Stand alone client

The Minecraft stand alone client is a downloadable offline client that was released on June 30th 2010 for Windows, MacOS X and other systems that support Java such as Linux. It currently only runs Alpha but is able to connect to survival multiplayer servers as well. Client mods only work with the stand alone client as they directly modify minecraft.jar, the executable of Minecraft.

Download
The stand alone client only requires an internet connection for the first time run and for automatic updates.
 * Windows, MacOS X, and Linux downloads

Function Keys
There are some keys that are not changeable via Options that perform special functions within the stand alone client.

Note: Function keys that must be held (F1 and F3) can instead be toggled by pressing alt afterwards.