LiteLauncher
The facts below are what the maker publishes about LiteLauncher, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From LiteLauncher's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Using LiteLauncher will always remain free |
The facts
Each one read from LiteLauncher's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Affiliation
- The maker says LiteLauncher is not an official Minecraft product and is not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Development status
- The website says the launcher is in active development and testing.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Install and support
- Installation and uninstallation use an installer script; the maker directs users with installation issues to its Discord server.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Java runtime management
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Management
- It supports version, profile, instance, loader, and modpack management.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Minecraft versions
- The maker says it supports modern Minecraft versions and compatibility work for many older versions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Modpack import
- filechecked 22 Sep 2026
- Modpacks
- It supports installing modpacks in .mrpack format.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- LiteLauncher is a lightweight launcher for Minecraft: Java Edition.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Runtime
- The launcher is developed for Java 25, and official installers download and manage the required Java runtime automatically.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Separate instances
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Sign-in and passwords
- LiteLauncher says it never reads or stores passwords and signs in with Microsoft account access tokens.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Skins
- It supports the Ely.by skin system.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Source availability
- The client source is publicly available for review, but the maker describes it as source-available rather than open source and limits redistribution of modified builds.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Token storage
- The maker says Microsoft access tokens are encrypted locally and bound to the device.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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