Getting started

• Run packwiz init to create a modpack in the current folder
• Run packwiz curseforge import [zip path] to import from a CurseForge modpack
• Run packwiz refresh to update the index of mods
• Run packwiz curseforge install [mod] to install a mod from CurseForge
• Run packwiz modrinth install [mod] to install a mod from Modrinth
• 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 CurseForge 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

Using a modpack

See the packwiz-installer tutorial documentation for instructions on both client and server use.

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  • I am in the process of rewriting the format, so there may be information there that is outdated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
• https://modfest.net/fallfest/1.16/server/ is also a good example of a MultiMC instance that uses packwiz-installer

Tips

• There are some useful aliases, like packwiz cf => packwiz curseforge and packwiz mr => packwiz modrinth
• 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!

Options

• Additional options can be configured in the [options] section of pack.toml, as follows:
  • mods-folder The folder to save mod metadata files into, for the install commands
  • acceptable-game-versions A list of additional Minecraft versions to accept when installing or updating mods
  • no-internal-hashes If this is set to true, packwiz will not generate hashes of local files, to prevent merge conflicts and inconsistent hashes when using git/etc.
    • packwiz refresh --build can be used in this mode to generate internal hashes for distributing the pack with packwiz-installer