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Downloads and Releases

djinnbanter edited this page Jun 24, 2026 · 1 revision

Downloads and Releases

Watchtower ships two files per version: the mod (for your server) and a recovery tool (for when the server won't boot).


Which file goes where

File Where to put it
watchtower-neoforge-1.0.0+mc1.21.jar Server mods/ folder — required
watchtower-cli-1.0.0.jar Same mods/ folder — recommended (not loaded as a mod; used with java -jar over SSH)

Download

Source Link
GitHub Releases https://github.com/djinnbanter/WatchTower/releases
Modrinth https://modrinth.com/mod/watchtower

JARs are not stored in the git repo — download from releases or build from source.


Current version (1.0.0)

File Purpose
watchtower-neoforge-1.0.0+mc1.21.jar Dashboard, reports, live metrics — Minecraft 1.21.x
watchtower-cli-1.0.0.jar Recovery zip when server won't boot

Local build: releases/1.0.0/ and releases/latest/ after ./gradlew copyReleaseJars.

Match CLI version to mod version when possible.


After download

  1. Copy mod JAR to mods/
  2. Start server — see Installation
  3. Open dashboard — see Quick Start Checklist

Technical details

  • NeoForge loader range: [1.21.1,1.22) — one JAR for 1.21.1 through latest 1.21.x patch
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later (see repository LICENSE)
  • Build from source: CONTRIBUTING.md

See also

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