Fabric is a modding toolchain and lightweight mod loader designed for Minecraft. It provides a flexible platform-independent mod loading framework, allowing developers to create and modify mods for Minecraft: Java Edition 1.14 and above, including snapshots
. Unlike Forge, Fabric does not offer interoperability layers or helpers and is focused on remaining lightweight, which allows it to update very quickly, even to every Minecraft snapshot version
. It is used to change the game in non-standard ways, and it does not overwrite Minecraft's class files to add more functionality; instead, code is injected using the Mixin library
. Fabric is known for its quick updates, performance, and relatively small size, making it suitable for running more lightweight mods
