SKCraft Launcher provides a platform for creating, testing, and distributing modpacks for groups of all sizes. It 100% open source and works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux/BSD.
The only requirement is **have a website to host files — even Dropbox will work.** All files that you upload are "de-duplicated" so even if you have a dozen modpacks that use the same mod, you only have to host one copy of the file.
You *don't* have to click a bunch of buttons or edit several cryptic config files to add a mod. All you need to do is create a folder that resembles the Minecraft data folder:
The launcher has a beautiful dark UI that's elegant and easy to use (although a native UI is also available). Display your own webpages so users always know what's up when they start the game.
When it comes to launching your modpacks, users can start, abort, and resume updates at any time. Files are downloaded in parallel, and the launcher knows how to handle the removal of files from the modpack.
You can optionally use **command line tools** only, without the GUI entirely. Combine the launcher with Git and Jenkins (or whatever you prefer) to automatically build modpack releases when you push a new version.
If you wish to import the project into an IDE, you must add support for Project Lombok (IntelliJ IDEA users: also enable annotation processing in compiler settings).
Pull requests can be submitted on GitHub, but we will accept them at our discretion. Please note that your code must follow Oracle's Java Code Conventions.
Contributions by third parties must be dual licensed under the two licenses described within LICENSE.txt (GNU General Public License, version 3, and the 3-clause BSD license).
