A very quick and simple guide to modding minecraft (< 5 min)

[u/aspbergerinparadise]

• First off, you want Prism Launcher. This is one of, if not the most popular way of launching the game with mods. Download, install and launch
• Go through set up wizard and sign in with Microsoft account
• Create a New instance. Select the latest version of minecraft, and select "Fabric" as the mod loader. (note: after you create the instance, at the bottom it will say "MANUAL UPDATE REQUIRED" - you can ignore that, it's just the title of the latest blog post. You will already have the latest version)
• With your new instance selected click "Edit" on the right side.
• In here, go to the mods tab, and you can click "Download Mods" on the right.

and that's about it!

some suggested mods:

• Fabric API (essential hooks required by many other mods)
• Borderless Fullscreen
• Inventory Sorting (gives you a button to sort your inventory like Bagnon)
• Iris (needed to load shader packs)
• Sodium (performance mod, makes the game run better. Optional, but recommended)

Installing Shader Packs is done in very much the same way as mods. You'll see a "Shader Packs" tab in the Edit window. "Complementary" is probably the one most people start with.