Highlights
- New dragon fights in the End
- Rebalanced early armor tiers
Mod changes
Added
Updated
- Sodium: sodium-neoforge-0.6.13.jar to sodium-neoforge-0.6.15.jar
- Apotheosis: Apotheosis-1.21.1-8.1.1.jar to Apotheosis-1.21.1-8.1.2.jar
Make and release modpacks in one app
packraven is a free, open-source desktop app for modpack development. Install mods, edit files, collaborate with teammates, track changes, and test clients and servers, then build, publish, and announce each release. CurseForge supported; Modrinth support in progress.
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Latest version: 0.1.0. Other platforms and versions
10 steps in 5 apps
A release, by hand. Pick a step to see it in packraven.
All of it in 1 app
The same release in packraven
Sample pack
Mods
11 files from CurseForge. 5 have updates.
The mods folder has two versions of Iris Shaders, and CurseForge will deny a pack uploaded with it. Remove the one you don't want. packraven won't publish until you do.
| Remove | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Apotheosis- | Shadows_of_Fire | |||||
 betterclouds- | Qendolin | |||||
 irons_ | iron431 | |||||
 sodium- | jellysquid3, IMS | |||||
 Two versions iris- | coderbot, IMS | |||||
| Two versions iris- | coderbot, IMS | |||||
 jei- | mezz | |||||
 Placebo- | Shadows_of_Fire | |||||
 shouldersurfing- | Exopandora |
#Disables File Watcher. Used to automatically update config if its file has been modified.
disableConfigWatcher = false
#Should we control the window. Disabling this disables new GL features and can be bad for mods that rely on them.
earlyWindowControl = true
#Max threads for early initialization parallelism, -1 is based on processor count
maxThreads = -1
#Enable NeoForge global version checking
versionCheck = false
#Default config path for servers
defaultConfigPath = "defaultconfigs"
#Disables Optimized DFU client-side - already disabled on servers
disableOptimizedDFU = true
#Early window provider
earlyWindowProvider = ""
#Early window width
earlyWindowWidth = 1024
#Early window height
earlyWindowHeight = 768
#Early window framebuffer scale
earlyWindowFBScale = 1
#Early window starts maximized
earlyWindowMaximized = false
#Skip specific GL versions, may help with buggy graphics card drivers
earlyWindowSkipGLVersions = []
#Squir?
earlyWindowSquir = false
#Define dependency overrides below
#Dependency overrides can be used to forcibly remove a dependency constraint from a mod or to force a mod to load AFTER another mod
#Using dependency overrides can cause issues. Use at your own risk.
#Example dependency override for the mod with the id 'targetMod': dependency constraints (incompatibility clauses or restrictive version ranges) against mod 'dep1' are removed, and the mod will now load after the mod 'dep2'
#dependencyOverrides.targetMod = ["-dep1", "+dep2"]
[dependencyOverrides]
#Define dependency overrides below
#Dependency overrides can be used to forcibly remove a dependency constraint from a mod or to force a mod to load AFTER another mod
#Using dependency overrides can cause issues. Use at your own risk.
Test
Start a test server or client on this computer.
Test servers run online, and the client plays as muonr.
Tick this to give each test server a clean slate. Server starts will take 10 to 60 seconds longer.
Server
1 14:02:13 INFO main Launcher
2 14:02:31 INFO main ModDiscoverer
3 14:02:58 WARN main Apotheosis
4 14:03:20 INFO Server thread minecraft
5 14:03:34 INFO Server thread minecraft
6 14:04:12 INFO Server thread minecraft
You can send commands once the server is running. Server crashing due to a mod? .
Client
1 14:03:36 INFO main minecraft
2 14:04:09 INFO Render thread minecraft
3 14:04:12 INFO Render thread minecraft
Start the server first, or untick Join server to launch to the title screen.
Git
On master. 1 to push.
You and the remote both changed this mod. Choose whose versions to keep; packraven keeps every other change from both sides.
- sodium-neoforge-0.6.13.jar
- Yours
- sodium-neoforge-0.6.14.jar
- Theirs
- sodium-neoforge-0.6.15.jar
Staged 2
M Modified: config/biomeswevegone/world_generation.json
M Modified: config/crash_assistant/modlist.json
Changes 5
M Modified: config/fancymenu/customizablemenus.txt
M Modified: config/shouldersurfing-client.toml
M Modified: options.txt
M Modified: shaderpacks/ComplementaryUnbound_r5.9.3 + EuphoriaPatches_1.10.5.txt
N New: config/fancymenu/customization/join_multiplayer_screen_layout.txt
Recent commits
- add journeymap configs, fml, iris. updates for packraven 92c493c muon-rw, 67 minutes ago
- Sync binaries from CurseForge via mods.lock.json efdb52d muon-rw, 6 hours ago
- quest stuff e2ea7d2 muon-rw, 6 hours ago
- perf tweaks 8e41998 muon-rw, 6 hours ago
- mod bumps 7354f31 muon-rw, 6 hours ago
- texture patches bf092ab muon-rw, 2 days ago
- bumps 7127ab0 muon-rw, 2 days ago
- the damagepocalypse 1818163 muon-rw, 2 days ago
- checkpoint these are goodskies 6591607 muon-rw, 2 days ago
- gem balancing, reduce scraps, match ascended lvl 375689a muon-rw, 2 days ago
- quest updots b8ab0ed muon-rw, 2 days ago
- bumps 6b451f8 muon-rw, 3 days ago
- latest keys from bumps 60c896a muon-rw, 3 days ago
- misc configs 849906a muon-rw, 3 days ago
- levels 69e9d80 muon-rw, 3 days ago
Select a file to see what changed.
Shift or Ctrl+click to select several.
Changes
4 mod changes since v0.1.0. 1 local dev build excluded.
Last release v0.1.0
1 file not on CurseForge. packraven only downloads mods from CurseForge, so releases and collaborators won't get this file unless you commit it directly. You can't publish until you add it to Git or remove it.
- mods/raven_tweaks-1.2.jar
Local dev builds are in the mods folder and won't be part of a release: raven_core-dev.jar
Changes since v0.1.0
packraven will add these automatically to your changelog.
Added 1
- Iron's Spells
Updated 2
- Sodium sodium-neoforge-0.6.13.jar to sodium-neoforge-0.6.15.jar
- Apotheosis Apotheosis-1.21.1-8.1.1.jar to Apotheosis-1.21.1-8.1.2.jar
Removed 1
- Better Clouds
Publish
Review what ships, then publish at the bottom. Publishing can't be undone.
Build without publishing
Version
0.2.0
The last release is v0.1.0.
Checks
- Ready to publish
What ships
- Client pack
- Server pack
- We upload it as an additional file of the client pack.
- Release type
- Beta
- Project
- 1234567
- Git
- Commit and tag v0.2.0, then push
- Notes
- Archived to changelogs/0.2.0.md, and changelog.md is cleared
Release commit
Leave it empty to use "Release 0.2.0". We'll commit any remaining changes along with the new version and archived notes. The commit author will be the name and email in your git config.
Changelog on CurseForge
Discord
packraven posts to Discord once CurseForge approves 0.2.0, and pings the role.
Releases
Versions published from packraven on this machine, their CurseForge review status, and Discord announcements.
| Version | Published | Client pack | Server pack | Discord |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.1 | 10/12/2026 | Under review | Under review | packraven posts this once CurseForge approves it |
| 0.1.0 | 10/3/2026 | Approved | Approved | Announced 10/3/2026 |
Discohook is a web editor for Discord messages. packraven opens the announcement there, so you can change it and post it yourself.
Make the pack together
Share the pack with your collaborators through git. Instead of hundreds of jars, we commit which CurseForge file each mod uses, so the repository stays small and anyone who clones it gets the whole pack.
When you pull, we merge your collaborators' mod changes one mod at a time and download whatever they added. If you both changed the same mod, you choose whose version to keep.
Git
On master. 1 to push.
You and the remote both changed this mod. Choose whose versions to keep; packraven keeps every other change from both sides.
- sodium-neoforge-0.6.13.jar
- Yours
- sodium-neoforge-0.6.14.jar
- Theirs
- sodium-neoforge-0.6.15.jar
Staged 2
M Modified: config/biomeswevegone/world_generation.json
M Modified: config/crash_assistant/modlist.json
Changes 5
M Modified: config/fancymenu/customizablemenus.txt
M Modified: config/shouldersurfing-client.toml
M Modified: options.txt
M Modified: shaderpacks/ComplementaryUnbound_r5.9.3 + EuphoriaPatches_1.10.5.txt
N New: config/fancymenu/customization/join_multiplayer_screen_layout.txt
Recent commits
- add journeymap configs, fml, iris. updates for packraven 92c493c muon-rw, 67 minutes ago
- Sync binaries from CurseForge via mods.lock.json efdb52d muon-rw, 6 hours ago
- quest stuff e2ea7d2 muon-rw, 6 hours ago
- perf tweaks 8e41998 muon-rw, 6 hours ago
- mod bumps 7354f31 muon-rw, 6 hours ago
- texture patches bf092ab muon-rw, 2 days ago
- bumps 7127ab0 muon-rw, 2 days ago
- the damagepocalypse 1818163 muon-rw, 2 days ago
- checkpoint these are goodskies 6591607 muon-rw, 2 days ago
- gem balancing, reduce scraps, match ascended lvl 375689a muon-rw, 2 days ago
- quest updots b8ab0ed muon-rw, 2 days ago
- bumps 6b451f8 muon-rw, 3 days ago
- latest keys from bumps 60c896a muon-rw, 3 days ago
- misc configs 849906a muon-rw, 3 days ago
- levels 69e9d80 muon-rw, 3 days ago
Select a file to see what changed.
Shift or Ctrl+click to select several.
A server pack that builds itself
We automatically exclude client-only mods from the server pack. When a mod is tagged wrong, or crashes the dedicated server, you can override it once and we'll remember it for every server pack after. Set the server.properties, icon and message of the day in the same view, with a live preview of how it looks in the server list.
Server
4 mods. 2 excluded from the server as client-only, based on their CurseForge and Modrinth tags. Override that here; these choices will be used in Test and Publish to make server packs.
| Mod | Server | Why | Override |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium sodium-neoforge-0.6.15.jar | Excluded | Modrinth lists it as client-only | |
| Iris Shaders iris-neoforge-1.8.1.jar | Excluded | Modrinth lists it as client-only | |
| Shoulder Surfing Reloaded shouldersurfing-neoforge-4.5.0.jar | Included | CurseForge lists it for both sides | |
| Apotheosis Apotheosis-1.21.1-8.1.2.jar | Included | CurseForge lists it for both sides |
Server
Written to server.properties in every server pack and test run. All other values falls back to vanilla or modded defaults.
Server list
Raven's High Fantasy 0/12
Raven's High Fantasy 0.1.0
Dragons, dungeons and spells
How the server appears in a player's multiplayer list. Players name the server themselves, so we show the pack name.
Icon
packraven crops the image to a square, scales it to the 64×64 PNG vanilla needs and saves it as server-icon.png in the pack repo.
Pick a color or style to insert its § code at the cursor. We fill in {name}, {version} and {minecraft} each time we build a server pack, so leaving it empty shows the pack name and the version you're building.
Gameplay
2 changed from vanillaWithout it, vanilla kicks players who fly with jetpacks, wings and similar mods.
World
1 changed from vanilla chunks
chunks
blocks
Access
Test runs use port 25565 from Pack settings instead.
Vanilla checks each player's Minecraft account. Test runs only turn it on when you're signed in to Minecraft and online mode is on in App settings.
Performance
1 changed from vanilla ms
Vanilla stops a server that spends this long on one tick. Enter -1 to turn the watchdog off.
Other properties
Any other server.properties key, written as you enter it. Mods with their own properties read them from here too.
Test
Start a test server or client on this computer.
Test servers run online, and the client plays as muonr.
Tick this to give each test server a clean slate. Server starts will take 10 to 60 seconds longer.
Server
1 14:02:13 INFO main Launcher
2 14:02:31 INFO main ModDiscoverer
3 14:02:58 WARN main Apotheosis
4 14:03:20 INFO Server thread minecraft
5 14:03:34 INFO Server thread minecraft
6 14:04:12 INFO Server thread minecraft
You can send commands once the server is running. Server crashing due to a mod? .
Client
1 14:03:36 INFO main minecraft
2 14:04:09 INFO Render thread minecraft
3 14:04:12 INFO Render thread minecraft
Start the server first, or untick Join server to launch to the title screen.
One-Click, end to end testing
Click Quick test and we'll build the server pack, start a test server on your computer, and launch a client that joins it automatically. Both logs appear side by side.
Edit all your files, too.
Edit configs and datapacks in tabs, and we validate JSON, TOML and other formats as you type. You won't need VS Code for most pack edits.
You can also look inside mod jars, view textures and NBT files, and follow logs as the game writes them. NBT editing, image editing, and datapack creation coming soon!
#General settings
[general]
#modpackProjectID is now deprecated and will be removed soon
# Default: 0
# Range: > 0
modpackProjectID = 0
#The name of the modpack
modpackName = "Raven's High Fantasy"
#The version of the modpack
modpackVersion = "0.2.0"
#Use the metadata.json to determine the modpack version
#ONLY ENABLE THIS IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
useMetadata = ture
- Invalid value
Mods
11 files from CurseForge. 5 have updates.
The mods folder has two versions of Iris Shaders, and CurseForge will deny a pack uploaded with it. Remove the one you don't want. packraven won't publish until you do.
| Remove | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apotheosis- | Shadows_of_Fire | |||||
| ||||||
| betterclouds- | Qendolin | |||||
| irons_ | iron431 | |||||
| sodium- | jellysquid3, IMS | |||||
| Two versions iris- | coderbot, IMS | |||||
| Two versions iris- | coderbot, IMS | |||||
| jei- | mezz | |||||
| Placebo- | Shadows_of_Fire | |||||
| shouldersurfing- | Exopandora | |||||
Add and update mods right here.
Search CurseForge for mods, resource packs, shaders and data packs. Open any mod to see its versions and quickly read their changelogs before you switch versions.
Publish once, with everything in view
Publishing is public and can't be undone, so packraven shows you everything that will ship first. When you click Publish:
- We build the client and server packs and upload both to CurseForge.
- We update the pack version in Better Compatibility Checker (unless you don't have it)
- We file your release notes under the new version and start a fresh page for the next release.
- We commit and tag the release, and push it if you want.
Publish
Review what ships, then publish at the bottom. Publishing can't be undone.
Build without publishing
Version
0.2.0
The last release is v0.1.0.
Checks
- Ready to publish
What ships
- Client pack
- Server pack
- We upload it as an additional file of the client pack.
- Release type
- Beta
- Project
- 1234567
- Git
- Commit and tag v0.2.0, then push
- Notes
- Archived to changelogs/0.2.0.md, and changelog.md is cleared
Release commit
Leave it empty to use "Release 0.2.0". We'll commit any remaining changes along with the new version and archived notes. The commit author will be the name and email in your git config.
Changelog on CurseForge
Highlights
- New dragon fights in the End
- Rebalanced early armor tiers
Mod changes
Added
Updated
- Sodium: sodium-neoforge-0.6.13.jar to sodium-neoforge-0.6.15.jar
- Apotheosis: Apotheosis-1.21.1-8.1.1.jar to Apotheosis-1.21.1-8.1.2.jar
Removed
Discord
packraven posts to Discord once CurseForge approves 0.2.0, and pings the role.
After you publish
The Releases view follows each upload through CurseForge review. When CurseForge approves the file, we announce it for you automatically on Discord.
Releases
Versions published from packraven on this machine, their CurseForge review status, and Discord announcements.
| Version | Published | Client pack | Server pack | Discord |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.1 | 10/12/2026 | Under review | Under review | packraven posts this once CurseForge approves it |
| 0.1.0 | 10/3/2026 | Approved | Approved | Announced 10/3/2026 |
Discohook is a web editor for Discord messages. packraven opens the announcement there, so you can change it and post it yourself.
Get packraven
Free and open source, for Windows and macOS.
Track a pack you already have
Point packraven at your CurseForge instance. We set up git for it, and offer to install git for you if you don't have it.
Join someone else's pack
Paste the git remote they share with you, and we download the pack into a new CurseForge profile.