Note from Modgrade
This launcher lets you play Minecraft without buying it, so we do not link to it, to its site or to its files. This page lets you check a copy you already have: the fingerprints of its official files, our check of them, and the fake sites that copy it. A bought copy gives you an official account and access to the servers that require one: minecraft.net .
How we got this result
- Files checkedWe compare the fingerprint and the content of each file with the malware we and others have found, and look at what is inside it.1 of 1 official fileLast checked on 2 Nov 2026
- Deep checkOur own tools read the code of each current file and look for what harmful code does, like stealing logins or running hidden programs.1 of 1 official fileLast checked on 2 Nov 2026
- Passed Nothing harmful found in its only official file.Our checks look for known signs of harm. They cannot prove that a file is harmless.
At a glance
- Download
- Official files for every system.
- Fake sites
- 3 fake sites found.
- Releases
- No release dates published.
Every official file
See each file in ReleasesThe files of its download page, by system and kind of download.
Have a copy of Legacy Launcher? Check that it is the official one.
Drop it here. We compare its fingerprint with the official Legacy Launcher files and the files of the fake sites we know.
Source and links
- Source code
- Public on dl.llaun.ch
- Official site
- llaun.ch
Official site
3 sites use its name to give other files. See Fake sites
- Official site
- llaun.ch
- Account
- A Microsoft account or a free Ely.by account.
- Downloads halted
- Its site says downloads have been halted after a complaint from Mojang. Only the Java starter (bootstrap) still downloads.
Passed
Nothing harmful found in its only official file.
Our checks look for known signs of harm. They cannot prove that a file is harmless.
What we checked
A launcher runs on your computer like any program, and it downloads the game and its mods, so harmful code in it can steal your accounts or files.
- Files checkedEach official file is downloaded on a separate machine, opened with every file inside it and never run. ClamAV, a free antivirus, and our YARA rules look for known signs of harm in all of it.
- Its only official file, with every file inside it.
- Deep checkOur own tools read the Java code in the files and look for what harmful code does, like stealing logins or running hidden programs. They read Java code only.
- Its only official file.
- Not read
- The installer, disk image, Linux package and portable build: their addresses answer with an error since the downloads were halted.
What we found
What its Java code can do. None of this is harmful by itself: many launchers and mods do the same.
- Accepts connections from other computers
- The code references server sockets or an embedded web server. Used by some tools for local web interfaces, profilers, or LAN features.
- Can connect to the internet
- It has code that can go online, for example to check for updates, sign you in or download the game. What it sends is in Privacy.
- Can download and run new code
- One class references both network APIs and class loading. This is the pattern of auto-updating loaders, but also of some harmful programs. Only the source of the downloaded data tells which.
- Contains code made for your system
- Native libraries (.dll, .so, .dylib) run outside the Java sandbox. Used for speed, compression, audio, graphics or database engines.
- Contains packed files it does not list
- Files packed inside the file that its own description does not list. In a launcher these are usually the libraries it needs.
- Creates code while it runs
- The code can create or load pieces of code while it runs. Launchers load the game, its mod loaders and their own modules this way.
- Starts other programs
- The code can start another program on your computer. Common reasons: opening a web link or a folder, reading hardware information, launching a helper tool.
What is inside
The 1 file inside LegacyLauncher.jar.
- Jar files inside
- 1 file.
- Programs for Windows, Mac or Linux
- None.
- Graphics
- None.
Every file
- LegacyLauncher.jar10768 KB
Goes online
No sign it sends data about you.
- Its code
- Can contact 1 web address.
We find the web addresses its code can contact, but we cannot see everything a launcher does while it runs. Wrong result? Tell us
What we checked
A launcher can send information about you over the internet, such as your player name or your login.
- Deep checkWe read the code and list each web address it can contact, and what it sends. We leave out code that is never used.
- The Java code of its only file that holds some. See each file in Releases
- Web address
- Address built while it runsThe code builds this address while it runs, so it is not written in the file.: Purpose not known.
Releases
Current files: the official files of its download page.
| Current file | Version | System | Released | File | Our check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All systemsBootstrap jar | LegacyLauncher.jar10.5 MB SHA-256 09ba7517c8… | PassedNo harmful code found. Checked on 2 Nov 2026.2 Nov 2026 |
A fake site uses the name of Legacy Launcher to offer its download from an address that is not the official one.
How to know the official site
- Official site
- llaun.ch
- Also leads there
- legacylauncher.net, legacylauncher.org and legacylauncher.ru send you to llaun.ch.
- Files come from
- dl.llaun.ch
- SHA-256A fingerprint of the file. The same fingerprint means the same file, byte for byte.
- LegacyLauncher.jar09ba7517c8a9b30780ff9a6de230b8905247835ae0da914d66991e2b3b4b6c4e
The 3 fake sites we found
Of these, 1 gives a file that is not the official one and 2 no file we could get. Sites in one fold share their pages and their download.
legacy-launcher.siteNot the official fileOnline
Registered at REG.RU on 3 Nov 2025, on the same server as the fake Prism Launcher and TLauncher sites.
Its button goes through an advertising redirect to a page for a download manager. The file on the site itself is LegacyLauncher.exe (117 MB).
- legacy-launcher.siteOnline. Its download buttons give a file that is not the official one.
Its download
Our scanners found nothing known in it. It is not a file of the official download page today.
It gives LegacyLauncher.exe (117 MB). It is not a file of the official download page today: its SHA-256, a fingerprint of the file, matches none of them. It is not signed. It describes itself as Legacy Launcher Stable Setup Legacy Launcher Team. ClamAV and our YARA rules found nothing in it and the 3 files inside it.
Technical details
- LegacyLauncher.exe
SHA-256 7a8e9444954e129597df710db3110b477f82fa2aab762428591487fdf91271a7
legacylauncher.wikiNo file we could getIts links lead to the official files.Online
Registered at Spaceship in July 2026 with the same name servers as sklauncherdownload.wiki and featherclientdownload.wiki, and as a download site for another program (iCUE). A 15-second countdown and ads before each link.
Its links lead to the official files.
- legacylauncher.wikiOnline. Its links lead to the official files.
Its download
Its links lead to the official files.
llaunch.vercel.appNo file we could getIts files are in a Google Drive folder, which we do not follow.Online
A page that calls itself an unofficial site of Legacy Launcher, made after the downloads were halted.
Its button leads to a Google Drive folder.
- llaunch.vercel.appOnline. Its files are in a Google Drive folder, which we do not follow.
Its download
Its files are in a Google Drive folder, which we do not follow.
If you downloaded a file from one of these sites
- Drop the file in the Scanner. It tells you if it is an official file of Legacy Launcher or a file of these sites.
- If it is not an official file and you have not opened it, delete it.
- If you opened it: run a full scan with your antivirus. On Windows, the built-in one is Microsoft Defender, in the Windows Security app.
- If you signed in to the launcher it installed: use "sign out everywhere" in your Microsoft security settings and change your Microsoft account password.
- Downloads
- Not publishedLegacy Launcher does not publish how many times it is downloaded.
- License
- Source availablePublic on GitHub
About
Legacy Launcher is a free Minecraft launcher, and its site says it has no paid features. It can install popular Forge and Fabric versions in a few clicks, and both can also be installed manually. Players can use a free Ely.by account to change their skin. The launcher is offered as an installer for Windows, a disk image for macOS, a Flatpak, a Debian package and a .jar file, and as a portable build. Its site says the source code is available.
Written from its official pages: llaun.ch. How we write it