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Life & fun · February 5, 2024

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Browsercraft – Unmodified Minecraft in the browser

CheerpJ: a WebAssembly JVM running unmodified Java in the browser - Minecraft 1.2.5 proof-of-concept demo.

Browsercraft – Unmodified Minecraft in the browser launched on February 5, 2024 with 6 votes and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

What it does

This is a proof-of-concept demo of Minecraft 1.2.5 running unmodified in the browser. CheerpJ is a WebAssembly JVM for the browser that can run any Java application, applet and library in the browser. Java 8, 11 and 17 are currently supported. Advanced features such as multithreading, reflection and custom classloaders are also fully supported, for more information you can join our Discord . Browsercraft runs unmodified Minecraft (version 1.2.5) in the browser using CheerpJ , a Java runtime for modern browsers. The experience is intentionally limited to 3 minutes; please refer to minecraft.net for the full game. It is not a replacement for the official Minecraft, nor a reimplementation in…from browsercraft.cheerpj.com

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