ferium VS portablemc

Compare ferium vs portablemc and see what are their differences.

ferium

Fast and multi-source CLI program for managing Minecraft mods and modpacks from Modrinth, CurseForge, and GitHub Releases (by gorilla-devs)

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. (by mindstorm38)
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ferium portablemc
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1,023 295
2.9% -
8.4 9.1
11 days ago 8 days ago
Rust Python
Mozilla Public License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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ferium

Posts with mentions or reviews of ferium. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-13.

portablemc

Posts with mentions or reviews of portablemc. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-20.
  • Anyone have success with this Script to install programs on the Steam Deck that are not flatpaks
    2 projects | /r/SteamDeck | 20 Feb 2023
    I would personally enable the functionality provided by this script in different ways (Chromium from flatpak or--better--just use Firefox; minecraft-launcher is pants compared to PrismLauncher or a command-line launcher like portablemc) or not at all (I doubt having the latest mesa drivers is actually advantageous vs. the optimizations built into Valve's version of the kernel, but I could be wrong), but to each their own.
  • Minecraft Modpacks
    5 projects | /r/SteamDeck | 19 Nov 2022
    The best launcher right now is Prism Launcher, a MultiMC fork with Curseforge integration that comes pre-bundled with an optimized version of Java when downloaded from flathub (read: the Discover store), but there are plenty of options including GDLauncher, portablemc if you want a command-line launcher, or, heck, the vanilla launcher.
  • PolyMC WAS NOT compromised
    3 projects | /r/SteamDeck | 17 Oct 2022
    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.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ferium and portablemc you can also consider the following projects:

PolyMC - A custom launcher for Minecraft that allows you to easily manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once (Fork of MultiMC)

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]

MCHPRS - A multithreaded Minecraft server built for redstone.

LCLPy - A debloated, feature rich and CLI based launcher for Lunar Client. Made in Python. Available on Linux & Windows.

starsector-mod-manager-rust - A mod manager for Starsector, a space fleet-battle and economics simulator. This time written in Rust.

PrismLauncher - A custom launcher for Minecraft that allows you to easily manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once (Fork of MultiMC)

ulauncher-albert-calculate-anything - A ULauncher/Albert extension that supports currency, units and date time conversion, as well as a calculator that supports complex numbers and functions.

curseforge_to_multimc - Links CurseForge instances to MultiMC instances

minecraft-vortex-launcher - Fast, lightweight and easy to use Minecraft launcher

ferium - Fast and multi-source CLI program for managing Minecraft mods and modpacks from Modrinth, CurseForge, and Github Releases [Moved to: https://github.com/gorilla-devs/ferium]

rwfus - RW OverlayFS for Steam Deck!