prismlauncher(6)

NAME

prismlauncher - a launcher and instance manager for Minecraft.

SYNOPSIS

prismlauncher [OPTIONS...]

DESCRIPTION

Prism Launcher is a custom launcher for Minecraft that allows you to easily manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once. It also allows you to easily install and remove mods by simply dragging and dropping. Here are the current features of Prism Launcher.

OPTIONS

-d, --dir=DIRECTORY
    Use DIRECTORY as the Prism Launcher root.

-l, --launch=INSTANCE_ID
    Launch the instance specified by INSTANCE_ID.

--show=INSTANCE_ID
    Show the configuration window of the instance specified by INSTANCE_ID.

--alive
    Write a small 'live.check' file after Prism Launcher starts.

-h, --help
    Display help text and exit.

-v, --version
    Display program version and exit.

-a, --profile=PROFILE
    Use the account specified by PROFILE (only valid in combination with --launch).

ENVIRONMENT

The behavior of the launcher can be customized by the following environment variables, besides other common Qt variables:

QT_LOGGING_RULES
    Specifies which logging categories are shown in the logs. One can enable/disable multiple categories by separating them with a semicolon (;).

    The specific syntax, and alternatives to this setting, can be found at https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qloggingcategory.html#configuring-categories.

QT_MESSAGE_PATTERN
    Specifies the format in which the console output will be shown.

    Available options, as well as syntax, can be viewed at https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtglobal.html#qSetMessagePattern.

EXIT STATUS

0
    Success

1
    Failure (syntax or usage error; configuration error; unexpected error).

BUGS

https://github.com/PrismLauncher/PrismLauncher/issues

RESOURCES

GitHub: https://github.com/PrismLauncher/PrismLauncher

Main website: https://prismlauncher.org

AUTHORS

MultiMC & Prism Launcher Contributors