Minecraft Bedrock for Windows, running on Linux, with real Xbox sign-in, Friends, servers and Realms.
BedrockOnLinux installs and runs the Windows version of Minecraft Bedrock on Linux. It downloads the game from the Microsoft Store with your own account, sets everything up for you, and starts it. No Windows, no second machine, nothing to compile.
You sign in to Microsoft from inside Minecraft, exactly as on Windows, so Friends, invitations, public servers, Realms and the Marketplace work like they should. Nothing goes through a third party.
You can also play without signing in to Xbox Live: single-player worlds and LAN games work, only the online features are out of reach. Starting the game does need an internet connection, though: a game downloaded from the Microsoft Store stays encrypted on disk, and Microsoft hands out the key to it each time it starts. Achievements show up in the game, but they don't unlock yet.
Download the file you want from the latest release.
| Format | Best for | How to start it |
|---|---|---|
| AppImage | Most Linux desktops | ./BedrockOnLinux-*-x86_64.AppImage |
.deb |
Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, LMDE | sudo apt install ./bedrock-on-linux_*_amd64.deb |
.rpm |
Fedora, Nobara | sudo dnf install ./bedrock-on-linux-*.x86_64.rpm |
| Flatpak | Atomic systems such as Bazzite | flatpak install --user ./BedrockOnLinux-*-x86_64.flatpak |
| Nix | NixOS, or any Linux with Nix installed | nix run github:Wyze3306/BedrockOnLinux |
The launcher tells you when a new version is out. The AppImage updates itself.
The .deb and .rpm update themselves too, through apt or dnf: Update now
downloads the new package, checks it against the release's checksums, and
asks for your password to install it. For the Flatpak, download the new file
and install it with the same command.
Keep --user for the Flatpak: without it, Flatpak installs a second,
system-wide copy, and the menu keeps starting the per-user one at the old
version. flatpak uninstall --system io.github.wyze3306.BedrockOnLinux