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What do you think, forge, modloader or magic launcher?

Modloader, of course. It isn't actually the same as Forge, and it mostly causes mod conflicts and is incompatible with most mods.

ModLoader and Forge are a Mod API.
MagicLauncher is a custom launcher.

I use ModLoader. I don't use Forge because my friend and I play LAN worlds a lot and he doesn't like forge.
When I tried MagicLauncher, it was really buggy and I still needed ModLoader.

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ModLoader and Forge are a Mod API.
MagicLauncher is a custom launcher.

Indeed true, but its just a poll, I'm wondering what people think of each. Also, be sure to vote! It seems as though all 3 of these need to be improved though, but forge has a lead on the best modding, um, thing. Keep on voting though!

It's not even a competition, really. Mods use Forge, that's just the way it is these days. Support for ModLoader has fallen far far by the wayside, and to continue to use it exclusively will restrict you to old versions (several versions now...) and a very limited pool of mods. ModLoader support was written into Forge, but it is not guaranteed to work with all ModLoader mods.

But honestly, I can't think of any noteworthy mods that have stuck with ModLoader.

And MagicLauncher is simply a launching GUI, somewhat akin to Feed the Beast or Tekkit. While it remains useful, to be honest, Forge isn't all that hard to wrangle without it. But then again, maybe I'm old fashioned.