Introduction
I always loved the idea of applications (Tachiyomi) and games (Mindustry) having addons. The addition of features at runtime with one’s own code, the modification of the UI to one’s own liking, and the ability to use community-made plugins are so cool…
However, the existing Minecraft launchers lack a user plugin system. While it is questionable whether extensible launchers for Minecraft are even needed, I still decided to make this project, primarily for myself.
Demonstration
Screenshots of the launcher with or without user plugins.
Home page and a launched Minecraft instance with the HorizonUI mod by nokarin-dev
Home page with an expanded version dropdown
Kaede launched in Windows 7
More screenshots >>>
Default state of the launcher with no plugins or themes
LiteLoader (by Mumfrey) 1.10.2 launched through Kaede
Instance creation page
Settings page (extensions tab)
The log viewer
Filters & Searching
Microsoft Sign-in in Windows 7
Kaede launched in macOS 10.15
A custom plugin for the Multi-Window experience (each window adds 30 MB of RAM usage)
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.
Installation
Support
| System |
Arch |
Support |
| Windows 8.1+ |
x86_64 |
Full |
| Windows 7 |
x86_64 |
Partial |
| macOS 12.3+ |
arm64, x86_64 |
Full1 |
| macOS 10.15+ |
arm64, x86_64 |
Partial2 |
Linux with webkit2gtk-4.1 |
x86_64 |
Full |
1 since macOS 12.3, the version of Safari WebView is 15.4+, which should be the minimum version that supports everything in Kaede (?)
2 please use macos-${architecture}-old builds
Stable Releases
Download Kaede from the GitHub Releases page. For Windows 7, see this file first.
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.
If you want to report a bug or suggest a feature, please open an issue in GitHub Issues.
Discord
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:
In case you want to run this launcher with Wails or other backends, or if you want to contribute to the Browser/Wails versions, see the following files.
I also leave comments in the code.
For launcher plugins, themes, or translations:
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
Building from Source
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
Credits and AI Usage
Please refer to this file.
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