of how these repositories are forked, or perhaps a more detailed look at the legal history between Mojang and Eaglercraft developers?
Once you find a legitimate repository (look for one with many stars and recent commits), navigate to the Releases section on the right-hand sidebar. Download the file named Eaglercraft.html (or EaglercraftX_1.8.html ).
is a high-performance web-based port of Minecraft, primarily developed by creators like lax1dude and ayunami2000 . It works by translating the original Java Edition code into JavaScript, allowing it to run natively in any modern web browser without requiring a Java installation or a local download.