Modpack Index

Modpack Index acts as a central database for the modpacks and mods available in the Minecraft community. It offers a variety of features including modpack finder, modpack comparison, servers, streams, and more.

The site is still in active development and somethings could change.

Live Site

The site is currently running at www.modpackindex.com

Requirements

• PHP >= 5.4
• Composer
• MCrypt PHP Extension
• MySQL / Postgres / SQLite

Installing

1. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/sethryder/modpackindex.git.
2. Install Dependencies: composer install.
3. Set an encryption key in app/config/app.php, more info about it in the config file.
4. Enter you database credentials in app/config/database.php.
5. Run: php artisan mpi:install, this will run database migrations and walk you through setting up your first admin user.
6. Have fun!

Additional Configuration

Here is some additional configuration that you will need to do to use every feature.

Youtube

Add your Youtube API key to app/config/services.php to allow MPI to properly import video information.

Bit.ly

Add your Bit.ly token to app/config/services.php to allow MPI to convert Bit.ly URLs to the full URL on import.

Commands / Crons

Modpack Index depends on commands to keep some information up to date.

php artisan mpi:install

• Use this to setup the first default admin user.
• You only need to run this once when you setup the site.

php artisan import:mcfmodlist

• Import / Update mods from the MCF Mod List and add them to the import system.
• Recommended to setup as a cron that runs once a day.

php artisan import:nem

• Import / Update mods from the Not Enough Mods and add them to the import system.
• Recommended to setup as a cron that runs once a day.

php artisan server:updatequeue

• Check to see which servers are due for an update and add them to the queue.
• Recommended to setup as a cron that runs every minute.

php artisan twitch:update

• Update stream from Twich and match them to modpacks in the database.
• Recommended to setup as a cron that every 5 minutes or so.

IRC

Have questions? Want to chat? Visit our IRC Channel!

#ModpackIndex on EsperNet.

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2015 Seth Ryder. See LICENSE for further details.