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 (up to latest 1.19.2, including Combat Test versions).
• Modding via Forge 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.

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):

Note: This is experimental, although game works smoothly, you should not set Render distance too much.

Setup the sideload app

• For iOS 14.0-15.5beta4, TrollStore is recommended to keep PojavLauncher permanently signed and have JIT enabled by itself.
• Otherwise, install AltStore or SideStore. Others will also work.

Installing PojavLauncher

Release build (AltStore/SideStore trusted source)

• Add PojavLauncher Repository from Trusted Sources
• Tap FREE to begin installing.

Development build

• Download an IPA build of PojavLauncher in the Actions tab.
• Open the downloaded IPA in the sideload app to install.

Enabling JIT

Application	AltStore	SideStore	TrollStore	JitStreamer	Jitterbug	Jailbroken
Requires ext-device	Yes	No	No	No	If VPN unavailable	No
Requires Wi-Fi	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Auto enabled	Yes(*)	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Minimum iOS version	12.2(+)	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	12.2(+)

(*) AltServer running in local network is required.
(+) iOS 12 and 13 will not be supported in a future PojavLauncher release.

Known issues

• Some Forge versions may fail with java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException.
• The game will be prone to JetsamEvents. More specifically, random crashes might occurs if allocating too much resources.

Contributors

PojavLauncher is amazing, and surprisingly stable, and it wouldn't be this way without the commmunity that helped and contribute to the project! Some notable names:

@khanhduytran0 - Lead iOS port developer
@crystall1nedev - Lead iOS port developer
@artdeell
@Mathius-Boulay
@zhuowei
@jkcoxson
@Diatrus

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.
• Mesa 3D Graphics Library: MIT License.
• MetalANGLE by @kakashidinho and ANGLE team: BSD 2.0 License.
• MoltenVK: Apache 2.0 License.
• Azul Zulu JDK: GNU GPLv2 License.
• LWJGL3: BSD-3 License.
• LWJGLX (LWJGL2 API compatibility layer for LWJGL3): unknown license.
• Alderis (color picker for iOS < 14): Apache 2.0 License.
• DBNumberedSlider: Apache 2.0 License
• fishhook (jailed environment usage only): BSD-3 License.
• Java Native Access: Apache 2.0 License.
• shaderc (used by mods that uses Vulkan for rendering): Apache 2.0 License.
• TOInsetGroupedTableView: MIT License.
• AltKit
• Thanks to MCHeads for providing Minecraft avatars.

Special thanks to MacStadium!

This project is listed under the MacStadium Open Source Program, which allows all of us developers to keep on moving forward even without physical access to a Mac.