Ammo
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Ammo, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Ammo's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Ammo | Free | GPL-2.0 licensed · CLI mod manager for Linux |
The facts
Each one read from Ammo's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Conflict detection
- Ammo detects file conflicts and provides a command to show conflicts for a mod.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment method
- linkchecked 22 Sep 2026
- External tools
- Ammo includes a tools manager for installing tools outside the game folder, and the guide describes running Windows modding tools through Protontricks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Filtering and bulk actions
- The find command filters components by keywords, and bulk commands operate on the visible components.checked 11 Oct 2026
- FOMOD
- Ammo supports configuring FOMOD mod installers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The README's install command uses pipx to install directly from the GitHub repository.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Ammo has no Nexus integration; its guide instructs users to manually download mod archives into a downloads folder.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The user guide assumes readers already have modding experience and familiarity with tools such as MO2 or Vortex.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is licensed under GNU General Public License v2, except for certain test mock mods subject to their packaged licenses.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Mod operations
- Users can install, activate, deactivate, reorder, rename, and delete mods, plugins, and downloads.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Mod source access
- manual importchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Plugin sorting
- Ammo can autosort plugins according to mod order.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Ammo is a command-line mod manager for Linux that installs symlinks in game directories to point to mod files, with zero runtime overhead.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The README lists Python 3.12, Steam, p7z, and pipx as dependencies.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported games
- The listed supported games include Enderal, Fallout 4, Fallout New Vegas, Oblivion, OpenMW, The Sims 4, Skyrim, and Starfield, with several editions also listed.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- The GitHub profile identifies the maintainer as Marco Silva and lists Spokane, Washington.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- linuxchecked 22 Sep 2026
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