Hi again — it’s been a while!

After celebrating the holidays and the new year, the Prism Launcher team has finally decided to make a new release. And this time? It’s so big we had to add a whole new number: welcome to 10.0.0!

We aren’t kidding either. With over 350 changes since 9.0, this is by far the most work that has gone into a release. We can’t thank our amazing contributors from the past year enough, and we hope you enjoy this launch as much as we have enjoyed getting it ready.

Run (don’t walk!) to grab the latest download here, and then read on to see what we’ve been cooking up 🤠

New Website

Before we get into all the changes for this release, you might have noticed something a bit different. We redesigned our website!

This has been a few months in the making, led by the amazing Devin (@integrav). Aside from a generally nicer looking experience everywhere, we also have a much more navigable News section, and a new dedicated wiki for help with the launcher, build instructions, and more.

Feedback on this new look is welcome and greatly appreciated on our website’s GitHub repository. Contributing to this site should also be a bit easier now, thanks to Astro and Tailwind.

Highlights

As mentioned already, this is our biggest release! So as a TL;DR, here’s some of the cooler things to be on the look out for:

• Support for data packs!
• Support for updating resource and shader packs!
• “Manage Skins” can now show a 3D preview of your skins on the player
• A few nice UI revamps (especially in Settings!)
• Better support for providers like CurseForge/Modrinth/FTB App
• Expanded desktop shortcut support
  • This includes creating shortcuts for specific worlds and servers!
• Easier and more reliable authentication with Microsoft
  • You no longer need to type the one-time code when scanning the QR code or clicking the link to sign in
  • The launcher will automatically prompt you to re-authenticate expired accounts
• CatPacks can now include GIFs
• Improved platform support!
  • Windows builds are once again signed! This should avoid issues with Defender and avoid any spooky prompts when installing Prism
  • ARM builds for Linux are now available
  • ARM MinGW-based builds for Windows are now available. This prevents Windows on ARM (WoA) users from needing the Visual C++ Redistributable on portable installs
  • Our AppImage and Linux portable builds should now work on almost any system (new and old, even without FUSE!)
• Dropping support for legacy options
  • The launcher can no longer be built with Qt 5
  • macOS 11 support has been dropped, making macOS 12 the new minimum
  • Please see the new section of our troubleshooting guide for more information
• Endless bug fixes and performance improvements

Changelog

And for those who are a bit more curious (or just like reading long lists), here’s our full changelog. You can also see the individual changes here.

Until next time! 🌈

Added

• Add “Babric” and “BTA (Babric)” filters as shown on Modrinth by @matthewperiut in #3961
• Add Ornithe, LegacyFabric and Rift mod loader filters by @moehreag in #4041
• Add Popup for metacache clear failures by @Soup-64 in #3586
• Add a notice in FTB App Import telling users most FTB modpacks are also available on CurseForge by @DioEgizio in #4597
• Add a page to view launcher logs by @Mick235711 in #3831
• Add ability to change assets download server by @clague in #3875
• Add gif support to catpacks by @Trial97 in #3315
• Add search and support for subdirectories to icon picker by @QazCetelic in #2800
• Add settings to control the if prism should move the downloaded mods by @Trial97 in #3228
• Add skin preview by @Trial97 in #3283
• Allow creating shortcuts to individual worlds and servers with Quick Play by @Trial97, @Scrumplex and @Mick235711 in #3767
• Auto reauthenticate account if expired by @Trial97 in #1953
• Build Linux binaries for ARM64 by @getchoo in #3304
• Build MinGW binaries for ARM64 by @getchoo in #3724
• Console colors and log invocation location by @TheKodeToad and @Ryex in #3654
• Data pack management by @TheKodeToad and @Trial97 in #1905 and #3843
• Delete associated shortcuts when deleting instance by @Mick235711 in #3819
• Expand variables in JVM args and add library_dir variable by @TheKodeToad in #4427
• Harmonizing “Other Log” page with “Minecraft Log” by @Trial97 and @Mick235711 in #3638 and #3645
• Implement find wrapping in LogView by @TheKodeToad in #4392
• Implement tracking and updates for files other than mods by @TheKodeToad in #1588 and #4454
• Improvements to modlist export by @HanlieChina in #3512
• Improvements to upload logs by @Trial97 in #1872
• Include one-time code in login QR by @Trial97 in #3257
• Make column visibility global by @TheKodeToad and @Trial97 in #3748
• Parse log4j xml events in logs by @TheKodeToad and @Ryex in #3642
• Pass mainclass and gameargs to the main game via system properties by @isXander in #3692
• Rename instance’s physical dir when renaming instances by @Mick235711 in #3550
• Show online players on servers screen by @iTrooz and @TayouVR in #3112 and #4512
• Sign Windows builds again by @getchoo in #4348 and #4605
• Support for CurseForge recommended memory by @TheKodeToad in #3711
• Support for launching from command line in offline mode by @michaeltyson in #2331
• [Linux] Integrate switcheroo-control for discrete GPU support by @Jan200101 in #2875
• Add open source filter by @Trial97 in #3007
• Add options to change the cat scaling by @Trial97 in #3380
• Add release_type filer for mod/modpacks by @Trial97 in #3006
• Improve log display by @Trial97 in #3658 and #3667
• Add Elytra preview to Skin Manager by @TheKodeToad and @Trial97 in #3761
• Add setting to control the loaders for mod search by @TheKodeToad and @Trial97 in #3659 and #3827
• Prevent deletion of running instances by @Trial97 in #3754
• Search for pack icon in the actual file by @Trial97 in #3752
• Implement packignore for curseforge/modrinth export by @Trial97 in #3295
• Add a filter for detecting Java paths on AOSC OS by @OriginCode in #2962

Changed

• Add checkboxes to resource downloader by @TheKodeToad in #3516, #4466 and #3820
• Allow the user to create a shortcut on the desktop and/or application folder by @sshcrack in #2966
• Create a unified dialog to ask user for offline name by @Octol1ttle in #4209
• Deploy PDBs with Windows MSVC debug builds by @getchoo in #3923
• Improve no loader dialog by @Pagwin2 in #4374
• Improve the message when component metadata fails to download by @TheKodeToad in #3884
• Lossless image asset compression by @txtsd and @Awqre in #3091
• Modernize launcher bundling by @getchoo in #3741
• More intuitive version changing for modpacks by @Mick235711 in #3841
• Override Ctrl+C functionality for ReviewMessageBox items by @dsch7705 in #4313
• Refactor ReviewMessageBox::appendResource by @dsch7705 in #4320
• Remove reference to deprecated Q_OS_OSX macro by @Mick235711 in #3824
• Remove unnecessary hardened runtime exceptions on macOS by @kthchew in #3150
• Replace QuaZip (and other archiving operations) with libarchive by @getchoo and @Trial97 in #3959, #4487, #4486 and #4459
• Rework the settings user interface by @TheKodeToad in #3534, #4303 and #4033
• Shallow search and lazy loading for Other Logs page by @TheKodeToad in #3664
• Start using patch versioning for launcher by @Ryex in #3605
• Update Modrinth Client/Server Filters to match Modrinth website & launcher. by @eff3ry in #3332
• Use Qt 6.10.1 on Linux and Windows by @DioEgizio in #4599
• Update in-tree flatpak to use KDE Platform 6.10 by @DioEgizio in #4452
• Updated App icon for macOS 26 by @ShadowPaint-SP in #4160
• Use C++20 by @Trial97 in #3957
• Use go-appimage to create AppImages by @getchoo in #4314
• Use libqrencode for MSA QR codes by @getchoo in #3956
• Use sharun to bundle AppImage by @getchoo in #4515
• Use sharun to bundle Linux portable builds by @DioEgizio in #4599
• Update to latest version of Sparkle framework by @DioEgizio in #4325
• Propagate Sink error handling by @Trial97 in #2631
• Updated flame mod resolution by @Trial97 in #1413
• Use new Mojang API endpoint for Username->UUID resolution by @Octol1ttle in #4012
• Improve blocked mods dialog by @Trial97 in #3378
• Disable deprecated Nix PIE flags by @Scrumplex in #4365
• Fix macOS icon generation, use AppID in desktop file template by @Octol1ttle in #4164

Fixed

• Add qtimageformats to Nix wrapper by @getchoo in #4606
• Add checkbox for LiteLoader in mod filter by @Mick235711 in #3572
• Allow http://localhost for meta by @TheKodeToad in #4477
• Apply selected style to NSWindow elements (e.g. title bar) on macOS by @kthchew in #3986
• Auth abort fixes by @TheKodeToad in #3851
• Check for mouse button before applying skin rotation by @dsch7705 in #4279
• Don’t always enable optional mods manually downloaded from CurseForge by @Trial97 in #3864
• Don’t re-define structs for newer MinGW versions by @getchoo in #3756
• Ensure correct image format when importing skin files by @Trial97 in #4053
• Fix sdkman search, add asdf search by @Octol1ttle in #4163
• Fix a crash that could happen installing an ATLauncher modpack by @Trial97 in #3868
• Fix fractional scaling issues on skin preview by @dsch7705 in #4310
• Fix issues with log level handling by @TheKodeToad in #4254
• Fix minor annoyances by @TheKodeToad in #4086
• Fix modpack search abort crash by @TheKodeToad in #4327
• Fix resourcepack parsing by @Trial97 in #4084
• Fix use after free collecting tasks from ResourceDownloadDialogs by @Ryex in #3670
• Fixed the maximized option on the newer Minecraft versions by @Trial97 in #1894
• Force disable xrandr if it is unavailable by @PeakKS in #4578
• Implement Reverse Z projection matrix for skin model by @dsch7705 in #4283
• Fix offline launches always failing by @Octol1ttle in #4436
• Make page sidebar look less disjointed on breeze by @TheKodeToad in #4465
• Only continue log level if line starts with whitespace by @TheKodeToad in #4430
• Properly refresh modpack search upon changing filters by @TheKodeToad in #4043
• Shorten LocalPeer socket names to fix CLI not working if an instance of the launcher is already running by @kthchew in #3630
• Trim unexpected info from pack.mcmeta by @dsch7705 in #4522
• Add support for neoforge in atl packs by @Trial97 in #4383
• Change java on modpack update by @Trial97 in #3379
• Ensure that both cape and skin are downloaded via https by @Trial97 in #4006
• Fix FTBA instance loading by @Bryntet in #4347
• Fix Pre-release filter by @Trial97 in #4563
• Fix accounts crash by @Trial97 in #4543
• Fix crash when failing to download file by @Trial97 in #4249
• Fix curseforge icon not working on newer versions of Qt on macOS by @DioEgizio in #4326
• Fix duplicate optional mods dialog appearing when updating a modpack by @Trial97 in #3475
• Fix mod update remaining disabled on second open by @Trial97 in #4573
• Fix no cape select by @Trial97 in #3511
• Fix partial java download by @Trial97 in #4472
• Fix typo in APIPage.ui by @NotAnonymous33 in #3916
• Set Modrinth logo names correctly by @Octol1ttle in #4356
• Accept skin files with same name by @Trial97 in #3755
• Prevent beginResetModel from being called before endResetModel by @Trial97 in #3657
• Fix a crash when task was canceled and abort signal was fired early by @Trial97 in #3712
• Fix a crash when the instance window is closed before download dialog is open by @Trial97 in #3614
• Escape quotes in shortcut creation arguments by @Trial97 in #3909
• Fix file filtering on modpack export by @Trial97 in #3710
• Fix icon import with dot in name by @Trial97 in #3919
• Load world sizes asynchronously by @Trial97 in #3651
• Fix Modrinth modpacks icon importing by @Trial97 in #4171
• Fix a nullptr access by @Ryex in #3690
• Prioritize .ftbapp/version.json in FTB App import by @CodingMarco in #4207
• Fix QR code overlapping with text when adding account by @Trial97 in #3753
• Warn before double-click toggling resource while game is running by @Gingeh in #4232
• Match disabled mods on uninstall by @Trial97 in #4544
• Preserve original file extension when importing modpack icon by @Trial97 in #4565
• Update FTB import to consider meta folder by @Trial97 in #4017

Removed

• De-vendor Qt and ECM CMake files by @getchoo in #4404
• Drop Qt5Compat by @Trial97 in #4176
• Drop ghc_filesystem by @Trial97 in #3608
• Remove icon from PageContainer header by @TheKodeToad in #4332
• Remove in-tree third party dependencies by @getchoo in #4405
• Remove macOS Legacy build by @Trial97 in #3607 and #3619
• Remove support for Qt 5 by @Trial97 in #2174
• [macOS] Remove support for macOS 11 by @Trial97 in #3611