Minecraft, ready out of the box.

A lightweight launcher with a minimap, waypoints, HUD editor, chat tools, cosmetics and emotes built in. Nothing to install, no mods to manage — just sign in and play.

Download for Windows See features

Version 1.0Windows 10/11 64-bit~95 MBMicrosoft account required

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Features

Everything you’d add with mods — already there

Horizon features run in every Minecraft 26.2 and 26.3 game you start from Horizon Client, Vanilla or Fabric. Nothing goes in your mods folder.

Minimap & waypoints

A live minimap in the corner, waypoints with beams in the world, and an automatic death waypoint. B adds one, J lists them.

HUD & overlay editor

Drag, resize and toggle widgets: coordinates, FPS, ping, armour, potions, keystrokes, health and more.

Better chat

Timestamps, a ping when someone says your name, spam stacking, Ctrl+click to copy and a word filter.

Cosmetics & emotes

Capes, wings, hats, auras and a mini-me that follows you. Emote wheel on V. Seen by other Horizon players.

Instances & accounts

Separate setups for every version, several running at once, and multiple Microsoft accounts with a quick switcher.

Mods & resource packs

Browse Modrinth and CurseForge, or drop in your own files. Only versions that fit your instance are shown.

Quick Play

Join HorizonRealms or any favourite server in one click, with live player counts and ping right in the launcher.

Game tweaks

Zoom on C, full bright, custom crosshair, toggle sprint and sneak, auto reconnect and hide totem animation.

Screenshots

Take a look

Real screenshots from the launcher and the game.

The launcher: Your skin by the campfire, one-click launch, Quick Play, live servers and news. — **The launcher** · Your skin by the campfire, one-click launch, Quick Play, live servers and news.

In-game title screen: Horizon’s own title screen, with your character roasting marshmallows. — **In-game title screen** · Horizon’s own title screen, with your character roasting marshmallows.

Horizon menu: Every feature in one place: search, favourites and the HUD editor (Right Shift). — **Horizon menu** · Every feature in one place: search, favourites and the HUD editor (Right Shift).

Options hub: All Minecraft settings and Horizon features in one clean screen. — **Options hub** · All Minecraft settings and Horizon features in one clean screen.

Character: Pick capes, hats, auras, mini-me and your emote wheel with a live 3D preview. — **Character** · Pick capes, hats, auras, mini-me and your emote wheel with a live 3D preview.

Get started

Up and running in three steps

Download

Get HorizonClient.exe. It’s one file — no installer, no extra downloads.

HorizonClient.exe

Open it

Double-click HorizonClient.exe.

If Windows shows “Windows protected your PC”, click More info → Run anyway. This appears because the app isn’t code-signed yet.

Sign in & play

Sign in with your Microsoft account, then press Launch. The first launch downloads Minecraft and Java, so give it a few minutes.

System requirements

What you need

System: Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
Account: Microsoft account that owns Minecraft: Java Edition
Memory: 8 GB RAM recommended
Space: ~1 GB free for the game and Java

Play on HorizonRealms

Our home server. Use Quick Play in the launcher, or add this address:

Join the Discord