Together they have more than 332 million downloads.
1. Install OptiFine for your Minecraft version (optifine.net) and start it once. 2. Download the shader pack .zip (do not extract it). 3. Put the .zip into .minecraft/shaderpacks. 4. In game open Options → Video Settings → Shaders and select the pack.
Iris has more: 217 shaders for Minecraft 1.17 support Iris, compared with 203 for OptiFine.
Yes. All 203 OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.17 on MineUniverse are free to download.
