Launcher Comparison

Unity Hub 2.x vs UnityLauncherPro

Feature	UnityHub	LauncherPro	Info
Explorer integration	❌	✅	Right click in Explorer folder to open project
Portable, single exe	❌	✅	No need to install
Startup time	?	?	Lower is better
CPU usage	?	?	Lower is better
Processes	3	1	Lower is better
Memory usage	155 MB	38 MB	Lower is better
Disk usage	+506 MB	0.216 MB	Lower is better
Files	+309	1	How many files in total. Lower is better
Keyboard accessibility	❌	✅	Can navigate and search projects without using mouse
Commandline support	?	✅	For launching projects from batch files
1-click create new project	❌	✅	With selected unity version
1-click open ADB logcat	❌	✅	With console colors
1-click browse Editor logs folder	❌	✅
1-click browse Crash logs folder	❌	✅
1-click browse AssetStore folder	❌	✅
Shortcut key for terminating Unity	❌	✅	If unity hangs, press alt+q to kill selected project Unity.exe
Easy project version copy	❌	✅	Copy unity version from selected project
Easy project path copy	❌	✅	Copy project folder path from selected project
Show missing projects	❌	✅	Display project even if the folder has been moved/removed
Show GIT branch	❌	✅
Custom commandline arguments for project	✅*	✅	*Hub: Args not visible in the main window
View Unity release notes	❌	✅	1-click
View list of all unity releases	❌	✅	old and new
View build reports	❌	✅	1-click
Unity Learn tutorials & projects	✅	❌
Project templates	✅	✅	HDRP, URP, Starter templates
Streamer Mode	❌	✅	Hides project folders and names
Easy project upgrade	❌	✅	Launcher offers next higher Unity version
1-click browse persistentDataPath	❌	✅	Opens Application.persistentDataPath folder for selected project
Auto-update Hub	✅	❌	For the hub
Install Hub	✅	❌	For the hub
Uninstaller for Hub	✅	❌	For the hub
WebGL server startup	❌	✅	Launches web server to view WebGL builds locally
Platform (buildTarget) selection	✅*	✅	Hub doesn't display current platform in the list
No tracking	❌	✅	No calling home
Dark theme	✅*	✅	*Coming in Unity beta hub
Custom color themes	❌	✅	Themes info
Language selection	✅	❌
Human friendly last modified date	✅	✅
Custom last modified date format	❌	✅
Minimize to tray on auto-start	❌	✅
Show project count per Unity version	❌	✅
Launcher doesn't lock project folder	❌	✅	Hub needs to be closed, if want to delete project folder
Rename project title	❌	✅	Option to: Set custom project name (not renaming project folder), saved into ProjectName.txt
Take project name from ProductName	❌	✅	Option to: read project title from Player settings, product name
Build-in Theme Editor	❌	✅
Open source	❌	✅
More than 40 recent projects	❌	✅	Finally!
Webgl default port option	❌	✅
Install&Run last build APK to device	❌	✅
Custom project init script	❌	✅	Init script info
Create project shortcut to desktop	❌	✅	From projects context menu
Show Plastic branch name	❌	✅
Batch build to iOS/Android	❌	✅	From projects context menu
Search path also	❌	✅	Option to search path string
Mac version	✅	❌
Linux version	✅	❌
Download all versions since 5.0	❌	✅
Download alpha versions before they appear in Unity releases list	❌	✅
Download modules to older versions	❌	✅

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