Wrye Bash
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Wrye Bash, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Wrye Bash's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | No paid plans or pricing stated |
The facts
Each one read from Wrye Bash's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Automatic updates
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Bashed Patch
- The feature set includes automatic merging of compatible mods to lift the 255 plugin limit.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Build requirements
- Running the latest development code requires a supported game and 64-bit Python 3.11; 32-bit operating systems are no longer supported.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Conflict detection
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Deployment method
- copychecked 20 Sep 2026
- Downloads
- The project README lists Windows downloads through GitHub and NexusMods, and a Linux download through AUR.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Game support
- Supported titles include Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, Fallout: New Vegas, Skyrim, Enderal, and Starfield; some titles are marked as early or partial support.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The documentation credits integration work involving LOOT, libloadorder, and libbsa.checked 7 Oct 2026
- License
- Wrye Bash is released under GNU General Public License version 3 or later.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Load order
- It manages plugin load order and can automatically repair an invalid load order when starting or refreshing.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Mod installation
- Its BAIN installer manages mod packages, including compressed archives and uncompressed project folders.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Mod profiles
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Mod source access
- manual importchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Other features
- It also manages INI and settings tweaks, screenshots, saves, and application launchers.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Wrye Bash is a mod management utility for games based on Bethesda's Creation Engine.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- The documentation describes executable-distributed mods as a greater security risk and says BAIN cannot install mods distributed as executables.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project directs questions to its AFK Mods forum topic or Wrye Bash Discord and asks bug reporters to provide a bug dump.checked 7 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Linux compatibility
- The project README says Wrye Bash runs on WINE since version 306, with some hiccups.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- multi-platformchecked 20 Sep 2026
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