The question of whether has been a major point of contention in the Minecraft community since October 2022. While the launcher is functional today, its safety is often viewed through the lens of trust and project governance rather than just active malware. The 2022 "Hostile Takeover" Explained
When the PolyMC maintainer locked the repository, the rest of the development team (who had been locked out) exercised their rights under open-source licenses. They took the existing code—before the controversial changes—and forked it into a new project: . polymc safe