Linux Mod Manager
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Linux Mod Manager, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Linux Mod Manager's own pricing page, checked 10 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | MIT-licensed software · Linux |
The facts
Each one read from Linux Mod Manager's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Authentication requirement
- Downloading mods from sources requires API keys for those sources.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Automatic updates
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Conflict detection
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Credential handling
- The documentation says API keys are never printed or logged and are masked in authentication status output.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Custom integrations
- Custom manifest and API sources support optional API-key authentication, and custom API sources use GET requests with JSON responses.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- The manager can automatically fetch and install mod dependencies, while custom API sources do not support dependency resolution.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Mods can be deployed by symlink, hardlink, or copy, with symlink as the default method.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Integrity checks
- The README describes verification findings for missing cached files and missing stored checksums, with a fix option that can re-download missing cached files.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Interfaces
- It provides both command-line and terminal user interfaces.checked 10 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository identifies the software as MIT licensed.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Mod profiles
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Mod source access
- built-inchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Mod sources
- Built-in mod sources include NexusMods and CurseForge, and users can define directory, manifest, or REST API sources.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Network safeguards
- Custom API requests have a 30-second timeout and a 10 MiB response cap, and source keys are withheld from third-party download hosts.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Profiles
- Users can manage multiple mod configurations per game and export or import profiles.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Linux Mod Manager is a terminal-based tool for searching, installing, updating, and managing game mods.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Rollback
- The README describes reverting to previous mod versions when updates cause problems.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Source limitation
- Directory sources support search, file listing, local-copy downloads, and update checks, but do not support dependency resolution.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Update controls
- Mods can use automatic, notify-only, or pinned update policies, and profile entries can be locked to an exact version.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Updates
- Per-mod update policies include automatic updates, notifications, and muted update checks, with rollback support for previous versions.checked 10 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Linux builds
- GitHub release archives are listed for Linux 64-bit x86 and 64-bit ARM, and installation via Go requires Go 1.21 or later.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Platform and installation
- The project targets Linux and provides release archives for 64-bit x86 and 64-bit ARM; installing with Go requires Go 1.21 or later.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- linuxchecked 20 Sep 2026
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