Vermeil

What Vermeil is

Vermeil is a free Minecraft launcher for Windows and Linux that manages instances, mods, loaders, character skins, and Java. Separate instances can be pinned, filtered by category, and resumed with Quick Play. The built-in catalog and search across Modrinth and CurseForge cover mods, resource packs, shaders, and datapacks, with one-click dependency resolution. Users can install Fabric, Quilt, NeoForge, or Forge, and the launcher can download missing Java runtimes from Adoptium. It also supports modpack imports and automatic updates. A 3D character studio provides an interactive stage and a custom cape designer through Vermeil Companion. Server tools include direct multiplayer launch, background latency pinging, version-range negotiation, and live player counts. Cached version manifests let installed instances launch offline or when upstream services are unavailable. The site says Vermeil has no analytics, usage tracking, crash reporting, or phoning home, and encrypts sign-in tokens on-device. Optional settings sync is limited to Google Drive's private appdata folder. The listed release is v0.1.0-alpha.1; the project is maintained solely by its author.