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XIMOD Architect

A modern, cross-platform FOMOD installer creation tool for Bethesda game mods. Skyrim · Fallout · Starfield · Oblivion · Morrowind

XIMOD Architect is a desktop application that lets you build FOMOD installers — the guided, step-by-step installers that mod managers use to let players choose options while installing a mod. It gives you a visual editor for the whole installer (steps, option groups, plugins, conditional files) and generates the standardized info.xml and ModuleConfig.xml files for you, so you never have to write the XML by hand.

Written in Rust and running on Windows, Linux and macOS, XIMOD Architect is a Rust port of Wenderer's original FOMOD Creation Tool, published with permission (see Credits and Permissions).

Key features

  • Visual FOMOD editor in four tabs: Mod Info, Install Steps, Required Installs, Conditional Installs.
  • Full ModuleConfig 5.0 support: five group selection types, five option types, condition flags, dependency patterns, conditional installs.
  • Generates fomod/info.xml and fomod/ModuleConfig.xml (UTF-8), with automatic encoding detection when reopening files made by other tools.
  • One-click export of a ready-to-upload distribution .zip, and merging of two FOMODs.
  • Built-in XML editor with live validation, a read-only country/language explorer, and an in-app translation editor.
  • 32 interface languages, including non-Latin scripts (Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Russian…), with bundled Noto fonts loaded on demand.
  • Command-line mode (validate / build / package) for scripts and CI.

Quick links

Download

Grab the latest build from the Releases page: a Windows setup.exe installer, a portable .zip, Linux .tar.gz, and macOS .app/.dmg.

Screenshots of the interface are available on the project's Nexus page.


XIMOD Architect is a Rust port of Wenderer's FOMOD Creation Tool, published with his permission.

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