This program allows you to download and update existing mod packs (ex. for Minecraft)
https://github.com/F33RNI/curseforge-modpack-downloader/releases/latest
# Clone repo
git clone https://github.com/F33RNI/curseforge-modpack-downloader
cd curseforge-modpack-downloader
# Create and activate virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
# Install PyInstaller
pip install pyinstaller
# Build
pyinstaller main.spec
Builded file will be inside
dist
directory
# Clone repo
git clone https://github.com/F33RNI/curseforge-modpack-downloader
cd curseforge-modpack-downloader
# Run script
python main.py -h
usage: curseforge-modpack-downloader [-h] [--user-agent USER_AGENT] [-s | -r | -o] [-v] zip_path_or_url destination_dir
Simple zero-dependency Python script for downloading and updating CurseForge modpacks
positional arguments:
zip_path_or_url Path to downloaded modpack zip-file or direct URL to download
destination_dir destination path (ex. /home/username/.minecraft/versions/MyModPack/)
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--user-agent USER_AGENT
user agent for https://api.cfwidget.com/{project_id} (default: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0;
Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/119.0.0.0 Safari/537.36)
-s, --skip automatically skip existing extra files without overwriting them (default: ask user)
-r, --rename automatically rename existing extra files into .old without overwriting them (default: ask
user)
-o, --overwrite automatically overwrite existing extra files (default: ask user)
-v, --version show program's version number and exit
Replace https://www.curseforge.com/api/v1/mods/123456/files/1234567/download with actual direct download link. You can get it by right-clinking on "If your download didn’t start, try again" and copying link into clipboard
$ dist/curseforge-modpack-downloader-linux-x86_64-1.0.0 https://www.curseforge.com/api/v1/mods/123456/files/1234567/download /home/test/.minecraft/versions/MyTestModPack
[2024-04-24 21:44:26,354] [INFO] [main] curseforge-modpack-downloader v1.0.0
[2024-04-24 21:44:26,354] [INFO] [main] https://github.com/F33RNI/curseforge-modpack-downloader
[2024-04-24 21:44:26,354] [INFO] [main] Working directory: /tmp/tmpqlzg847a
[2024-04-24 21:44:26,354] [INFO] [open_or_download] Downloading https://www.curseforge.com/api/v1/mods/123456/files/1234567/download
[2024-04-24 21:44:28,328] [INFO] [unzip_modpack] Extracting archive
[2024-04-24 21:44:28,601] [INFO] [unzip_modpack] Trying to read and parse manifest.json
[2024-04-24 21:44:28,601] [INFO] [unzip_modpack] Found 123 files
[2024-04-24 21:44:28,602] [INFO] [main] Copying manifest.json
[2024-04-24 21:44:28,602] [INFO] [main] Copying modlist.html
[2024-04-24 21:44:28,603] [INFO] [main] [1/123] Retrieving project information from https://api.cfwidget.com/123456
[2024-04-24 21:44:29,129] [INFO] [main] [1/123] File Mod1-1.2.3-1.2.3-forge.jar already exists
...
[2024-04-24 21:45:48,715] [INFO] [main] [10/123] Retrieving project information from https://api.cfwidget.com/234567
[2024-04-24 21:45:49,198] [INFO] [main] [10/123] Downloading https://www.curseforge.com/api/v1/mods/234567/files/8901234/download as Mod2-1.2.3-1.2.3.jar
[2024-04-24 21:45:50,790] [WARNING] [main] [10/123] Deleting previous version Mod2-1.2.2-1.2.3.jar
...
[2024-04-24 21:46:04,703] [INFO] [main] Skipping file default-server.properties. Already exists
...
[2024-04-24 21:52:08,518] [WARNING] [main] Your config/test.properties is different from the downloaded one. Please select what to do
Difference:
---
+++
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-test=test1
+test=test2
[s]kip - keep your version | [o]verwrite - replace with downloaded | [r]ename old file by adding .old | [e]xit - cancel and exit (press s, o, r or e): s
[2024-04-24 21:53:54,777] [INFO] [main] Skipping file config/test.properties
...
[2024-04-24 21:56:35,511] [INFO] [main] Downloading https://maven.minecraftforge.net/net/minecraftforge/forge/1.2.3-1.2.3/forge-1.2.3-1.2.3-installer.jar as /home/test/.minecraft/versions/DeceasedCraft/forge-1.2.3-1.2.3-installer.jar
[2024-04-24 21:56:36,862] [INFO] [main] Forge 1.2.3 downloaded. Please run java -jar "/home/test/.minecraft/versions/DeceasedCraft/forge-1.2.3-1.2.3-installer.jar" to install client and use --installServer argument to install server
[2024-04-24 21:56:36,863] [INFO] [main] MyTestModPack v1.2.3 downloaded
[2024-04-24 21:56:36,863] [INFO] [main] curseforge-modpack-downloader finished
If needed, you can specify proxy in http://ip:port
format (specify http
even if it's https
proxy) by defining environment variables http_proxy
and https_proxy
. Use http://username:password@ip:port
format in case of proxy with authorization
Example:
-
Linux
$ export http_proxy="http://user:pass@123.45.67.89:1234" $ export https_proxy="http://user:pass@123.45.67.89:1234" $ dist/curseforge-modpack-downloader-linux-x86_64-1.0.0 https://www.curseforge.com/api/v1/mods/123456/files/1234567/download /home/test/.minecraft/versions/MyTestModPack [2024-04-24 21:44:26,354] [INFO] [main] curseforge-modpack-downloader v1.0.0 [2024-04-24 21:44:26,354] [INFO] [main] https://github.com/F33RNI/curseforge-modpack-downloader [2024-04-24 21:44:26,354] [INFO] [main] Working directory: /tmp/tmpqlzg847a [2024-04-24 21:44:26,354] [INFO] [open_or_download] Downloading https://www.curseforge.com/api/v1/mods/123456/files/1234567/download [2024-04-24 21:44:28,328] [INFO] [unzip_modpack] Extracting archive ...
-
Windows
> SET http_proxy=http://user:pass@123.45.67.89:1234 > SET https_proxy=http://user:pass@123.45.67.89:1234 > curseforge-modpack-downloader-windows-amd64-1.0.0.exe https://www.curseforge.com/api/v1/mods/123456/files/1234567/download C:\Users\Test\Downloads\Test [2024-04-24 20:52:45,985] [INFO] [main] curseforge-modpack-downloader v1.0.0 [2024-04-24 20:52:45,985] [INFO] [main] https://github.com/F33RNI/curseforge-modpack-downloader [2024-04-24 20:52:45,985] [INFO] [main] Working directory: C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpw10x21cd [2024-04-24 20:52:45,985] [INFO] [open_or_download] Downloading https://www.curseforge.com/api/v1/mods/123456/files/1234567/download [2024-04-24 20:52:53,517] [INFO] [unzip_modpack] Extracting archive ...
- Anyone can contribute! Just create a pull request