The Agora Difference

Why "Agora"?

The name "Agora" comes from the ancient Greek word for a public gathering place. Just as the Agora was the heart of social and political life in ancient Athens, Agora is designed to be a central hub for the Minecraft modding community.

What makes Agora unique

Agora works to bring user-friendliness, advanced features, and multiple sources of mods together in one place. Most launchers and mod platforms are run for profit, alienate non-tech savvy and visual focused users, are littered with ads, and/or bury great mods under a mountain of mediocre downloads. Agora is the opposite — it puts the community in charge and keeps the experience personal, private, and free. Too much of the modding community is built around which platform is used and their philosophies. Modding was never meant to be an industry, it was meant to be a community. As with the Origin of the word in ancient Greece Agora is the beating heart that brings that community together.

The pillars

• Customizable to you

  Theme every corner of Agora — fonts, colors, density, corners, motion, and more. If it does not feel like yours, keep tuning until it does.

• Democratic community voting

  The community votes on what belongs in the curated list. No corporate editors, no pay-to-play — the players decide what is worth keeping.

• Open source

  Every line of the launcher, the compiler, and the catalog is public. Anyone can read it, audit it, and contribute to it.

• Free and ad-free

  Agora costs nothing and shows no ads. There is no data-mining business model hiding behind the launcher — it exists to serve the community.

• Transparent

  The catalog, the votes, the review history, and the moderation log are all public. What changed, who voted, and why is never hidden.

• Donations, not for-profit

  Agora is funded by the people who use it — through donations that keep the lights on — not by selling your attention or your data. If Agora has made your modding easier or more enjoyable, please consider sponsoring to keep it free and to support awesome new projects in the future.

  ♥ Sponsor on GitHub — support Agora’s future

• Autonomous and decentralized

  Agora does not depend on a corporate backend. Data ships through GitHub Release Assets and static files, so the platform keeps working on your terms.

• Controller support

  Unlike other launchers, Agora is designed to be fully navigable with a controller. Browse, vote, launch Minecraft,and install mods without ever touching a keyboard or mouse.

Tailored and accessible for you

Agora is built for the person in front of the screen. Interface scaling, high-contrast themes, reduced motion, screen-reader-friendly labels, and a curated catalog that gets out of your way — all of it is designed so the launcher works the way you need it to, not the way a marketing team wants you to use it.

Get involved

Agora is a community project. Browse the source, review and vote on entries, join the conversation, or support the project with a donation so it can stay free and ad-free for everyone. You can also read the docs to learn how it all fits together.