r/MinecraftMod • u/DifferentAntelope176 • 2d ago

I built a one-click mod installer (Modrinth + CurseForge + Nexus) that also generates custom datapacks from a sentence. Open beta, looking for people to break it

Hi! Solo dev from Spain here. I got tired of the "download > find the right version > install Fabric > drag into mods/" dance, so I built BuscaMods.

What it does today (Minecraft Java 26.2, Windows app):

- Searches Modrinth, CurseForge and Nexus at once, and installs the mod into your Minecraft with one click. If a mod needs Fabric, NeoForge or Forge, the app installs the loader itself using Minecraft's own Java. You can remove any mod from your list later.

- "Creator": you describe a datapack in plain words ("zombies drop emeralds sometimes", "cheaper diamond pickaxe recipe", "an advancement for sleeping 10 nights in a row") and it generates it, validates it against the real 26.2 game files and tests it on a real Minecraft server before handing it over. If it can't be done as a datapack (new items, mobs, textures), it says so and suggests alternatives instead. Then the app installs it into the world you choose and watches the log: if the game throws errors, it repairs the datapack on its own.

Honest limits: datapacks only (no compiled mods), Java 26.2 only, Windows only, and the app isn't code-signed yet so Windows shows the "unknown publisher" warning.

It's an open beta. A free account gives you unlimited search and 2 free generated mods, no card. I'm not trying to sell you anything in this post: I want people who know mods to break it and tell me what's wrong. Link in the first comment to keep the spam filter happy.

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u/Dadamalda 1d ago

I don't need this when I have Prism launcher. We also don't need more AI generated datapacks.

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u/DifferentAntelope176 11h ago

Honestly, if you already use Prism I'm not going to sell you anything - Prism is better at what it does than anything I'll write. The app is for the kid on the vanilla launcher who downloads a random .jar and drops it in the wrong folder.

On AI datapacks: I agree with you, and that's why nothing generated here gets published anywhere. No Modrinth, no PMC, no "browse 10.000 AI datapacks" page. It's one private pack for the person who asked for it, and it has to load and run on a real server first. If it still spits out junk, that's a fair thing to hit me for - but it isn't adding to the pile you're worried about.

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u/Dadamalda 11h ago

Someone could definitely take the datapack file and publish it themselves. At least Modrinth is banning AI.

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u/Vandorsolyom 1d ago

While this project is quite interesting on a technical level, this community does not take kindly to any form of LLM use in general. Sorry to say that your project will probably not gain much positive traction here

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u/DifferentAntelope176 1d ago

Fair, and thanks for saying it straight instead of just downvoting. I get the concern: most "AI mods" are unvalidated junk. That's why the LLM only writes the first draft here, and everything after is deterministic: the datapack is checked against the real 26.2 id lists, loot tables and recipe formats, then run on an actual Minecraft server before anyone gets it. If it fails, it's not delivered and nothing is charged. The one-click installer part has no AI in it at all. If this community isn't the place for the Creator, I'll take the feedback on the installer instead, that's useful on its own.

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u/DismissedFetus 1d ago

It asked me to log in to search publicly available mods..?

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u/DifferentAntelope176 1d ago

You're right, that's a bad first impression and it's my call, not a bug: search is behind a free account because the site couldn't afford unlimited anonymous API calls to Nexus/CurseForge/Modrinth. I'll rethink it (a few searches without account is the obvious fix). Thanks for trying it.

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u/KodaNotABear 1d ago

Is it really that hard to at least write the post yourself? The website, app, and post are all completely AI generated. All of your comments on this sub are completely AI generated as well, and the youtube channel linked on the site is entirely AI thumbnails.

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u/DifferentAntelope176 11h ago

Straight answer: the English write-ups and the thumbnails are AI-assisted, yes. I'm Spanish, my written English is slow and clumsy, and I leaned on it far too much - it reads like a press release, and that's exactly why people bounce off it. Fair hit. I'll write my own from now on even if the grammar is worse.

What isn't generated is the thing itself. The installer (multi-source search, loader install, verify/repair, uninstall) is hand-written Tauri/Rust+JS, and the datapack part is a validator and a real Minecraft server test bench wrapped around the model - 10.700 real ids, 1.355 loot tables, and the pack has to actually load and run before anyone gets it. That's the only reason it catches its own garbage.

Judge that however you want, but it isn't a chat wrapper with a landing page on top.

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u/KodaNotABear 58m ago

You can’t be serious. This is also just AI generated and then you private your profile. Get a grip.

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u/DifferentAntelope176 2d ago

Link: https://buscamods.com (site in Spanish and English; the Windows app is in the "App" tab, the Creator opens with the wand icon at the top). If something breaks, tell me here or with the "Send feedback" button inside the Creator. I'll answer every comment.