go-modmeta

go-modmeta is a Go library for reading metadata on Minecraft mods contained by a jar file. The following data will be retrieved for each mod in a jar:

• The mod loader / system in use by the mod
• The ID, name, version, description, etc.

go-modmeta will search jars for mods from each supported mod system.

Supported platforms

• Minecraft Forge (mcmod.info and mods.toml), identified as forge
• Fabric (fabric.mod.json), identified as fabric
• LiteLoader (litemod.json), identified as liteloader
• Canary (Canary.inf), identified as canary

Usage

import "github.com/jamiemansfield/go-modmeta/modmeta"

The most simple example is to fetch the available mod metadata from a jar file.

mods, err := modmeta.FindMetadata("example.jar")

Licence

This library is distributed under the BSD 2-Clause Licence, found in the LICENSE.txt file.