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CLUSTER CROSS-GAME-LAUNCHER · 9 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2023-09-10

Cross-platform game launchers

This cluster consists of cross-platform launchers for games, primarily Minecraft, that install and manage game instances, mods, accounts, and system dependencies. The dated history before the index shows a single entry in 2016-05, then isolated entries in 2023-09 and 2024-02, followed by two entries each in 2026-05 and 2026-07, indicating a recent concentration of activity. Traction leaders are all tied at 0 stars: axolotl-launcher, hmcl-ce-bin, and emerald-legacy-launcher, so no single product stands out.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

MAY 2016: 1SEP 2023: 1FEB 2026: 1MAY 2026: 2JUL 2026: 2AUG 2026: 1SEP 2026: 1
MAY 2016SEP 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 hand-coded · 8 unlabelled

Operator · 1 hobby · 8 open source

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 9 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01axolotl-launcher0★29 daysliveopen sourceCross-platform launcher that manages and launches Minecraft game installations.
  2. 02hmcl-ce-bin0★1 moliveopen sourceCross-platform Minecraft launcher that organizes instances, mods, modpacks, and accounts in a unified interface.
  3. 03emerald-legacy-launcher0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceOpen-source launcher for Minecraft Legacy Console Edition, providing a cross-platform way to run the game.
  4. 04NinjaLauncher1★29 days—hobbyCross-platform desktop launcher for Minecraft Java Edition that manages Fabric instances, Modrinth mods, Java downloads, and Microsoft accounts.
  5. 05hmcl0★2 moliveopen sourceMinecraft launcher that supports multiple versions, mods, and offers cross-platform play.
  6. 06sqrilizz-launcher-bin0★2 moliveopen sourceCross-platform Minecraft launcher that lets players start the game and manage instances.
  7. 07Nexus LU Launcher0★1 moliveopen sourceCross-platform launcher that installs and launches LEGO Universe for community-run private servers.
  8. 08pcl-me-bin0★5 moliveopen sourceCross-platform Minecraft launcher based on Plain Craft Launcher.
  9. 09wonderlab-appimage0★11 mostaleliveopen sourceCross-platform launcher that installs and manages Minecraft game instances from one interface.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.