What's new
Grubie Launcher update history: new features and fixes in every version.
Friend-world achievements and version tweaks while you play.
Highlights
- Support the project and get a Donor badge and the Supporter achievement.
- Earn achievements while playing on a friend's shared world.
- Edit version settings and manage resource packs and shaders while the game runs.
- Discord now shows your real skin's head instead of Steve.
Fixed
- The launcher recovers from unexpected interface errors instead of going blank.
- More reliable saving of account and world data.
- Clearer offline and service-status messages, plus a status page link.
- Clearer error when a file operation fails.
New achievements, plus mirror downloads for mods and Java.
Highlights
- New community achievements: modpacks, friends, groups, and voice chat.
- Mods and Java now download through the mirror.
Fixed
- Publishing a modpack with a locally stored cover.
- Images that sometimes didn't load.
- The "official" skin tag can no longer be added manually.
A skin catalog, smarter mod installs, and better servers.
Highlights
- Browse a skin catalog and add community skins, capes and packs to your collection.
- Publish your own skins to the community gallery.
- Skip or auto-replace blocked mods from Modrinth so installs don't get stuck.
- Enable Aikar's optimized flags for better server performance.
Fixed
- Servers on older Minecraft versions now start with the correct Java version.
- Modpack imports now install configs and resource packs, not just mods.
- The launcher no longer starts a second installation while one is running.
Voice chat and groups — talk while you play.
Highlights
- Voice chat: group rooms or one-on-one calls with friends.
- Push-to-talk, noise suppression, device selection and a mic test.
- Groups: create or join by code or link, chat, and manage members.
- Invite your whole group into the game in one click.
- Reworked launch arguments editor with presets, previews and warnings.
Fixed
- Failed downloads now show which files didn't download.
- Smoother download progress.
- Invalid instance names are blocked before they break folders.
- Fixed occasional false update prompts.
- More reliable avatar saving.
Mod stats & changelogs, a redesigned skin import, and a download mirror.
Highlights
- New Storage section: disk usage per version and one-click cache cleanup.
- Download mirror with auto-fallback when official servers are blocked.
- Mod browser now shows stats (downloads, likes, dates) and changelogs.
- Redesigned skin import: drag & drop a PNG with a live preview.
- Change or remove a version's logo, and create desktop shortcuts.
- Clearer connection test that shows whether downloads will work.
Fixed
- Renaming a version keeps its manual order and tags.
- Renaming a version now moves its files reliably.
- Connection test no longer marks failing servers as OK.
New performance options and lighter memory use.
Highlights
- Added "JVM optimization" for fewer in-game stutters (on by default).
- Added "High game priority" for smoother play on busy PCs.
- Added a memory warning when your RAM allocation is too tight.
- Reduced launcher memory use and made the skin viewer lighter.
Fixed
- Fixed a memory leak in the 3D skin viewer.
A redesigned interface, achievements and leaderboards.
Highlights
- A fresh look: new logo, a violet brand accent and restyled screens, with a custom title bar on Windows.
- Achievements with levels, points and rarities, earned from your real progress.
- Friends and global leaderboards, and friends grouped by In game / Online / Offline.
- Per-world stats and per-modpack statistics.
- Redesigned modpack list and a reworked mod manager (check updates, update all).
- Minimizable install bar with pause and resume, and a searchable console.
Fixed
- Clearer steps for sharing a modpack.
- Confirmation before deleting a server.
- Stronger protection against unsafe links and scripts.
Statistics, blocked mods and sharing improvements.
Highlights
- Expanded version statistics.
- Added recent sessions and crash counters.
- Added in-world stats from saved worlds.
- Improved blocked mod file selection.
- Added watched folders and drag-and-drop for blocked mods.
- Improved publishing hints for shared modpacks.
Fixed
- Fixed small dialog layout issues.
- Fixed blocked mod selection flow.
- Fixed some console messages being shown as errors.
- Improved crash and auth error messages.
- Improved world sharing status handling.
A small polish update for version selection, the mod manager and interface stability.
Highlights
- Added faster searchable version lists.
- Improved Minecraft, loader and mod version selection.
- Made mod pages open smoother.
- Improved form error messages.
Fixed
- Fixed awkward dropdown behavior.
- Fixed long version lists being hard to use.
- Fixed small layout issues.
- Fixed several mod manager edge cases.
Mod manager, crash hints and interface readability update.
Highlights
- Improved the mod manager.
- Added quick install with required dependencies.
- Added safer mod deletion with dependency warnings.
- Added automatic cleanup for unused dependencies.
- Added a font setting: Rubik or Minecraft-style font.
- Improved crash hints for corrupted files and incompatible mods.
Fixed
- Fixed select dropdown behavior.
- Fixed installed mod detection across providers.
- Fixed unclear dependency and incompatible mod messages.
- Fixed corrupted .jar detection when the file name is visible.
- Improved interface readability.
Startup, modpack import, multiplayer sharing and diagnostics update.
Highlights
- Added onboarding for new users.
- Added drag and drop import for .zip and .mrpack modpacks.
- Added a Play button directly on modpack cards.
- Added search for installed modpacks.
- Added reactions in friends chat.
- Added local crash hints and a connection test.
- The launcher window is now resizable.
- Modpacks load faster.
- The last played modpack is selected automatically.
- Added an error log and optional sounds.
Fixed
- Improved world sharing stability.
- Fixed server installation issues for Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.
- Fixed skin and cape apply issues.
- Fixed false modpack sync warnings.
- Improved large file publishing errors.
Hotfix update for accounts and shared worlds.
Fixed
- Fixed Discord account session refresh after token rotation.
- Fixed shared world reconnect after longer play sessions.
- The launcher now renews tunnel access for an active shared world instead of asking the host to reopen LAN.
- Improved stability of account and session handling.
Update for shared modpacks, publishing and world sharing.
Highlights
- Shared modpack publishing now shows clearer progress for archives, uploads and saving.
- Large shared files are handled more reliably.
- World sharing controls are now tied to the account that started the share.
- Server join detection for friends activity has been improved.
Fixed
- Fixed false “host changed the modpack” warnings for downloaded shared modpacks.
- Fixed shared modpacks with blocked CurseForge files.
- Fixed local shared files keeping old CDN links after republishing.
- Fixed several layout issues in Mod Manager and sharing windows.
An update for news, modpacks, chat and modpack import.
Highlights
- Added the “What’s New” window after launcher updates.
- Added sponsored card support in the news feed.
- Improved public modpack links and launcher deep links.
- Improved Prism/MultiMC, CurseForge and Modrinth modpack import.
- Improved chat with images, replies, clickable links and shared pack links.
Fixed
- Improved loader version selection during modpack import.
- Improved imported mod logos and provider metadata.
- Improved Forge/NeoForge loader installation progress.
- Fixed smaller interface issues.