Vanta v1.8

Downloads

File	Best for	Size
Vanta.exe	Most users — one file, run and play. Also what the built-in auto-updater delivers.	94.6 MB
Vanta-1.8-standalone.zip	If your antivirus dislikes single-file executables — unzip anywhere and run Vanta.exe from the folder.	36 MB

Tip

Prefer the standalone ZIP if Windows Defender complains about the single .exe. Keep the whole unzipped folder together — the executable needs its files beside it.

What's new in v1.8

• Native compilation — built with Nuitka instead of PyInstaller: real native code, no runtime self-extraction into a random %TEMP%\_MEIxxxx folder on every start
• Zero raw Windows API calls — every ctypes call was removed from the codebase: taskbar geometry now comes from Qt screen metrics, RAM detection from psutil, and the launch watchdog reads the game's own log output
• Standardized process handling — explicit stdio redirections and standard process flags on every subprocess
• Verifiable downloads — SHA-256 published here and on getvanta.xyz

Verify your download

SHA-256:

369ad2b5ae22f0b5c849915db3dffd2178bb4d23f91e9519f971079dde493892

Get-FileHash .\Vanta.exe -Algorithm SHA256

Windows Defender notice

Important

Defender's machine-learning heuristic may flag the single-file build as Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml. This is a false positive — a known issue with unsigned single-file executables.

Vanta is MIT-licensed open source — every line is auditable. It contains no telemetry and talks only to Mojang's servers, the Modrinth API, and minotar.net for skins.

If flagged:

1. Restore the file from quarantine — Windows Security → Protection history
2. Report the false positive at microsoft.com/wdsi/filesubmission — choose Software developer
3. Or simply use the standalone ZIP above

Code-signed builds are planned.

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v1.7 users: the built-in auto-updater will offer this update automatically.