Sulkan

Evidence

Ran on Kiln's test stand (2026-11-04): SulkanShadersClient did not start: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/minecraft/client/gui/screens/ConfirmScreen.

What it needs from Kiln

• Mixin
• com.mojang.blaze3d.pipeline.RenderTarget
• com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.NativeImage
• com.mojang.blaze3d.resource.RenderTargetDescriptor
• com.mojang.blaze3d.resource.RenderTargetDescriptor.TextureProperties
• com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem
• com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.SamplerCache
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.GpuFormat
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.buffers.GpuBuffer
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.buffers.GpuBufferSlice
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.buffers.GpuBufferSlice.MappedView
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.buffers.TransientMemory
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.commands.CommandEncoder
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.commands.RenderPass
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.commands.RenderPass.Draw
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.commands.RenderPass.RenderArea
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.commands.RenderPassDescriptor
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.commands.RenderPassDescriptor.Attachment
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.commands.RenderPassDescriptor.Builder
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.device.DeviceInfo
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.device.DeviceLimits
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.device.GpuDevice
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.pipeline.BindGroupLayout
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.pipeline.BindGroupLayout.Builder
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.pipeline.BindGroupLayout.UniformDescription
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.pipeline.ColorTargetState
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.pipeline.CompareOp
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.pipeline.CompiledRenderPipeline
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.pipeline.CompiledRenderPipeline.Pending
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.pipeline.DepthStencilState
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.pipeline.PrimitiveTopology
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.pipeline.RenderPipeline
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.pipeline.RenderPipeline.Builder
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.pipeline.RenderPipeline.Snippet
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.pipeline.ShaderSource
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.pipeline.ShaderSource.CachedIncludeSource
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.pipeline.ShaderType
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.pipeline.UniformType
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.textures.AddressMode
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.textures.FilterMode
• com.mojang.renderpearl.api.textures.GpuSampler
• and 59 more

On the roadmap: Minecraft's libraries and client API (0.2), Code next to data (0.3), Mixin (0.5)

In the author's words

Native Vulkan shaders for Minecraft 26.2. Client-side Fabric mod powered by Sodium, with a built-in shader pack and support for native Sulkan packs.

Scan

Scanned on 4 November 2026 against Kiln 0.2.0, file sulkan-0.6.0-26.3.jar. The scan reads the mod's classes; it does not run them.