PojavLauncher

Note

• The official Twitter for PojavLauncher is @PLaunchTeam. Any others (most notably @PojavLauncher) are fake, please report them to Twitter's moderation team.

Introduction

PojavLauncher is a Minecraft: Java Edition launcher for Android and iOS based on Boardwalk. This launcher can launch most of available Minecraft versions (from 1.6.1 to 21w08b (1.17) snapshot, including Combat Test versions). 1.17 support is available with our current workaround described here. Modding via Forge (1.16.x only) and Fabric are also supported. Older versions of Forge and Fabric can be used with OpenJDK 8. This repository contains source code for iOS/iPadOS platform. For Android platform, check out PojavLauncher repository.

This launcher is available on the Procursus repo, thanks to @Diatrus, and Doregon's Repository, thanks to @Doregon

Getting started with PojavLauncher

The PojavLauncher Website has extensive documentation on how to install, set up, and play! For those who wish to install quickly, here's the basics (on iOS 12 or later):

Procursus-bootstraps

If you have Chimera, Taurine, Odyssey, or another jailbreak that comes with libhooker, this one's for you.

1. Search for pojavlauncher with your favorite package manager.
2. Install PojavLauncher iOS.

Bingner/Elucubratus bootstraps

If you have unc0ver, checkra1n, or another jailbreak that comes with Cydia Substrate or Substitute, this one's for you. You can also use this if you have a libhooker jailbreak.

1. Add https://doregon.github.io/cydia to your sources list.
2. Search for pojavlauncher with your favorite package manager.
3. Install the package you wish to have, according to your preference:
   • pojavlauncher is the stable build. This one gets updated with new releases or tags on this repository, or when Procursus updated their copy.
   • pojavlauncher-dev is the latest commit on the main branch of this repository. It may have application breaking bugs, but also has more features.
   • pojavlauncher-zink is the latest commit on the backend_zink branch of this repository. This is the preprepreprealpha of the Zink graphics libraries that are being ported to allow 1.17 to work. This is not recommended, but fun to test.

Known issues

• Minecraft 1.12.2 and below are very buggy: you can't type text, random crashes, etc...
• When using certain versions, the camera may jump to a random position when you start to touch the screen.
• Some Forge versions may fail with java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException.
• The game will be prone to JetsamEvents.

Work in progress

• Custom controls
• OpenJDK 8 iOS port

Contributors

PojavLauncher is amazing, and surprisingly stable, and it wouldn't be this way without the following people that helped and contribute to the project!

@khanhduytran0 - Lead iOS port developer
@artdeell - Lead developer
@LegacyGamerHD - Lead developer
@zhouwei - Original Boardwalk code
@Doregon - PojavLauncher hosting on Doregon's Repository, iOS port developer
@Mathius-Boulay - Developer
@Diatrus - PojavLauncher hosting on Procursus
@Syjalo
@pedrosouzabrasil
@notfoundname
@buzybox11
@RealEthanPlayzDev
@HongyiMC
@thecoder08
@genericrandom64

Third party components and their licenses

• Caciocavallo: GNU GPLv2 License.
• jsr305: 3-Clause BSD License.
• org.json: The JSON License.
• Boardwalk: Apache 2.0 License
• GL4ES by @lunixbochs @ptitSeb: MIT License.
• MetalANGLE by @kakashidinho and ANGLE team: BSD 2.0 License.
• OpenJDK 16 ported to iOS by @Diatrus: GNU GPLv2 License.
• LWJGL3: BSD-3 License.
• LWJGLX (LWJGL2 API compatibility layer for LWJGL3): unknown license.
• DBNumberedSlider: Apache 2.0 License