Because Eaglercraft is maintained by anonymous community members across various GitHub forks, there is no guarantee of safety. Malicious actors could inject malware, adware, or spyware into modified clients. Furthermore, because you are connecting to unmoderated public servers, your personal data could be at risk. The servers may be filled with inappropriate content, unmonitored chat, and potential exploits.

One of the biggest hurdles was Minecraft's reliance on the Lightweight Java Game Library (LWJGL), which is incompatible with TeaVM. This led Lax1dude to undertake the extensive task of manually rewriting the entire LWJGL dependency—a process that took about a month. Several additional months were spent resolving technical issues and adapting different parts of the game to function properly in a JavaScript environment.

Is it as good as the real Java Edition? No. Is it an astonishing technical achievement that democratizes one of the best games ever made? Absolutely.