Rusty Mod Manager

A Linux-Native Mod Manager, built to be fast and simple to use.

Made using Rust and Tauri.

Warning

This project is in active development!

Features and functionaliy might change. Updates will most probably contain breaking changes.

Features

Made for Linux
Fast 🚀
Lightweight 🪶
FOMOD Support (WIP)
Mod Versioning
Virtual File-System Deployment
- Uses UnionFS-Fuse
- Saves Folder Virtualization
- Configuration Folder Virtualization
Download Manager
- Multi-threaded
- Resumable Downloads
- Nexusmods / NXM Scheme Support
WINE / Proton Compatibility
- Case-Folding

Planned Features & Improvements

Plugin Support (WIP) (Bethesda games only)
Profiles
BSA Extraction
Improved error handling
- Currently most errors are handled as strings, not good.
Planned games support:
- Cyperpunk 2077
Migrate to Tuari v2
Multiple instances open in simultaneous
Run executable directly by specifying an argument
Steam Games Auto-detection
Automatic load-order using LOOT
Add tests

Supported Games

Currently, the mod manager is being developed with Bethesda games (Skyrim specially) in mind. There are plans for supporting more games in the future!

Rusty Mod Manager manages your mods and downloads, but in the end these are simply folders. While the games you want to play may not be specifically supported, they might still work.

How does it work?

When running a game/executable the mod manager deploys a Virtual File-System (VFS), using UnionFS-Fuse. This makes all of your enabled mods appear transaprently to the game you are running.

Requirements

UnionFS-Fuse: For deploying the mods/saves/settings
icoutils/wrestool (Optional): Used for extracting .exe file data

Handle NXM Scheme

In order to handle NXM links you need to run the executable with the argument ./RustyModManager nxm [NXM-LINK-HERE].

You can create a .desktop file in your applications (Ex. ~/.local/share/applications) with the content:

[Desktop Entry]
Categories=Game;
Name=Rusty Mod Manager (NXM Handler)
Comment=A native mod manager for linux.
Exec={PATH_TO_EXECUTABLE} nxm %u
Path={PATH_TO_EXECUTABLE_FOLDER}
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/nxm;
Terminal=false
Type=Application

Replace {PATH_TO_EXECUTABLE} and {PATH_TO_EXECUTABLE_FOLDER} with their respective values.

For now it is recommended that you have an instance of the mod manager already open, so it will receive the IPC request to download the file.

Development

The mod manager has been developed using Rust + Tauri + Bun.

How to run locally:

Clone this repo
Install dependencies with bun install
Run project with bun run dev

Disclaimer

This software is provided as-is, without warranty.

The code is licensed under GNU GPL v3

NeilSeligmann/rusty-mod-manager