FLauncher
The facts below are what the maker publishes about FLauncher, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From FLauncher's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free software under GPL-3.0-only |
| Free software | Free | multiple installations · accounts · modpacks · Modrinth and CurseForge downloads · free software |
The facts
Each one read from FLauncher's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Account locking
- A bound instance refuses to launch when its designated account is unavailable or invalid.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Account privacy
- Release notes describe per-instance account locking, proxies, language overrides, a Linkability Report, and stream-safe username masking.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Automatic updates
- Installed MSVC builds from version 12.0.2 onward are stated to auto-update.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Built-in modpack catalog
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- CurseForge integration
- The launcher can install mods and modpacks from CurseForge.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Discrete GPU setting
- Version 12.2.0 can register the exact javaw.exe used by an instance as a high-performance Windows GPU application.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The project directs builders to Prism Launcher's upstream development documentation rather than maintaining a separate FLauncher build manual.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The 12.0.4 release notes give a Windows installer filename and say installed MSVC copies from version 12.0.2 onward auto-update.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Implementation
- The project is written in C++ with Qt 6 and uses CMake.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent distribution listing
- Flathub lists the upstream Prism Launcher as a free desktop application with a 40 MiB download and marks support status unknown; this is not an FLauncher listing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Instance isolation
- Each Minecraft instance is kept in its own folder.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Java runtime management
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Java selection
- Users can choose a Java version separately for each instance.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Language override
- An instance can override the Minecraft client locale independently of other instances.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License
- FLauncher is distributed as free software under GPL-3.0-only.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: old Java
- The release notes warn that Java 8 builds older than update 40 may reject the generated garbage-collector flags.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: proxy routing
- In-game server routing still depends on a proxy mod; the launcher hands the proxy information to that mod.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Linkability report
- The account-privacy tools scan instances for shared accounts, proxies or unprotected configurations that could connect identities.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Modpack import
- catalogchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Modrinth integration
- The launcher can install mods and modpacks from Modrinth.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Limit: wrapper commands
- Windows process-priority optimization is not applied when a wrapper command is configured.checked 15 Oct 2026
- macOS build
- The repository gives Homebrew and CMake commands that produce an FLauncher.app bundle.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker identity
- The repository is owned by the GitHub account NotFuture1, whose profile display name is future.checked 15 Oct 2026
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