What is minecraft-launcher-icons?

This repository provides custom icons for Minecraft launcher programs like Prism Launcher, MultiMC, and PolyMC. It offers two main things: a set of ready-made icons you can download and use directly, and a framework that generates those icons programmatically. The visual style is inspired by a set of version-specific launcher icons originally posted online by a Reddit user named AstroTibs. To install the ready-made icons, you download a zip file from the project's releases page on GitHub and unzip it into your Prism Launcher icons folder. The default location is an "icons" folder inside your Prism Launcher configuration directory, but you can change or find this location in the launcher's settings under General, then Folders, then Icons. For people who want to build their own icons, the project includes shell scripts that run on Unix-like systems and require ImageMagick version 7 or later. You define what icons you want by editing two text files: one that lists background images, and one that lists Minecraft versions along with overlay images, visual effects, and version names. Running a single script generates all the icons and places them in organized output folders. You can customize the icons by adding your own background images and overlay graphics. Overlays must be exactly 128 by 128 pixels, and the project validates this during generation. Each version entry can apply one of three visual effects: no decoration, a soft shadow, or a colored glow behind the overlay. You can also create alternate versions of an icon that get saved in a separate subdirectory. The framework was built by reverse-engineering how the original AstroTibs icons were made, then extending the set with Minecraft versions released after version 1.21. The project stresses that it is not official or affiliated with Mojang, Microsoft, or any of the launcher projects. The Minecraft visual materials used in the icons remain copyrighted by Mojang and Microsoft, and the project follows Mojang's published usage guidelines.