Factorio Mod Manager

Tool to manage mods for Factorio dedicated servers. It allows you to list, download, update and disable mods.

Install

There are 2 differennt ways to install: build from source and download the binary release.

Build from source

1. Clone the git repository
2. Change the directory containing the solution file FactorioModUpdater.sln
3. dotnet restore to install the dependencies
4. dotnet build to build the application

Install binary

1. On the github page select the newest release.
2. Download the release for your platform (Linux or Windows)

Commands

The tool must know in which directory the mods are stored. This directory can be supplied in two ways the --dir argument or the FACTORIO_DIR environment variable.

When downloading mods (needed for update), a factorio.com username and token must be specified. These can be specified by the parameters --user and --token or the environment variables FACTORIO_USER and FACTORIO_TOKEN. See the section Downloading mods on the Mod Portal wiki page.

Root

Description:
  Factorio mod manager

Usage:
  FactorioModUpdater [command] [options]

Options:
  --dir <dir>     Factorio mod directory []
  --version       Show version information
  -?, -h, --help  Show help and usage information

Commands:
  mod  Manipulate mods

mod

Description:
  Manipulate mods

Usage:
  FactorioModUpdater mod [command] [options]

Options:
  --dir <dir>     Factorio mod directory []
  -?, -h, --help  Show help and usage information

Commands:
  update
  list

mod list

Description:
  List all mods present in the Factorio mod directory

Usage:
  FactorioModUpdater mod list [options]

Options:
  --dir <dir>     Factorio mod directory []
  -?, -h, --help  Show help and usage information

mod update

Description:
    Update mods in the Factorio mod directory

Usage:
  FactorioModUpdater mod update [options]

Options:
  --user <user>    Username for Factorio mod portal []
  --token <token>  Token for Factorio mod portal []
  --dry-run        Only display proposed updated, don't take action
  --dir <dir>      Factorio mod directory []
  -?, -h, --help   Show help and usage information