PrismLauncher
A custom launcher for Minecraft that allows you to easily manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once (Fork of MultiMC) [Moved to: https://github.com/PrismLauncher/PrismLauncher] (by PlaceholderMC)
PlaceholderMC
A custom launcher for Minecraft that allows you to easily manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once (Fork of MultiMC) [Moved to: https://github.com/PrismLauncher/PrismLauncher] (by PlaceholderMC)
| PrismLauncher | PlaceholderMC | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 24 | |
| 2,027 | 1,999 | |
| - | - | |
| 9.9 | 10.0 | |
| over 1 year ago | over 1 year ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
PrismLauncher
Posts with mentions or reviews of PrismLauncher.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-18.
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My PolyMC is saying relogin again into microsoft account
Change meta server to https://meta.prismlauncher.org/v1/ and MSA client id to c36a9fb6-4f2a-41ff-90bd-ae7cc92031eb in settings to keep using PolyMC. Both of these are by the main contributors that now moved to https://github.com/PlaceholderMC/PrismLauncher.
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Uninstall PolyMC -- from Minecraft Java's Developers
The falsely banned devs of PolyMC have created a new Launcher and are working hard to push a stable release right now (Github - Discord)
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Switch off of PolyMC ASAP
there's one on the prism launcher github https://github.com/PlaceholderMC/PrismLauncher
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Important warning for users of the PolyMC mod launcher: Shut down *right now* and don't use it again unless you know exactly what you're doing!
It's completely unrelated to PolyMC, but the safe fork from PolyMC's last "safe" code state is being worked on under the name "Prism Launcher" (initially called "PlaceholderMC").
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PolyMC (a third party Minecraft launcher) has gone a sketchy path - it's advisable to uninstall it if you have it installed.
From what I know, PolyMC and other launchers pull libraries needed to run the game when first setting up new instances and also periodically update those. Even if you don't update PolyMC, these libraries could be updated by the owner, replaced with versions that contain malicious code. If you want to keep using it, but be safe just in case, this issue contains a screenshot showing how to replace the metadata server, including a working alternative by the old contributors now working on the fork called Prism Launcher.
PlaceholderMC
Posts with mentions or reviews of PlaceholderMC.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-17.
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PolyMC WAS NOT compromised
GD is too busy for my taste--I'm honestly looking at some command-like launchers like ferium (also from GorillaDevs) or portablemc (because 🐍 python 🐍), but I'm also giving it a day to see how quickly "PlaceholderMC"* gets off the ground.
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PolyMC, Fabric, OreSpawn
If you're referring to a screenshot of the modrith announcement in discord, it's just wrong, you can just change the metadata server setting to 'https://meta.scrumplex.rocks/v1/' and not update it, the devs (other than the one who went rogue) created a fork, so you can use that once they publish new builds
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OVE-20221017-0001: PolyMC appears to be compromised
The remaining devs have forked it into https://github.com/PlaceholderMC/PlaceholderMC.
- Has anyone made a community fork yet?
- Is this true?
- Switch off of PolyMC ASAP
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Important warning for users of the PolyMC mod launcher: Shut down *right now* and don't use it again unless you know exactly what you're doing!
Looks like PlaceholderMC is the replacement for now (it's the fork of PolyMC created by the non-bigoted developers who got kicked out).
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PolyMC compromised apparently according to essential mod devs
https://github.com/PlaceholderMC/PlaceholderMC is probably the most direct replacement - it's where the sane PolyMC devs have gone.
- PolyMC (a third party Minecraft launcher) has gone a sketchy path - it's advisable to uninstall it if you have it installed.
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PolyMC compromised by rogue developer having unabomber manifesto in steam bio
The owner whose account might be hacked or might just have decided to do this kicking out all the active devs from the github project at the same time is some important context to go with the issue.
The other maintainers have already started a fork.
https://github.com/PlaceholderMC/PlaceholderMC
What are some alternatives?
When comparing PrismLauncher and PlaceholderMC you can also consider the following projects:
GDLauncher - GDLauncher is a simple, yet powerful Minecraft custom launcher with a strong focus on the user experience
PollyMC - DRM-free Prism Launcher fork with support for custom auth servers.
PolyMC - A custom launcher for Minecraft that allows you to easily manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once (Fork of MultiMC)
PrismLauncher - A custom launcher for Minecraft that allows you to easily manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once (Fork of MultiMC)
com.mojang.Minecraft
Launcher - A custom launcher for Minecraft that allows you to easily manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once
portablemc - A fast, reliable and cross-platform command-line Minecraft launcher and API for developers. Including fast and easy installation of common mod loaders such as Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.
ferium - Fast and multi-source CLI program for managing Minecraft mods and modpacks from Modrinth, CurseForge, and GitHub Releases
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PlaceholderMC vs PollyMC
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