Minecraft launcher · Windows 10 & 11

saltClient

Lightweight. Clean. Yours.

A fast launcher with its own Fabric mods built in: a HUD you drag into place, zoom, freelook, toggle sprint, fullbright and a cleaner menu. It sets up every release from 1.21 to 26.3 for you.

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v0.1.0 · free · needs a Minecraft: Java Edition account

Salt's title screen in Minecraft 26.3: the Salt cube logo, the tagline Lightweight. Clean. Yours., and rounded Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Options, Mods and Quit buttons over a blurred world.
The Salt title screen, in game on 26.3

One accent, everywhere

Pick a colour in the launcher and the game follows: buttons, sliders, the HUD and the config screen all pick it up. Try it on this page.

The launcher

Make an instance. Press Play.

Each instance is its own Minecraft install with its own mods, worlds and settings. saltClient downloads the game, Java and Fabric, then adds the mods that actually support that version.

~140MBRAM with the launcher open
~5MBfor the Rust core itself
4.8MBinstaller download
RAM with the launcher open
  • saltClient140 MB
  • Minecraft Launcher347 MB
  • Lunar Client479 MB

Built in Rust with Tauri: the interface uses the WebView2 engine already in Windows instead of shipping its own copy of Chromium. Measured in Task Manager on the same Windows 11 PC, each launcher open with no game running, including all of its helper processes.

The Salt bundle

Performance mods go in automatically, matched to your version: Sodium, Lithium, FerriteCore, EntityCulling, ImmediatelyFast, ModernFix, Chlorine and more. Switch any of them off in Settings.

Modrinth and CurseForge

Browse mods, resource packs, shaders and modpacks from both sites inside the launcher, and install with one click. Dependencies come along.

HUD manager

Lay out FPS, CPS, ping, coordinates, keystrokes, armour, potions and more before you even launch. The layout syncs into every instance.

Sign-in that stays on your PC

Sign in through Microsoft in your own browser, so saltClient never sees your password. Tokens live in Windows Credential Manager. No analytics, no ads.

Read the privacy notes

Friends

See what friends are playing, chat, and send world invites. It runs on a small server you can host yourself, and it only ever learns your username.

Logs you can read

Game and launcher logs in one place, with sign-in tokens scrubbed out, so you can share a crash without sharing your account.

In game

Salt's own mods

Small, separate Fabric mods, one jar each. All keys can be changed under Controls → Salt.

The saltConfig screen: a rounded dark window listing the Salt mods and other installed mods on the left, with toggles and options for saltFreelook on the right.
saltConfig: every mod's settings in one place, including other mods' Cloth Config screens
saltHUD
FPS, CPS, ping, coordinates, keystrokes, armour, potions, clock, speed, reach, combo and a custom crosshair. Drag, resize and toggle each one in the editor (Right Shift → Edit HUD layout).
Right Shift
saltMenu
A clean title screen, and rounded, accent-tinted buttons, sliders and lists across vanilla menus. One click brings back the classic menu.
saltZoom
Smooth zoom with scroll to zoom further and a cinematic camera.
C hold
saltFreelook
Look around without turning, in third person.
Left Alt hold
saltToggleSprint
Toggle sprint and sneak, with a small on-screen indicator.
V B
saltFullbright
Full brightness without touching your gamma setting.
G
saltConfig
The settings screen for all of the above, plus a mod list.
Right Shift
Minecraft's Options screen with Salt's rounded dark buttons and an accent-filled FOV slider.
Vanilla Options, reskinned. Modded screens that use vanilla widgets get the same look.

Versions

From 1.21 to 26.3

Minecraft changes its code a little almost every release, so Salt's mods are built once per group of versions that share the same code. Every release in a group gets the same jars.

  1. 26.326.3Tested
  2. 26.226.2Tested
  3. 26.126.126.1.126.1.2Tested
  4. 1.21.111.21.11Tested
  5. 1.21.91.21.91.21.10Tested
  6. 1.21.61.21.61.21.71.21.8Tested
  7. 1.21.21.21.21.21.31.21.41.21.5Builds
  8. 1.211.211.21.1Tested
  9. 1.8.91.81.8.9Launcher only, mods coming

"Tested" means the game booted to the Salt title screen with every Salt mod loaded. Vanilla instances work on any of these versions too.

FAQ

Questions

Do I need to own Minecraft?

Yes. saltClient launches the official Minecraft: Java Edition and checks that your account owns it. It doesn't unlock or share the game.

Will this get me banned on servers?

Salt's mods are visual and quality-of-life only, like other popular PvP clients: HUD, zoom, freelook, toggle sprint and fullbright. Some servers have their own rules about client mods, so check a server's rules if you're unsure.

What does saltClient collect?

Nothing for itself. There are no analytics or telemetry. Sign-in tokens stay in Windows Credential Manager and only go to Microsoft and Mojang. Full privacy notes.

Mac or Linux?

Not yet. saltClient is built with Tauri, so other platforms are possible later, but only Windows is built and tested today.

Windows says the installer isn't recognised

The installer isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn you. Click More info, then Run anyway. You can also build it yourself from the source.

Ready when you are

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