Modrix
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Modrix, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Modrix's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Open-source mod manager |
The facts
Each one read from Modrix's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Automatic updates
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Automation
- The CLI supports scripting and JSON output, and the project includes an MCP server exposing engine functions as tools for agents.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Conflict detection
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Conflict handling
- Modrix surfaces conflicts between enabled mods and provides rules and per-file overrides to resolve them.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Deployment method
- linkchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Game support
- The project says 86 games have built-in support and additional games can be installed through a community plugin registry.checked 7 Oct 2026
- License
- Modrix is released under the GPL-2.0-only license.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Mod deployment
- Deployment uses hardlinks where possible, backs up existing files before overwriting them, journals changes for crash recovery, and supports reversing deployment.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Mod profiles
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Mod source access
- external linkschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Nexus Mods integration
- A browser extension hands Nexus Mods download URLs and session cookies to Modrix, which downloads and stages the files without using the Nexus API or requiring an API key.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- Modrix is a native mod manager with GUI, TUI, and CLI frontends over one shared engine.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security and telemetry
- The README states that Modrix has zero telemetry and describes Lua game plugins as sandboxed with file changes mediated by the core engine.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support status
- The releases page lists versions 0.1.0-beta.1 through 0.1.0-beta.3, each marked as a pre-release.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Target users
- It is presented as an open-source replacement for Vortex for people managing game mods.checked 7 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform limitation
- The README says macOS has no prebuilt binary and must be installed from source; Linux and macOS do not auto-update in-app.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- multi-platformchecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Steam and Proton
- The README describes Steam and Proton as first-class on Linux, and says Modrix usually detects Steam-installed games and offers a one-click add-and-switch action.checked 7 Oct 2026
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