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Democracy Defender Mod Manager (DDMM), release candidate 4 — your mods, your democracy, defended. It's still an
early build, but it's meant to be usable by anyone, not just developers.

The DDMM Promise, in brief: every mod is welcome (DDMM never blocks, blacklists, or ranks mods or mod sites),
no account is ever needed on any site, your files stay in a folder you control, it's Apache-2.0 open source
forever, and update checks only ever run when you click "Check for Updates."

Quick start

  1. Download the right file for you (see the table below).
  2. Run it. DDMM looks for your Helldivers 2 install automatically — no setup needed if Steam is where it
    usually is.
  3. Add mods and click Deploy. Drag in an archive or folder, or click "Add URL" and paste a link.

Works with AyakaMods, Nexus Mods, ModWorkshop, GameBanana, GitHub, any direct link, or files already on your
disk.
No site is required, no site is privileged — DDMM doesn't care where your mods come from. Special love to
the AyakaMods community ❤️ — one of the best homes for Helldivers 2 modding, and DDMM's first-class citizen. Go
say hi: https://ayakamods.com/games/helldivers-2.119/.

Which file do I download?

You want... Download
A normal install on Windows (Start Menu shortcut, uninstaller) DDMM-2.0.0-rc.4-windows-x64-setup.exe
Windows without installing anything (unzip and run) DDMM-2.0.0-rc.4-windows-x64-portable.zip
Linux, works on most distros without installing DDMM-2.0.0-rc.4-linux-x86_64.AppImage
Linux, Debian/Ubuntu-based (apt-friendly) DDMM-2.0.0-rc.4-linux-amd64.deb
Linux, just the binary DDMM-2.0.0-rc.4-linux-x64.tar.gz

Check SHA256SUMS.txt if you want to verify your download.

What's new in rc.4

A hotfix release. Thank you to everyone testing rc.3 and reporting what you found. 🫡

  • Fixed: closing DDMM with the X button now works. In rc.3, clicking the window's close button showed
    "Saving progress…" and then never closed. The save itself worked; the window just wasn't allowed to close
    afterwards. It now saves and closes right away.
  • Closing is safer. If saving fails, or a deploy is still running, DDMM asks before closing instead of
    silently getting stuck. As a last-resort safety net, the window always closes even if something else goes wrong.
  • Better logs for close problems. Each step of closing is now logged, so a bug report shows exactly where
    something went wrong.
  • Dependency updates.

Upgrading from rc.3 keeps your mods, profiles and settings. Just install or unzip over it.

Known limitations

  • No Nexus Mods update checks — its API needs a personal key this manager doesn't collect, so Nexus mods
    report "unsupported" rather than a version comparison.
  • Windows builds are unsigned. Windows SmartScreen will likely show a warning the first time you run the
    installer or the app. This is expected for an unsigned community build — click "More info" → "Run anyway"
    to continue. We're not trying to trick you into anything; there's just no code-signing certificate behind this
    yet.
  • This is still a release candidate — expect some rough edges. Please report what you find.

Reporting bugs / getting help

Open an issue: https://github.com/katsyk/DemocracyDefenderModManager/issues

Full documentation: https://katsyk.github.io/DemocracyDefenderModManager/