Also see the Modrinth Awesome list, and a (probably somewhat outdated) list of curse modpack downloaders at https://gist.github.com/jikuja/f44533a16ad04624c3eb8e99e7a3e494/
This list is a bit outdated in places, but I'm still adding things here so that I don't forget them.
Name | Type | Number of mods/packs | Popularity (Similarweb rank) | Official launcher | Third-party support | Open Source backend | Author rewards |
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CurseForge | Public | 31,000 mods; 38,000 modpacks | #1410 | Yes | Many | No | Yes |
Modrinth | Public | 2000 mods | #79,182 | In development | ATLauncher, packwiz, pacmc, modweaver | Yes | Planned |
Technic | Public + Team | 10,000 modpacks | #81,843 | Yes | MultiMC, ATLauncher | Partial (Solder) | |
Feed the Beast | Team | 61 modpacks | #103,805 | Yes | MultiMC, ATLauncher | No | |
ATLauncher | Curated | 147 modpacks | #372,217 | Yes | MultiMC | No | |
minepkg | Public | 381 mods; 11 modpacks | - | CLI client | None | No |
Item | Active? | Type | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
Prism Launcher | Yes | Launcher and pack creation tool | |
MultiMC | Yes | Launcher and pack creation tool | |
GDLauncher | Yes | Launcher and pack creation tool | |
SKCraft Launcher | Yes | Launcher and pack creation tool | Has unique customization features |
packmaker packinit |
Somewhat | Launcher and pack creation tool | |
Modpacker | No | Launcher and pack creation tool | |
modpacker | No | Launcher and pack creation tool | a different one, yes |
ServerStarter | Somewhat | Server management tool | |
Erisia server-builder | Yes | Server management tool | |
mcinstall | Somewhat | Modpack installer | |
Curseforge Mass Downloader | No | Modpack installer | |
curse-modpack-downloader | No | Modpack installer | |
Modpack Downloader | Yes | Modpack installer | |
unsup | Yes | Modpack installer | |
PackUpdate | Somewhat | Modpack installer | MultiMC "addon" |
modsman ModsManButJava |
No | Management tool Pack creation tool |
|
MCDelta | No | Management tool | |
PowerShellModPack | No | Management tool Pack creation tool |
|
mpupd | No | Pack creation tool | |
mcdex | No | Management tool Pack creation tool |
|
Fabric Mod Manager | No | Management tool | |
PackOPdater | No | Pack creation tool | |
cornstone | No | Management tool | |
cursetool-rs | Yes | Management tool | |
cursinator | Yes | Management tool | |
cf-updater | No | Management tool | |
Hopper | Yes | Management tool | |
pacmc | Yes | Management tool | |
Ferium | Yes | Management tool | |
modweaver | Yes | Management tool | |
Modget | Yes | Management mod | |
Mod Manager | Yes | Management mod | |
twitch-export-builder | No | Pack creation tool | |
modpacktools | No | Pack creation tool | |
modpack-cli | No | Pack creation tool | |
ModpackUpdater | No | Pack creation tool | |
Voodoo | No | Pack creation tool | |
packwiz | Yes | Pack creation tool | |
pax | Yes | Pack creation tool | |
ServerPackCreator | Yes | Pack creation tool | |
MCUpdater | Yes | Pack creation tool | |
WanderingTrader | No | Pack creation tool | |
Gryphon | No | Pack creation tool |
Item | Active? | Type |
---|---|---|
CurseProxy | No | Mod metadata database |
ModPackFlattener | No | Misc modpack tool |
ModpackAttributor | No | Misc modpack tool |
SMMART/Kramh | No | Universal metadata efforts |
MODIP | No | Universal metadata efforts |
falseresync's modpack format design | No | Universal metadata efforts |
If anything is missing from this list (and is maintained!) ping me on Discord (comp500#7396) or message me on Keybase.