Before i say i anything i wanna state that, yes i do know curseforge isn't a good company and they treat their mod creators like garbage, but that doesn't affect the app itself. I am not talking about the company, just the app.

I've heard a lot of bad things about the curseforge app but i don't really get them. The main complaint seems to be that the app uses a lot of ram/cpu power. But i don't get why people are saying this since you can just open the app, click play on a modpack, wait for minecraft launcher to open, and completely close the curseforge app. So i don't personally see anything too bad about the app. So my question is, should i switch to another launcher?

My friend has created a minecraft server that requires downloadind a modpack from CurseForge.

What is curseforge? I've heard that it is safe but there was some problem a month or two ago with malware. There is also virustotal that detects something in the launcher exe file.

So there goes my question: is it safe to use?

The three reasons below is written by RedstoneWizard, because I'm too lazy to write and edit it myself.

"Firstly, CurseForge's policies against launchers downloading their content are unnecessary and predatory, and effectively only push people to download mods using their proprietary launcher, which lacks support for platforms like Linux."

"Secondly, the revenue paid to creators by CurseForge is hundreds of times lower than the amounts paid out by Modrinth, and their transparency with these analytics leaves much to be desired. My personal experiences along with seeing other creators' statistics confirms this. Their claims of "70%" of ad revenue being given to creators are misleading if true at all, and the level of greed it takes to create this situation at all is simply incredible."

"Third, and finally, the final nail in the coffin - the Subnautica 2 situation. As shown by an announcement in the official Subnautica Modding Discord server, CurseForge has repeatedly attempted to insert itself into the Subnautica 2 modding space as the "platform of choice" for modders. They have gone so far as to attempt to bribe, solicit, and almost harass members of the modding community. Even when told to back down, they have instead focused solely on the monetary benefits of Subnautica 2 being a source of business for their platform."

But luckly- *clears throat* (my turn) -TBS is still on Modrinth and Prism Launcher. I'm not mad, I'm furious because of Curseforge! But soon, I will switch to either Modrinth or Prism Launcher, so wish me good luck figuring out how to move files into a new Minecraft launcher!

Thanks for letting me know about this RedstoneWizard (and also all the other Mods because they also made TBS)

Goodbye for now!

(note: I'm not trying to karma farm right now, I just REALLY wanted to tell you guys.)

(another note: ...What was I writing again?)

It genuinely feels like every project is reviewed by a different moderator who read the guidelines for the first time five minutes before starting their shift.

The (!) exact same mod version gets rejected today, approved tomorrow, and the day after that only the Fabric build is accepted while the NeoForge build is suddenly considered "suspicious". Apparently... today's moderator just decided to wear a bigger clown nose than yesterday's. There is no consistency. There is no logic. Just randomness disguised as "moderation."

If your review process requires someone to manually dig through tens of thousands of lines of the same project on every single release (Dream Displays, my development, is around ~40k lines of code), inventing a new reason for rejection every time, then the problem isn't the developer.

The most absurd part is that the exact same code can be considered "unacceptable" one day and perfectly fine a few hours or days later without any meaningful changes. If the outcome depends more on which moderator happens to review it than on the code itself, your moderation process is fundamentally broken.

The interface is a joke in its own right. Half the site is still stuck in a decade-old UI, the other half uses a newer one, and together they look like someone stitched two completely different websites together with worn-out duct tape. It honestly feels like nobody at the company has ever tried using their own platform, because otherwise it's impossible to explain this mess.

The developer experience is just as bad. Even the simplest tasks turn into an expedition through layers of old and new interfaces... Every release feels less like publishing an update and more like fighting a platform that seems actively designed to waste developers' time. There are no meaningful analytics. Image uploads are buggy. Everywhere you look, there are unfinished features and obvious rough edges.

And the funniest part is that this has been going on for years. There is no predictability, no respect for developers, and no apparent interest in making the process even remotely consistent.

You have only endless bureaucracy through support tickets, contradictory moderation decisions, and the feeling that every release has to win the lottery before anyone is allowed to see it.

I don't think a platform like this can be fixed anymore. It's beyond repair.