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Install badlion-client with Homebrew Cask
Minecraft launcher. Version 4.5.4 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Project history and usage
Badlion Client is a customized Minecraft client and mod launcher focused on bundled gameplay mods, overlays, cosmetics, and performance improvements.
Project history
Badlion grew from a Minecraft community platform into a branded client that combined a launcher, bundled mods, cosmetics, performance improvements, and client-side anti-cheat technology.
Badlion Client 4.0 consolidated its full and Lite variants and refreshed the mod interface. By 2026 the official download flow had moved to Lunar Client.
Adoption history
Badlion describes itself as a Minecraft community platform with more than eight years of history and presents the client as a free modpack with over 100 mods and frame-rate optimization.
The official 2026 product page states that Badlion Client is now launched through Lunar Client, marking a shift from a standalone launcher to an experience distributed through another Minecraft client platform.
How it is used
Players install the launcher, authenticate for Minecraft play, select a supported game version, and enable bundled mods and overlays through the client interface. Current official downloads are delivered through Lunar Client.
Why package nerds care
The cask represents the desktop distribution side of the Minecraft client ecosystem, where launchers bundle performance changes, overlays, cosmetics, and large curated mod collections rather than behaving like conventional single-purpose games.
Timeline
- 2013: Badlion's official site dates the community platform's beginnings to this period
- 2024: Badlion Client 4.0 promoted a unified client and revised mod interface
- 2026: The official site began directing users to launch Badlion Client through Lunar Client
Related projects
- Minecraft: Java Edition
- Lunar Client
- Badlion Client Mod API
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security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for badlion-client. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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executables
Installed executables
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freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-11-04
manager version4.5.4
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.badlion.net/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:badlion-client |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.5.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/badlion-client |
| Homepage | https://www.badlion.net/ |
| Upstream docs | https://www.badlion.net/ |
| Source archive | https://client-updates.badlion.net/Badlion%20Client-4.5.4-arm64.dmg |
| SHA-256 | 12afdfe3a8bd5ed6143cd5d251cf051bed7a119cf2fd6ea3984185a0e36d3539 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | badlion-client |
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| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
source trail
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This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
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- cross-ecosystem install command graph
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