Vesta Launcher

What it does

Affiliation

The website says Vesta is not an official Minecraft product and is not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft.checked 11 Oct 2026

Built-in modpack catalog

Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026

Crash detection

It helps explain launch failures and offers recovery information.checked 11 Oct 2026

Crash recovery

Vesta helps users understand failed launches and offers recovery features.checked 11 Oct 2026

Instance management

Each instance can keep its mods, saves, configs, Java, and memory separate, with isolated folders and per-instance settings.checked 11 Oct 2026

Java runtime management

Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026

Migration

Users can bring existing worlds, mods, packs, and settings from another launcher into Vesta.checked 11 Oct 2026

Modloaders

The launcher supports Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, and Quilt.checked 11 Oct 2026

Mod loader support

multiplechecked 19 Sep 2026

Modpack import

bothchecked 19 Sep 2026

Modpack updates

Staged modpack updates are designed to protect changes made locally.checked 11 Oct 2026

Not affiliated

The site says Vesta is not an official Minecraft product and is not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft.checked 11 Oct 2026

Open source

The launcher source code is published under the GNU General Public License v3.0.checked 11 Oct 2026

Open source and data

The site describes Vesta as open source and its data as local-first.checked 11 Oct 2026

Pack updates

Staged modpack updates are designed to protect users’ local changes.checked 11 Oct 2026

Purpose

Vesta is a launcher for modded Minecraft that manages instances, installs packs, browses resources, and launches the game.checked 11 Oct 2026

Release status

The GitHub releases page labels Vesta Launcher v0.1.0-alpha.31 as a pre-release.checked 11 Oct 2026

Resource sources

Users can browse modpacks, mods, shaders, worlds, and resource packs from Modrinth and CurseForge.checked 11 Oct 2026

Security

The project says its app packages are not signed yet and gives Windows and macOS users steps for handling installation warnings.checked 11 Oct 2026

Separate instances

Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026

Support

The site links to a Discord community.checked 11 Oct 2026

Theming

Vesta offers theme presets and appearance controls.checked 11 Oct 2026