What is Modrunner?

Modrunner is a bot that allows users on Discord to locate information on and track updates of, modding projects on a variety of online platforms such as CurseForge and Modrinth. This allows users to easily find and share information about modding projects with others, and to know when their favorite projects recieve updates to their files. To get started with using Modrunner, please visit the Docs section.

Design Principles

Easy to use: Modrunner is designed to provide as painless a user experience as possible. To that end, Modrunner uses Discord's new slash command system, to make it easy to know command arguments and which ones are available to you. This improves usability, accessiblity and the general user experience with Modrunner.
Free and open source: FOSS software is the backbone of companies and communities everywhere. We're committed to maintaining that Modrunner remain free for everyone to use, and that the source remain accessible, so that anyone can contribute to the future of Modrunner.

Comparison with other similar services

Modrunner is of course, not the only bot that offers this kind of functionality. We've taken a look at some of the other available choices and have provided some insights about each, in an effort to help make your choice easier.

If you know of any other bots that should be on this list, come let us know in our Discord!

Claptrack

Claptrack by HypherionSA is likely the closest comparison in terms of functionality. Like Modrunner, it features CurseForge and Modrinth support, but also includes support for ATLauncher projects, Minecraft releases, Forge releases, Fabric releases, Quilt releases, GitHub releases, and Feed the Beast projects. Overall, Claptrack is much more focused on supporting a purely Minecraft-focused community than Modrunner and is a fine alternative.

Claptrack also features a web dashboard to help server administrators manage their tracked projects, as well as Minecraft crash report parsing.

CurseForge-Bot

CurseForge-Bot by ErdbeerbaerLP is another bot that offers similar tracking functionality, though only for CurseForge Minecraft projects. Additionally, the bot requires self-hosting, which may be overly complicated and expensive for beginners.

The Team

Modrunner is currently developed independently by Shane McMonigal (beansquared on Discord, smcmo on GitHub). Several members of the open source community have also contributed to Modrunner, you can view their contributions on GitHub. You can come talk in our Discord or email us with any questions.

Licensing

Modrunner, its assets and its associated projects are licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.