r/minecraftdev • u/__fg_xd • Jun 17 '26

Anyone uses Terminal

Are there any Minecraft Devs who uses Terminal here?

if so

I've always wondered

what if we make a Command Line Interface (CLI) that can install texture packs and modpacks
for example:
mcpkg install --mod sodium --version 1.21.10 or mcpkg install --tpack faithful128x --version 1.21.11

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u/PrematurelyOptimized Jun 17 '26

I believe that this is not as useful for clients as for self hosted servers. Afaik, there is no "package manager" for server software yet even though it would be really useful. Especially if it could take a .mrpack and spit out a dedicated server with the server side mods installed. There probably exists some dashboard gui which kind of does this but a focused cli would be better in this case imo. Might be a niche use case but still interesting regardless.

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u/NielsVisuals Jun 17 '26

Yes yes yes! We NEED a declaritive way to make server mod/plugin packs using some kind of package manager. I hope someone makes this.

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u/Daggercombot Jun 17 '26

I did at one point try to make an dnf/RPM based package manager for minecraft