minecraft-mod-manager 1.4.0

Download and update Minecraft mods from CurseForge and possibly other places in the future.

mcman/mmm (minecraft-mod-manager)

Install and update mods from CurseForge and Modrinth through a simple command.

News — CurseForge support disabled (hopefully only for now) (2022-05-08)

Hi everyone!

I'm not sure if you're aware, Overwolf will tomorrow disable the old API for CurseForge which is used by mcman.

The old API that mcman used is sort of in a gray area legally. But on a positive note, Overwolf has decided to open up the new API. Albeit it comes with some limitations; not all mods can be downloaded from 3rd party apps.

I just applied for an API key for the new API, so hopefully it gets accepted. For the mods that can't be downloaded I plan to link directly to the CurseForge page for easier manual download.

The Overwolf client has also become a lot better with more support, but still lacks official linux and OSX support.

As a server owner though, it requires a bit of changes to how you update the mods. A tip is to sync your mods folder with Dropbox, that makes it a lot easier.

This will mean that CurseForge mods will be unavailable for some time. The change in mcman will only take ~4 hours with updating tests. The issue is keeping the API key safe. I have some ideas but it will take time to develop and I also need to check with the Overwolf team that it's legally possible.

Anyway, thanks for all the support! Hopefully we can get mcman up and running again with CurseForge support 🙂

If it's not accepted, thank you for all the support so far!

Cheers, Senth

(News Archive)

Features

• Install mods with minecraft-mod-manager install mod_name
• Update all mods with minecraft-mod-manager update, mcman update or mmm update
• Searches on CurseForge and Modrinth for updates on installed mods
• Filter updates by
  • Stable (default), beta --beta, or alpha --alpha releases
  • Minecraft version -v 1.16.4
  • Fabric/Forge mod --mod-loader fabric

Installation/Upgrade & Requirements

1. Requires at least python 3.8
2. Install/Upgrade with $ pip install --user --upgrade minecraft-mod-manager

Examples

Note! All examples start with minecraft-mod-manager, mcman or mmm (shorthand commands) then comes the arguments.

Arguments	Description
install jei	Searches for jei on all sites and installs the latest version.
install sodium=modrinth	Install Sodium specifically from modrinth.
install dynmap=curse:dynmapforge	Install dynmap with slug dynmapforge on Curse.
install sodium=modrinth --mod-loader fabric	Install fabric version of sodium. Generally not necessary to specify mod-loader
install carpet fabric-api sodium lithium	Easily install many mods.
update	Update all mods.
update --pretend	Check what will be updated. Does not change anything.
update sodium lithium phosphor	Update specific mods.
update -v "1.16.5"	Updates to latest mod version which works with specified MC version.
update -v "1.16.1"	If you upgraded the mods, to a higher version (e.g. snapshot), you can easily downgrade them again.
configure sodium=modrinth	Change the download site for a mod.
configure sodium=	Doesn't work, known bug! Reset download sites (downloads from all sites again)
configure carpet=curse:fabric-carpet	Change site slug for a mod.
configure carpet=curse	If you don't define a slug, you will reset the slug for that mod.
configure sodium=modrinth carpet=curse	Easily configure multiple mods at the same time.
configure carpet=modrinth,curse:fabric-carpet	Configure different slugs for different sites.
list	List all installed mods.

Full usage

positional arguments:
  {install,update,configure,list}
                        Install, update, configure, or list mods
  mods
                        The mods to update or configure.
                        If no mods are specified during an update, all mods will be updated.
                        You can specify download sites and slugs for each mod (if necessary)
                           dynmap=curse
                           dynmap=curse:dynmapforge
                           dynmap=curse:dynmapforge,modrinth
                           dynmap=curse:dynmapforge,modrinth:dynmap

minecraft:
  -d DIR, --dir DIR     Location of the mods folder. By default it's the current directory
  -v MINECRAFT_VERSION, --minecraft-version MINECRAFT_VERSION
                        Only update mods to this Minecraft version. Example: -v 1.16.4
  --beta                Allow beta releases of mods
  --alpha               Allow alpha and beta releases of mods
  --mod-loader {fabric,forge}
                        Only install mods that use this mod loader. You rarely need to be
                        this specific. The application figures out for itself which type
                        you'll likely want to install.

logging & help:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             Print application version
  --verbose             Print more messages
  --debug               Turn on debug messages
  --pretend             Only pretend to install/update/configure. Does not change anything
  --no-color            Disable color output

Alternatives

GUI

• Overwolf
• kaniol-lck/modmanager
• ReviversMC/modget-minecraft
• 4JX/mCubed

CLI

• sargunv/modsman
• tyra314/modweaver

Authors

• Matteus Magnusson, [e-mail]