<aside> <img src="/icons/calendar_gray.svg" alt="/icons/calendar_gray.svg" width="40px" /> 22nd August 2023
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With recent events like the CurseForge attack fresh in people’s minds, we’re seeing more users than usual becoming aware of what they’re actually downloading! We’ve always worked hard to ensure the safety of our users, but we also want to hear your concerns and make sure that you feel safe using Essential 💙
Although a lot of people enjoy the convenience of auto-updates, we know the importance of having control over what you download. We’ve been working on resolving this for a while, and are happy to finally announce that our latest update turns auto-updating off by default, and makes it opt-in only, so you can choose what works best for you!
We’re taking steps to expand our open-source initiatives! Currently, we publish the libraries and tools we use to build Essential, including Elementa, a declarative GUI library for Minecraft; UniversalCraft, a library for creating mods across multiple Minecraft versions; Vigilance, a configuration GUI library built using Elementa, and the Essential Gradle Toolkit, a Gradle plugin providing various utility methods and common code required to set up a multi-version Minecraft mod.