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jdMinecraftLauncher

Unofficial classic styled Minecraft Launcher.

Completely free
Windows and Linux
Open source
No account
Paid game required

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: GPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub · Windows: Winget
Publisher: JakobDev
Latest version: 7.0 (30 October 2025)
Latest activity: 24 October 2026
Source code: codeberg.org/JakobDev/jdMinecraftLauncher

Overview

jdMinecraftLauncher is an application launcher, available on Windows and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: offline use.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Unofficial classic styled Minecraft Launcher” — official website, 10 November 2026
“Offline mode is available after your first login” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

jdMinecraftLauncher is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Paid game required: this software is free, but the game it launches must be bought separately.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

About

jdMinecraftLauncher is a Minecraft launcher which Look and Feel is close to the the good old official Launcher Features: All Minecraft versions are supported Offline mode is available after your first login One click install of Forge, NeoForge, Fabric and Quilt FeralInteractive GameMode is supported Create Shortcuts in the Menu and on the Desktop to directly launch Minecraft For Developers commandline arguments and a D-Bus Interface are provided Profiles can be imported from the vanilla launcher Modrinth modpacks (.mrpack) can be installed directly through the Launcher Integrated into KRunner and GNOME Search You need a Microsoft Account which owns Minecraft to use this Launcher This Launcher is completly fanmade and not supported by Mojang/Microsoft

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 8 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 7 November 2026
Facts collected from LicitPro automatic classification () — 6 November 2026
Facts collected from Automatic reading of the official pages (limits) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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