Clean and Clear Glass

Important: Replace Older Builds

If you still have an older version of Clean & Clear Glass, please delete it before installing the latest release. Older builds contain rendering problems and should no longer be used.

All planned Fabric releases are now available: Minecraft 1.16.5, 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.21.11, 26.1.x, and 26.2.

NeoForge support is planned: Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.21.11, 26.1.x, and 26.2. Development is planned to begin after August 1, 2026. NeoForge files are not available yet, and there is currently no estimated release date.

The current releases also include UX improvements, including clearer style selection, a more readable settings screen, and automatic visual updates when settings are applied.

A complete showcase video is planned and will be uploaded to my YouTube channel and added to this project page later.

Clean & Clear Glass (C&CG)

Clean & Clear Glass is a client-side visual mod that makes vanilla glass blocks and glass panes look cleaner, clearer, and visually connected.

The mod keeps the original vanilla blocks and items while replacing their client-side rendering. Connected internal borders are removed while visible outer borders remain intact, creating cleaner windows, glass walls, and large glass structures without adding new blocks or changing gameplay.

Standalone Fabric releases are available for Minecraft 1.16.5, 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.21.11, 26.1.x, and 26.2.

Fabric releases require Fabric API.

Version & Loader Support

These are complete standalone ports, not resource-pack editions. Some settings and technical implementation details differ between versions because Minecraft's rendering system and Fabric APIs have changed over time.

Always download the file that matches both your Minecraft version and mod loader.

Features

• Connected rendering for glass blocks and glass panes
• Regular Glass styles: Clear and Subtle
• Tinted Glass styles: Subtle, Visible, and Clear on supported Minecraft versions
• Support for every stained glass color
• Clean outer borders with hidden connected internal borders
• Standalone and entirely client-side

Regular Glass Styles

Regular glass blocks, panes, and their item appearance follow the selected style.

Clear Regular Glass (Default)	Subtle Regular Glass
Keeps the glass center completely clear for the cleanest and most open appearance.	Adds a subtle 2 pixels center detail while keeping the same clean outer border.

Tinted Glass Styles

Tinted glass provides three visual styles on Minecraft versions that include tinted glass. Its block and item appearance follow the selected style.

Subtle Tinted Glass (Default)	Visible Tinted Glass	Clear Tinted Glass
Uses a subtle white marks design that keeps tinted glass recognizable without making the surface too busy.	Uses stronger visible white marks so tinted glass is easier to recognize in larger structures.	Removes the white marks for the cleanest view, but may look closer to black stained glass.

Settings

Clean & Clear Glass includes an in-game settings screen.

Open it with:

Alt + G

The key can be changed in Minecraft:

Options > Controls > Key Binds

If Mod Menu is installed, the settings screen can also be opened from the mod's configuration button.

Available settings include:

• Turn Clean & Clear Glass rendering ON or OFF
• Select Clear or Subtle for Regular Glass
• Select Subtle, Visible, or Clear for Tinted Glass on supported versions

Clear is the default Regular Glass style. Subtle is the default Tinted Glass style.

When settings are applied, the mod automatically reloads the required resources so the selected styles update in-game. The exact settings layout may vary slightly between Minecraft versions.

Compatibility

Clean & Clear Glass implements its connected rendering directly and does not depend on a separate connected-texture mod.

• Fabric API: Required
• Mod Menu: Optional
• Sodium: Optional and supported
• Indium: Not required
• Continuity or CTM: Not required
• OptiFine: Not required

Legacy Sodium Support

Minecraft 1.16.5 and 1.20.1 use dedicated compatibility renderers designed specifically for their older Sodium rendering systems.

• Minecraft 1.16.5: Designed for Sodium 0.2.0 releases
• Minecraft 1.20.1: Designed for Sodium 0.5.13 releases

These renderers allow connected glass to work with Fabric API and Sodium without requiring Indium, Continuity, or another CTM implementation.

Other Sodium versions on these legacy Minecraft releases are not guaranteed to be compatible. Shader-pack compatibility may also vary depending on the shader pack and Minecraft version.

Installation — Fabric

1. Install Fabric Loader for your Minecraft version.
2. Download and install Fabric API.
3. Download the Clean & Clear Glass file that exactly matches your Minecraft version.
4. Place Fabric API and Clean & Clear Glass inside your Minecraft mods folder.
5. Launch Minecraft using the Fabric profile.

This mod only needs to be installed on the client. It can be used when joining vanilla servers.

Do not install a NeoForge file into Fabric or a Fabric file into NeoForge. Loader-specific files will be clearly identified when NeoForge support becomes available.

Requirements

• A supported Minecraft version listed in the version table
• Fabric Loader
• Fabric API
• The Java version required by the selected Minecraft version

Mod Menu and Sodium are optional. Indium, Continuity, CTM, and OptiFine are not required.

Resource Pack Alternatives

If you prefer vanilla Minecraft without Fabric, NeoForge, OptiFine, or another mod, try my Glass Without Border resource pack. It works as a standard vanilla resource pack and removes visible borders from glass.

For older or unsupported Minecraft versions, the original Clean & Clear Glass resource pack is also available. That resource pack requires OptiFine for its connected glass features.

If you use one of the supported Fabric versions, download the standalone mod from this page instead. The standalone mod does not require OptiFine.

Notes

Clean & Clear Glass changes the client-side rendering of vanilla glass blocks, glass panes, tinted glass, and their item models. It does not add custom blocks, crafting recipes, or gameplay changes.

The goal is simple: make vanilla glass cleaner, clearer, connected, and more pleasant to use in builds while preserving the original Minecraft experience.