PolyMC 8.0 has been released

02 Oct 2026release

This release contains some juicy new features, alongside UI enhancements, bug fixes for modpack providers and legacy versions, and most importantly: the ability to play on blacklisted servers, such as 6b6t!

Features #

• Servers that are otherwise blacklisted by Microsoft can now be played on, such as 6b6t. @crueter in #1794
• You can now download resource, texture, and shader packs from Modrinth or Curseforge. This works in beta versions too! @crueter in #1804
• The instance server list has been improved, now showing important data (player count, icons, etc.). @Kaydax in #1730
• Old versions of Minecraft with Forge installed previously did not work with modern Java 8 runtimes. The new "Ignore Forge security errors" option allows modern Java runtimes to bypass this and play old versions of Minecraft with Forge. @crueter in #1795
• You can now use the Loki Yggdrasil agent as a custom authentication alternative for versions 0.0.18a to 1.6.4. @thedirtybubble in #1790
• You can now use locally hosted HTTP metadata servers. @JackOfNoneTrades in #1762
• Windows on ARM now has a setup executable (Windows 11 only). @crueter in #1797
• Linux AppImages can now automatically update themselves if a new upstream version is present. @crueter in #1788

UI Improvements #

• You can now add the same account name to multiple different services/hosts. @prozacgod in #1727
• Offline usernames are now checked for general validity, alongside previous length requirements. @hustlerone in #1737
• The offline login dialog now focuses on the username textbox by default. @crueter in #1752
• RAM allocation values below 1024 MiB now warn the user, but it can now be set as low as 8 MiB for very old versions. @crueter in #1787
• You can choose to ignore duplicated Java runtimes in the version selection screen. This is mostly useful on Linux. @crueter in #1799
• The log searching function will now automatically wrap its search if you reach the bottom or top. @crueter in #1798

Bug Fixes #

• The macOS icon has been updated to support macOS 26 and above. @crueter in #1796
• Font scaling on macOS has been fixed. @crueter in #1796
• Editing the maximum RAM allocation with a low minimum could cause strange behavior due to max >= min checks. @crueter in #1791
• Curseforge modpacks could potentially specify overrides that broke out of the dedicated staging path, which was a security risk. You are now warned if this is the case. @crueter in #1805
• Certain older texture packs may have had invalid or unreadable descriptions. Most of these will now display properly. @crueter in #1808
• ATLauncher modpacks now support NeoForge. @Kaydax in #1759
• Fixed ATLauncher modpacks crashing the launcher during installation if Liteloader was present. @crueter in #1793
• Fixed FTB modpacks being unable to download, or not being present in the modpack search menu. @crueter in #1792

Full Changelog: https://github.com/PolyMC/PolyMC/compare/7.1...8.0

You can grab the latest download here for your respective platform.

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