Kaede

A Tauri-based Minecraft launcher written in TypeScript with a permission-based plugin system

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Plans

Kaede is in early stages of development. Look at the plan to see more about this launcher >.<

Contributing

No prior Rust knowledge is needed to contribute to this project. Most of the code was written in TypeScript using the Tauri API. These files will help in contributing:

• README for TypeScript-related code (the most important one)
• README for Rust-related code
• Contributing Guidelines
• MultiMC Patch System
• Building from Source

I also leave comments in the code.

For launcher plugins, themes, or translations:

• Making a Plugin
• Making a Theme
• Translating the Launcher

Pull requests are welcome. AI code is not welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Demonstration

Screenshots of the launcher with or without user plugins.

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Home page and a launched Minecraft instance with the HorizonUI mod by nokarin-dev

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Home page with expanded version dropdown

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Default state of the launcher with no plugins or themes

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More screenshots >>>

Details

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LiteLoader (by Mumfrey) 1.10.2 launched through Kaede

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The log viewer

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Filters & Searching

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A custom plugin for the Multi-Window experience (each window adds 30 MB of RAM usage)

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Note

Assets from Blue Archive are not included in the launcher and are used here to merely demonstrate customizability of Kaede.

This application is not affiliated with Yostar & NEXON Games.

All information and assets used are the property and copyright of the respective authors.

Features

• Plugin system
• Cross-platform (launching part is not tested on Linux and macOS yet)
• Fast startup
• Uses just 150 MBs of RAM (without plugins)
• MultiMC patch system
• Available as Non-Portable/Portable
• Open Source, GPL-3.0
• Written in TypeScript

Installation

Stable Releases

Download Kaede from the GitHub Releases page. Packages are available for Linux, Windows, and macOS.

Development builds

Please understand that these builds are not intended for most users. There may be bugs and other instabilities.

The development builds are available through:

• GitHub Actions (includes builds from pull requests opened by contributors).
• nightly.link (this link will always point only to the latest version of the nightly branch).

Prebuilt Development builds are provided for Linux, Windows, and macOS.

Community & Support

If you want to report a bug or suggest a feature, please open an issue in GitHub Issues.

Discord

Building from Source

Details

Preparations

See Tauri v2 Prerequisites.

I also recommend installing bun.

Once you are ready, clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/kaede-basement/kaede

Navigate to the cloned directory and install project dependencies:

bun install

Development

Run:

bun dev

Release

Run:

bun run build

License