Versions & loaders
Official Mojang manifests plus Fabric, Quilt, Forge and NeoForge. Mirror fallback, resume, and a SHA-1 check on every last file.
Minecraft Java Edition · Windows 10 / 11
One launcher.
Every version.
SalmonLauncher installs, launches and tunes Minecraft: Java Edition — verified downloads, per-instance mods, a self-hosted relay, and diagnostics that explain a crash instead of dumping a log at you.
- Current version
- 1.0.3 Released Nov 2026
- Interface
- 4 ZH · ZH-Hant · EN · JA
- Mod loaders
- 4 Fabric · Quilt · Forge · NeoForge
- Packages
- 2 Installer · portable ZIP
01 —
Capabilities
Six areas, one windowNot a web wrapper: from the version manifest to the game process, every layer runs inside one local application.
A pipeline you can watch
Metadata, libraries, natives, assets, Java and arguments — each step reported live, instead of a frozen window and a prayer.
Instances stay isolated
Per-instance mods, resource packs, shaders, saves and logs. Toggling a mod renames the extension — your files never move.
Multiplayer without a maze
Host a relay, scan the LAN, or swap an invite code. Ports are picked for you, no port-forwarding homework required.
Modrinth built in
Search mods, shaders and resource packs, then install straight into the selected instance. The category picks the folder.
Crashes, translated
Reads the tail of latest.log, matches known signatures, and explains the cause and the fix in plain language.
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Integrity
Downloads you can audit
PIPELINE / VERIFY
Every byte has a receipt
The transfer engine does not stop at “installed”. After primary retries, mirror fallback and resume, it re-checks the file against the manifest's SHA-1 or SHA-256 — and deletes and re-downloads on a mismatch.
- Bounded concurrency, 2–16 connections, 6–8 by default
- Automatic full re-write when a server ignores Range
- HTTP/1.1 plus a 60-second streaming watchdog for large overseas files
- A source allow-list: Mojang, bmclapi2, Adoptium, GitHub and TUNA only
transfer / 26.3SHA-1 OK
libraries · 74 filesDONE
assets · 3,204 objectsDONE
natives · windows-x64DONE
java · temurin-25VERIFY
launch · pid 6844QUEUED
03 —
Download
1.0.3 · two packagesInstaller
RecommendedSL-Setup-1.0.3-win64.exe
Four-language setup wizard, Start menu and desktop shortcuts, uninstall entry included.
Go to downloadPortable
No installSL-1.0.3-portable-win64.zip
Unzip and run. Writes nothing to the registry, which makes it handy on a USB drive.
Go to downloadBoth packages bundle the .NET 10 and Windows App SDK runtimes, so there is nothing else to install.
Next machine
Put launching on an instrument panel.
Windows 10 2004+ and 11 · x64 only · GPL-3.0-or-later