They never removed it.
You would have to go around and find+download+install ALL the mods yourself.
No other way. They have the launcher because they cant distribute the Jar
Back when the Technic Pack first came out, it was a big compiled mod that you installed like any other. There was nothing wrong with that, and that's the way I preferred it.
ROFL
I thought for sure there was an image that wasn't loading in this post because nothing remotely hilarious is going on right now
if you dont feel safe then decompile it yourself, its open source, google spoutcraft
It's too late, I already started playing