├── .github └── workflows │ └── main.yml ├── .gitignore ├── .gitmodules ├── LICENSE ├── MCLauncherComparison ├── MCLauncherComparison.csproj ├── Program.cs ├── ReadmeModule.cs └── input │ ├── _ViewImports.cshtml │ ├── index.md │ ├── layouts │ └── _Layout.cshtml │ └── style │ └── site.scss ├── MinecraftLauncherComparison.sln └── readme.md /.github/workflows/main.yml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Simple workflow for deploying static content to GitHub Pages 2 | name: Build and Deploy static content to Pages 3 | 4 | on: 5 | # Runs on pushes targeting the default branch 6 | push: 7 | branches: 8 | - main 9 | 10 | # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab 11 | workflow_dispatch: 12 | 13 | # Sets permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN to allow deployment to GitHub Pages 14 | permissions: 15 | contents: read 16 | pages: write 17 | id-token: write 18 | 19 | # Allow only one concurrent deployment, skipping runs queued between the run in-progress and latest queued. 20 | # However, do NOT cancel in-progress runs as we want to allow these production deployments to complete. 21 | concurrency: 22 | group: "pages" 23 | cancel-in-progress: false 24 | 25 | jobs: 26 | build_and_deploy: 27 | environment: 28 | name: github-pages 29 | url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }} 30 | runs-on: ubuntu-latest 31 | steps: 32 | - 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Platforms need to work around that restriction to properly support CurseForge content. 12 | 13 |
14 | 15 | Note: This list is maintained mostly by me and random contributions. Data will inevitably get outdated over time and I always welcome any updates and corrections. 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 207 | 208 | 209 | 210 | 211 | 212 | 213 | 214 | 215 | 216 | 217 | 218 | 219 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 223 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 227 | 228 | 229 | 230 | 231 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | 236 | 237 | 238 | 239 | 240 | 241 | 242 | 243 | 244 | 245 | 246 | 247 | 248 | 249 | 250 | 251 | 252 | 253 | 254 | 255 | 256 | 257 | 258 | 259 | 260 | 261 | 262 | 263 | 264 | 265 | 266 | 267 | 268 | 269 | 270 | 271 | 272 | 273 | 274 | 275 | 276 | 277 | 278 | 279 | 280 | 281 | 282 | 283 | 284 | 285 | 286 | 287 | 288 | 289 | 290 | 291 | 292 | 293 | 294 | 295 | 296 | 297 | 298 | 299 | 300 | 301 | 302 | 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 | 310 | 311 | 312 | 313 | 314 | 315 | 316 | 317 | 318 | 319 | 320 | 321 | 322 | 323 | 324 | 325 | 326 | 327 | 328 | 329 | 330 | 331 | 332 | 333 | 334 | 335 | 336 | 337 | 338 | 339 | 340 | 341 | 342 | 343 | 344 | 345 | 346 | 347 | 348 | 349 | 350 | 351 | 352 | 353 | 354 | 355 | 356 | 357 | 358 | 359 | 360 | 361 | 362 | 363 | 364 | 365 | 366 | 367 | 368 | 369 | 370 | 371 | 372 | 373 | 374 | 375 | 376 | 377 | 378 | 379 | 380 | 381 | 382 | 383 | 384 | 385 | 386 | 387 | 388 | 389 | 390 | 391 | 392 | 393 | 394 | 395 | 396 | 397 | 398 | 399 | 400 | 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 | 406 | 407 | 408 | 409 | 410 | 411 | 412 | 413 | 414 | 415 | 416 | 417 | 418 | 419 | 420 | 421 | 422 | 423 | 424 | 425 | 426 | 427 | 428 | 429 | 430 | 431 | 432 | 433 | 434 | 435 | 436 | 437 | 438 | 439 | 440 | 441 | 442 | 443 | 444 | 445 | 446 | 447 | 448 | 449 | 450 | 451 | 452 | 453 | 454 | 455 | 456 | 457 | 458 | 459 | 460 | 461 | 462 | 463 | 464 | 465 | 466 | 467 | 468 | 469 | 470 | 471 | 472 | 473 | 474 | 475 | 476 | 477 | 478 | 479 | 480 | 481 | 482 | 483 | 484 | 485 | 486 | 487 | 488 | 489 | 490 | 491 | 492 | 493 | 494 | 495 | 496 | 497 | 498 | 499 | 500 | 501 | 502 | 503 | 504 | 505 | 506 | 507 | 508 | 509 | 510 | 511 | 512 | 513 | 514 | 515 | 516 | 517 | 518 | 519 | 520 | 521 | 522 | 523 | 524 | 525 | 526 | 527 | 528 | 529 | 530 | 531 | 532 | 533 | 534 | 535 | 536 | 537 | 538 | 539 | 540 | 541 | 542 | 543 | 544 | 545 | 546 | 547 | 548 | 549 | 550 | 551 | 552 | 553 | 554 | 555 | 556 | 557 | 558 | 559 | 560 | 561 | 562 | 563 | 564 | 565 | 566 | 567 | 568 | 569 | 570 | 571 | 572 | 573 | 574 | 575 | 576 | 577 | 578 | 579 | 580 | 581 | 582 | 583 | 584 | 585 | 586 | 587 | 588 | 589 | 590 | 591 | 592 | 593 | 594 | 595 | 596 | 597 | 598 | 599 | 600 | 601 | 602 | 603 | 604 | 605 | 606 | 607 | 608 | 609 | 610 | 611 | 612 | 613 | 614 | 615 | 616 | 617 | 618 | 619 | 620 | 621 | 622 | 623 | 624 | 625 | 653 | 654 |
FeatureVanillaPrism LauncherMultiMCATLauncherGDLauncher (Legacy)GDLauncher CarbonCurseForge AppFTB AppModrinth AppTechnicPojavLauncherOld VanillaQWERTZ Launcher
Download Linkminecraft.netprismlauncher.orgmultimc.orgatlauncher.comgithub.comgdlauncher.comcurseforge.comfeed-the-beast.commodrinth.comtechnicpack.netPlay Storemojang.comqwertz.app
Source Code
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Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSAndroid, iOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux
Open Source?❌No✅Yes, GPL3🟠Partially[1]✅Yes, GPL3✅Yes, GPL3[2]🟠Source-available❌No✅Yes, LGPL-2.1✅Yes, GPL3✅Yes, GPL3✅Yes, GPL3❌No✅Yes, AGPL3
Programming Language / FrameworksHTML, JS, CSS, (React), C++, (CEF)C++ (Qt)C++ (Qt)JavaHTML, JS, CSS, (Preact), (Electron)
🚧 Solid.js, Rust		HTML, JS, CSS, Astro, Rust, TypeScriptHTML, JS, CSS, (React), (Next.js), Overwolf (Windows) or Electron (Windows, macOS, Linux)HTML, JS, CSS, (Vue.js), (Tailwind), Java, Overwolf (Windows) Electron (macOS and Linux)HTML, JS, CSS, (Vue.js), Rust, (Tauri)JavaJava, CJava (AWT, Swing)Python (Qt)
Modpack Support❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❌No❌No
Modpack Updating❌No✅Yes (CF, MR)❌No✅Yes (CF, MR)✅Yes (CF, 🚧MR)✅Yes (CF, MR)✅Yes (CF)✅Yes (FTB, CF)✅Yes (MR)❌No❌No
Custom Instance Support✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❌No✅Yes🟠Unmanaged, only version switches✅Yes
Modpack Providers
CurseForge Modpacks❌No✅Yes❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❌No❌No✅Yes❌No❌No
Modrinth Modpacks❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes🚧WIP✅Yes❌No❌No✅Yes❌No✅Yes❌No❌No
ATLauncher Modpacks❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No
FTB Modpacks❌No🟠Import from FTB Launcher❌No✅Yes❌No❌No✅Yes❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No
Legacy FTB Modpacks❌No✅Yes✅Yes❌No❌No❌No✅Yes❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No
Technic Modpacks❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No✅Yes❌No❌No❌No
Mod Loaders
Fabric Loader❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❌No✅Yes
NeoForge Loader❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes🚧WIP✅Yes❔TODO✅Yes✅Yes❔TODO❌No❌No❌No
Forge Loader❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❌No✅Yes
Quilt Loader❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes🚧WIP✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❌No❌No
Legacy Fabric Loader❌No❌No❌No✅Yes❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No
LiteLoader❌No✅Yes✅Yes❌No❌No✅Yes❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No
Resource Download (Mods, Resourcepacks, Shaders, etc.)
Mod download [Modrinth|CurseForge]❌No✅Yes (MR, CF)❌No✅Yes (MR, CF)✅Yes (🚧MR, CF)✅Yes (MR, CF)✅Yes (CF)✅Yes (CF)✅Yes (MR)❌No❌No❌No❌No
Resourcepack download [Modrinth|CurseForge]❌No✅Yes (MR, CF)❌No✅Yes (MR, CF)❌No❌No✅Yes (CF)❌No✅Yes (MR)❌No❌No❌No❌No
Shaderpack download [Modrinth|CurseForge]❌No✅Yes (MR, CF)❌No✅Yes (MR, CF)❌No❌No❌No❌No✅Yes (MR)❌No❌No❌No❌No
World download [CurseForge]❌No❌No❌No✅Yes (CF)❌No❌No❌No❌No
Datapack download [Modrinth]❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No✅Yes❌No❌No
Plugins Download [Modrinth|CurseForge]❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No
Misc
CurseForge Blocked Download Handling❌No✅Yes (via web browser, automatically copies mod)❌No✅Yes (via web browser, automatically moves mod)✅Yes (by using standard browser user agent)✅Yes (granted bypass by CurseForge)✅Yes✅Yes❌No❌No❔❌No❌No
Mod Updating❌No✅Yes❌No✅Yes✅Yes⚠️Yes[3]✅Yes❌No✅Yes❔❌No❌No❌No
Server Instances❌No❌No❌No✅Yes❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❔❌No❌No❌No
Automatic Java Setup✅Yes✅Optional❌No✅Optional✅Optional✅Optional✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❔✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes
Full Launcher Sandboxing❌No🚧WIP❔❔❔❔❌No❌No❔TODO❔❔❌No❔
Instance Export❌NoCurseForge, Modrinth, MultiMC, TXTModrinth, MultiMCCurseForge, Modrinth, MultiMCCurseForgeCurseForge, ModrinthCurseForgeFTB App Share CodeModrinth❌No❌No❌No🚧WIP
Instance Import❌NoCurseForge, Modrinth, MultiMC, Technic, FTB AppMultiMC, Technic, FTB AppCurseForge, Modrinth, MultiMCCurseForgeSee footnote [4]CurseForgeCurseForge and FTB App Share CodeCurseForge, MultiMC, GDLauncher, ATLauncher❌No❌No❌No🚧WIP
Look and FeelMinecraft OfficialSystem (configurable)System (configurable)Custom (configurable)CustomCustomCustomCustomCustomCustomMinecraft InspiredSystem (mostly)Custom
Advertisements❌No❌No❌No❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❔❌No❌No❌No
In Game Overlay❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❔✅Optional (via Overwolf app)✅Optional (via Overwolf app)❌No❌No✅Yes, for controls → touch screen❌No❌No
655 | 656 | ## Footnotes 657 | ### Source code and licenses 658 | #### 1. MultiMC is proprietary but a debranded MS-PL licensed version which lacks many keys MultiMC uses is available on GitHub 659 | #### 2. GDLauncher has a CLA 660 | #### 3. GDLauncher Carbon mod updater appears to be slightly buggy at the time of writing 661 | #### 4. GDLauncher Legacy, CurseForge (ZIP, launcher), Modrinth (mrpack, 🚧launcher), 🚧ATLauncher, 🚧Technic, 🚧FTB, 🚧MultiMC, 🚧Prism 662 | 663 | View and edit the source of this page here: 664 | https://github.com/TayouVR/MinecraftLauncherComparison 665 | 666 | submit any issues, outdated or missing information here: 667 | https://github.com/TayouVR/MinecraftLauncherComparison/issues 668 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /MCLauncherComparison/input/layouts/_Layout.cshtml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 |  2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Minecraft Launcher Comparison 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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12 | 13 | Note: This list is maintained mostly by me and random contributions. Data will inevitably get outdated over time and I always welcome any updates and corrections. 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 207 | 208 | 209 | 210 | 211 | 212 | 213 | 214 | 215 | 216 | 217 | 218 | 219 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 223 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 227 | 228 | 229 | 230 | 231 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | 236 | 237 | 238 | 239 | 240 | 241 | 242 | 243 | 244 | 245 | 246 | 247 | 248 | 249 | 250 | 251 | 252 | 253 | 254 | 255 | 256 | 257 | 258 | 259 | 260 | 261 | 262 | 263 | 264 | 265 | 266 | 267 | 268 | 269 | 270 | 271 | 272 | 273 | 274 | 275 | 276 | 277 | 278 | 279 | 280 | 281 | 282 | 283 | 284 | 285 | 286 | 287 | 288 | 289 | 290 | 291 | 292 | 293 | 294 | 295 | 296 | 297 | 298 | 299 | 300 | 301 | 302 | 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 | 310 | 311 | 312 | 313 | 314 | 315 | 316 | 317 | 318 | 319 | 320 | 321 | 322 | 323 | 324 | 325 | 326 | 327 | 328 | 329 | 330 | 331 | 332 | 333 | 334 | 335 | 336 | 337 | 338 | 339 | 340 | 341 | 342 | 343 | 344 | 345 | 346 | 347 | 348 | 349 | 350 | 351 | 352 | 353 | 354 | 355 | 356 | 357 | 358 | 359 | 360 | 361 | 362 | 363 | 364 | 365 | 366 | 367 | 368 | 369 | 370 | 371 | 372 | 373 | 374 | 375 | 376 | 377 | 378 | 379 | 380 | 381 | 382 | 383 | 384 | 385 | 386 | 387 | 388 | 389 | 390 | 391 | 392 | 393 | 394 | 395 | 396 | 397 | 398 | 399 | 400 | 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 | 406 | 407 | 408 | 409 | 410 | 411 | 412 | 413 | 414 | 415 | 416 | 417 | 418 | 419 | 420 | 421 | 422 | 423 | 424 | 425 | 426 | 427 | 428 | 429 | 430 | 431 | 432 | 433 | 434 | 435 | 436 | 437 | 438 | 439 | 440 | 441 | 442 | 443 | 444 | 445 | 446 | 447 | 448 | 449 | 450 | 451 | 452 | 453 | 454 | 455 | 456 | 457 | 458 | 459 | 460 | 461 | 462 | 463 | 464 | 465 | 466 | 467 | 468 | 469 | 470 | 471 | 472 | 473 | 474 | 475 | 476 | 477 | 478 | 479 | 480 | 481 | 482 | 483 | 484 | 485 | 486 | 487 | 488 | 489 | 490 | 491 | 492 | 493 | 494 | 495 | 496 | 497 | 498 | 499 | 500 | 501 | 502 | 503 | 504 | 505 | 506 | 507 | 508 | 509 | 510 | 511 | 512 | 513 | 514 | 515 | 516 | 517 | 518 | 519 | 520 | 521 | 522 | 523 | 524 | 525 | 526 | 527 | 528 | 529 | 530 | 531 | 532 | 533 | 534 | 535 | 536 | 537 | 538 | 539 | 540 | 541 | 542 | 543 | 544 | 545 | 546 | 547 | 548 | 549 | 550 | 551 | 552 | 553 | 554 | 555 | 556 | 557 | 558 | 559 | 560 | 561 | 562 | 563 | 564 | 565 | 566 | 567 | 568 | 569 | 570 | 571 | 572 | 573 | 574 | 575 | 576 | 577 | 578 | 579 | 580 | 581 | 582 | 583 | 584 | 585 | 586 | 587 | 588 | 589 | 590 | 591 | 592 | 593 | 594 | 595 | 596 | 597 | 598 | 599 | 600 | 601 | 602 | 603 | 604 | 605 | 606 | 607 | 608 | 609 | 610 | 611 | 612 | 613 | 614 | 615 | 616 | 617 | 618 | 619 | 620 | 621 | 622 | 623 | 651 | 652 |
FeatureVanillaPrism LauncherMultiMCATLauncherGDLauncher (Legacy)GDLauncher CarbonCurseForge AppFTB AppModrinth AppTechnicPojavLauncherOld VanillaQWERTZ Launcher
Download Linkminecraft.netprismlauncher.orgmultimc.orgatlauncher.comgithub.comgdlauncher.comcurseforge.comfeed-the-beast.commodrinth.comtechnicpack.netPlay Storemojang.comqwertz.app
Source Code
github.comgithub.comgithub.comgithub.comgithub.com
github.comgithub.comgithub.comgithub.com
github.com
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux, macOSAndroid, iOSWindows, Linux, macOSWindows, Linux
Open Source?❌No✅Yes, GPL3🟠Partially[1]✅Yes, GPL3✅Yes, GPL3[2]🟠Source-available❌No✅Yes, LGPL-2.1✅Yes, GPL3✅Yes, GPL3✅Yes, GPL3❌No✅Yes, AGPL3
Programming Language / FrameworksHTML, JS, CSS, (React), C++, (CEF)C++ (Qt)C++ (Qt)JavaHTML, JS, CSS, (Preact), (Electron)
🚧 Solid.js, Rust		HTML, JS, CSS, Astro, Rust, TypeScriptHTML, JS, CSS, (React), (Next.js), Overwolf (Windows) or Electron (Windows, macOS, Linux)HTML, JS, CSS, (Vue.js), (Tailwind), Java, Overwolf (Windows) Electron (macOS and Linux)HTML, JS, CSS, (Vue.js), Rust, (Tauri)JavaJava, CJava (AWT, Swing)Python (Qt)
Modpack Support❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❌No❌No
Modpack Updating❌No✅Yes (CF, MR)❌No✅Yes (CF, MR)✅Yes (CF, 🚧MR)✅Yes (CF, MR)✅Yes (CF)✅Yes (FTB, CF)✅Yes (MR)❌No❌No
Custom Instance Support✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❌No✅Yes🟠Unmanaged, only version switches✅Yes
Modpack Providers
CurseForge Modpacks❌No✅Yes❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❌No❌No✅Yes❌No❌No
Modrinth Modpacks❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes🚧WIP✅Yes❌No❌No✅Yes❌No✅Yes❌No❌No
ATLauncher Modpacks❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No
FTB Modpacks❌No🟠Import from FTB Launcher❌No✅Yes❌No❌No✅Yes❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No
Legacy FTB Modpacks❌No✅Yes✅Yes❌No❌No❌No✅Yes❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No
Technic Modpacks❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No✅Yes❌No❌No❌No
Mod Loaders
Fabric Loader❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❌No✅Yes
NeoForge Loader❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes🚧WIP✅Yes❔TODO✅Yes✅Yes❔TODO❌No❌No❌No
Forge Loader❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❌No✅Yes
Quilt Loader❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes🚧WIP✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❌No❌No
Legacy Fabric Loader❌No❌No❌No✅Yes❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No
LiteLoader❌No✅Yes✅Yes❌No❌No✅Yes❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No
Resource Download (Mods, Resourcepacks, Shaders, etc.)
Mod download [Modrinth|CurseForge]❌No✅Yes (MR, CF)❌No✅Yes (MR, CF)✅Yes (🚧MR, CF)✅Yes (MR, CF)✅Yes (CF)✅Yes (CF)✅Yes (MR)❌No❌No❌No❌No
Resourcepack download [Modrinth|CurseForge]❌No✅Yes (MR, CF)❌No✅Yes (MR, CF)❌No❌No✅Yes (CF)❌No✅Yes (MR)❌No❌No❌No❌No
Shaderpack download [Modrinth|CurseForge]❌No✅Yes (MR)❌No✅Yes (MR, CF)❌No❌No❌No❌No✅Yes (MR)❌No❌No❌No❌No
World download [CurseForge]❌No❌No❌No✅Yes (CF)❌No❌No❌No❌No
Datapack download [Modrinth]❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No✅Yes❌No❌No
Plugins Download [Modrinth|CurseForge]❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No
Misc
CurseForge Blocked Download Handling❌No✅Yes (via web browser, automatically copies mod)❌No✅Yes (via web browser, automatically moves mod)✅Yes (by using standard browser user agent)✅Yes (granted bypass by CurseForge)✅Yes✅Yes❌No❌No❔❌No❌No
Mod Updating❌No✅Yes❌No✅Yes✅Yes⚠️Yes[3]✅Yes❌No✅Yes❔❌No❌No❌No
Server Instances❌No❌No❌No✅Yes❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❔❌No❌No❌No
Automatic Java Setup✅Yes✅Optional❌No✅Optional✅Optional✅Optional✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❔✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes
Full Launcher Sandboxing❌No🚧WIP❔❔❔❔❌No❌No❔TODO❔❔❌No❔
Instance Export❌NoCurseForge, Modrinth, MultiMC, TXTModrinth, MultiMCCurseForge, Modrinth, MultiMCCurseForgeCurseForge, ModrinthCurseForgeFTB App Share CodeModrinth❌No❌No❌No🚧WIP
Instance Import❌NoCurseForge, Modrinth, MultiMC, Technic, FTB AppMultiMC, Technic, FTB AppCurseForge, Modrinth, MultiMCCurseForgeSee footnote [4]CurseForgeCurseForge and FTB App Share CodeCurseForge, MultiMC, GDLauncher, ATLauncher❌No❌No❌No🚧WIP
Look and FeelMinecraft OfficialSystem (configurable)System (configurable)Custom (configurable)CustomCustomCustomCustomCustomCustomMinecraft InspiredSystem (mostly)Custom
Advertisements❌No❌No❌No❌No✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes✅Yes❔❌No❌No❌No
In Game Overlay❌No❌No❌No❌No❌No❔✅Optional (via Overwolf app)✅Optional (via Overwolf app)❌No❌No✅Yes, for controls → touch screen❌No❌No
653 | 654 | ## Footnotes 655 | ### Source code and licenses 656 | #### 1. MultiMC is proprietary but a debranded MS-PL licensed version which lacks many keys MultiMC uses is available on GitHub 657 | #### 2. GDLauncher has a CLA 658 | #### 3. GDLauncher Carbon mod updater appears to be slightly buggy at the time of writing 659 | #### 4. GDLauncher Legacy, CurseForge (ZIP, launcher), Modrinth (mrpack, 🚧launcher), 🚧ATLauncher, 🚧Technic, 🚧FTB, 🚧MultiMC, 🚧Prism 660 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------