packwiz

A command line tool for creating minecraft modpacks.

Installation

In future I will have a lot more installation options, but for now the easiest way is to compile from source.

1. Install Go (1.13 or newer)
2. Clone or download the repository (git clone https://github.com/comp500/packwiz), and open the folder in a terminal
3. Run go install . to put it on your path, or go build to just make a binary. Be patient, it has to download and compile dependencies as well!

Getting Started

• Run packwiz init to create a modpack in the current folder
• Run packwiz curseforge import [zip path] to import from a Twitch modpack
• Run packwiz refresh to update the index of mods
• Run packwiz curseforge install [mod] to install a mod from CurseForge
• Run packwiz update [mod] to update a mod
• Run packwiz update --all to update all the mods in the modpack
• Run packwiz curseforge export to export the modpack in the format supported by the Twitch Launcher
• Run packwiz serve to start a local HTTP server running the pack - which packwiz-installer can install from
• Run packwiz curseforge detect to detect files that are available on CurseForge and make them downloaded from there
• Use the --help flag for more information about any command
• Use packwiz-installer as a MultiMC prelaunch task for auto updating, optional mods and side-only mods!

Resources

• See https://suspicious-joliot-f51f5c.netlify.app/index.html for some documentation
  • I am in the process of rewriting the format, so there may be information there that is outdated
• See https://github.com/Fibercraft/Temporary-Modpack for an example of an existing modpack using packwiz
  • This repository can be published to a service like Github Pages or Netlify and installed using packwiz-installer
  • This repository also shows the use of .gitattributes and .packwizignore to disable line ending modification (so that the hashes are correct) and ignore git-specific files

Tips

• There are some useful aliases, like packwiz cf => packwiz curseforge
• The packwiz cf install command supports multiple formats:
  • packwiz cf install sodium (by slug)
  • packwiz cf install https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/sodium (by mod page URL)
  • packwiz cf install https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/sodium/files/3067101 (by file page URL)
  • packwiz cf install Sodium (by search)
  • packwiz cf install --addon-id 394468 --file-id 3067101 (if all else fails)
• If files aren't being found, try running the packwiz refresh command to update the index!