Vulkan Shaders: Add Beryl to the Shaders loader tab on the search/discover page

[DasPauluteli]

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Summary

Beryl is a Vulkan-based shader pipeline mod for Minecraft
(Fabric, client-side) that is currently listed under the Mods category. It does not appear
when browsing the Shaders section, making it hard to discover for users specifically looking
for Vulkan shaders.

Describe the solution you'd like

Why it should be listed under Shaders

• Beryl's primary purpose is providing an optimized shader pipeline — it ships with an
  integrated shader pack and its core function is enhancing graphics rendering
• It requires VulkanMod and operates at the rendering pipeline level, similar to how Iris
  operates as a shader loader for GLSL-based shaderpacks
• Users searching for shaders on Modrinth will not find it, since it doesn't fit neatly into
  the traditional "mod" discovery flow

Suggested change

Add Beryl to the Shaders loader tab on the discover/search page (similar to how Iris and
OptiFine appear there), or introduce a mechanism for Vulkan-based shader pipeline mods to be
discoverable under Shaders.

Describe alternatives you've considered

No response

Additional context

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[DasPauluteli]

Additionally, listing Beryl under Shaders would significantly increase its visibility among shader developers, the people most likely to contribute to or build on top of it.

This also feels timely: with Minecraft's planned migration to Vulkan, having an established Vulkan-based shader pipeline with an existing developer community could make porting existing shaderpacks much smoother once official Vulkan support lands. Getting Beryl in front of shader devs now means that ecosystem has more time to mature before that transition happens.

[DasPauluteli]

Mojang has already shipped an experimental Vulkan renderer in 26.2-snapshot-1 (released April 7, 2026), meaning official Vulkan support might already arrive in the near future. Snapshot 2 was already focused on fixing Vulkan-related issues, showing active development momentum. Once Vulkan stabilises and OpenGL is eventually dropped, Beryl-style shader pipelines will likely be a natural foundation for the shader community to build on. Getting it visible in the Shaders section now gives that ecosystem the head start it needs.