ModManager

Keep your CurseForge Minecraft mods up to date with ModManager, the easy-to-use CLI command.

Install

ModManager is available on npm:

Install it globally using npm install -g mcmodmanager.

Usage

CLI

ModManager must be initialised inside your mods folder.

Do this by first by opening the command line and entering your mods directory (which is usually under %appdata%\.minecraft on Windows) using cd:

cd %appdata%\.minecraft\.mods

The above command (or your equivalent) must always be done before you use any ModManager commands.

After you have cd'd into your mods folder, set up a ModManager configuration file (mods.json) with the Minecraft version you will be using (1.16 in this example):

modmanager setup 1.16

Now you can install whatever mods you want from CurseForge. To do so, simply go to the CurseForge page of your mod and copy its Project ID found on the right-hand side of the page. Then enter this project ID (238222 in this example) into the modmanager install command:

modmanager install curse 238222

This will install the version of mod 238222 that corresponds to your configured Minecraft version in mods.json (in this case, 1.16), given that there is a 1.16 version of the mod available.

If successful, your mods.json file should look something like this:

{
  "version": {
    "minecraft": "1.16"
  },
  "mods": {
    "238222": {
      "name": "Just Enough Items (JEI)",
      "host": "curseforge",
      "url": "https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/jei",
      "version": "jei-1.16.4-7.6.0.56"
    }
  }
}

To automatically update all mods in mods.json to their latest versions, use modmanager update:

modmanager update

To uninstall a certain mod and remove it from mods.json, use modmanager remove <modID>; in this case, mod 238222:

modmanager remove 238222

Node

ModManager has Node exports of all above CLI commands:

• setup(mcVersion)
  • Initialise a directory with a mods.json file and configure it to use mods for a given Minecraft version (e.g., 1.16).
• install(host, modID)
  • Install a mod from a given host (such as curseforge) from a given mod ID (e.g., 123456).
• remove(modID)
  • Remove a mod given an existing mod ID (e.g., 123456).
• update()
  • Install the latest version of all mods.