Is modrinth.app safe?
http://modrinth.app/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (57 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
modrinth.app is a redirect to the official Modrinth platform, with no scam, malware or payment-fraud evidence found.
Visiting http://modrinth.app/ sends the browser straight to https://modrinth.com/app, the Modrinth App download page for the Minecraft mod-hosting platform run by Rinth, Inc. The landing page shows a 'Download Modrinth App' button and a preview of the application interface, alongside a catalogue of Minecraft mods and modpacks. Technical checks are clean: a valid encrypted connection, no browser threat feed warning, and zero malicious or suspicious detections across 93 engines. The domain is 1251 days old. The site's own terms state it is not an official Minecraft service and is not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft. Nothing in the evidence shows credential harvesting, malicious downloads, payment fraud or a deceptive commercial funnel, so the score sits in the Safe band.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 88/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. No adverse finding was saved; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsValid TLS, no browser threat feed warning, and 0 malicious or suspicious detections across 93 engines.
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 1251 days old.
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Visiting http://modrinth.app/ sends the browser straight to https://modrinth.com/app, the Modrinth App download page for the Minecraft mod-hosting platform run by Rinth, Inc. The landing page shows a 'Download Modrinth App' button and a preview of the application interface, alongside a catalogue of Minecraft mods and modpacks. Technical checks are clean: a valid encrypted connection, no browser threat feed warning, and zero malicious or suspicious detections across 93 engines. The domain is 1251 days old. The site's own terms state it is not an official Minecraft service and is not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft. Nothing in the evidence shows credential harvesting, malicious downloads, payment fraud or a deceptive commercial funnel, so the score sits in the Safe band.
What the site actually is
The scanned address is a redirect, not a standalone storefront: http://modrinth.app/ forwards the browser to https://modrinth.com/app. The destination is the Modrinth App page, and the screenshot shows a 'Download Modrinth App' button with a preview of the application interface.
The destination is the Modrinth platform for Minecraft content. Its pages list mods and modpacks such as AE2 Crystal Science, Music Config, Barnyard Buddies, Room For Two, Better Copper Equipment and Schematic Market, and the navigation offers Servers, Host a server, Settings and Get Modrinth App. The terms of use name Rinth, Inc. as the company behind the service.
The site is explicit about its relationship to Minecraft's owners: it states it is not an official Minecraft service and is not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft. That is a transparency statement, not a red flag.
Technical checks and operator terms
The saved technical checks are clean. The connection is encrypted with a valid certificate, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the file analysis shows 0 malicious and 0 suspicious detections across 93 engines. The registrable domain is 1251 days old, which is consistent with an established service rather than a throwaway address.
The operator's terms are standard platform boilerplate: the service is provided on an 'as is' and 'as available' basis, all warranties are disclaimed, and liability is limited. That is a legal posture common to software platforms and does not by itself indicate deceptive conduct.
One limitation should be noted: because the scanned address redirects to another site, the contact details on the destination were not attributed to the scanned domain, so the operator's contact information was not reviewed here. The landing page itself was read.
The commercial flow a visitor follows
The only cross-domain step is the redirect from modrinth.app to modrinth.com, which lands on the Modrinth App page. From there the visible call to action is 'Get Modrinth App', a download link for the open-source launcher.
The destination also carries ordinary platform commerce: a 'Host a server' entry point and a mod called Schematic Market described as a marketplace mod where players buy and place pre-made constructions using an in-game economy system. These are normal platform features, not an affiliate funnel, subscription trap or cross-domain order path.
Why the score is 88
The saved checks and analysis found no material threat. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 57 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 36 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Unrated
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
The screenshot shows the landing page for the Modrinth App, featuring a 'Download Modrinth App' button and a preview of the application interface.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
The screenshot shows the landing page for the Modrinth App, featuring a 'Download Modrinth App' button and a preview of the application interface.
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Download Modrinth App!
- Meta description
Modrinth App is a unique, open source launcher that allows you to play your favorite mods, and keep them up to date, all in one neat little package.
Pages we read
- Main page/appRead
- Terms/legal/termsRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Download Modrinth App!
What we observed
Saved browser evidence recorded cross domain landing.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01http://modrinth.app/ redirects the browser to https://modrinth.com/app, the Modrinth App download page.
- 02The registrable domain is 1251 days old.
- 03Because the scanned address redirects to another site, that site's contact details were not attributed to the scanned domain.
Web research findings
Independent findings for modrinth.app, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for modrinth.app. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainmodrinth.app
- Redirects tomodrinth.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
Domain Timeline
- May 25, 2023Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 3 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 28, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
modrinth.app has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
This is the certificate of modrinth.com, the site this URL lands on. Certificate issued for modrinth.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it. This is the address of modrinth.com, the site this URL lands on.
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://modrinth.app/
- 2200https://modrinth.com/appcross-domain
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Oct 28, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 28, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
modrinth.app is a redirect to the official Modrinth platform, with no scam, malware or payment-fraud evidence found.
Visiting http://modrinth.app/ sends the browser straight to https://modrinth.com/app, the Modrinth App download page for the Minecraft mod-hosting platform run by Rinth, Inc. The landing page shows a 'Download Modrinth App' button and a preview of the application interface, alongside a catalogue of Minecraft mods and modpacks. Technical checks are clean: a valid encrypted connection, no browser threat feed warning, and zero malicious or suspicious detections across 93 engines. The domain is 1251 days old. The site's own terms state it is not an official Minecraft service and is not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft. Nothing in the evidence shows credential harvesting, malicious downloads, payment fraud or a deceptive commercial funnel, so the score sits in the Safe band.
09 · Community
Community
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