/ksp-mod-analyzer

Analyze Kerbal Space Program mods available on SpaceDock and Curse

Primary LanguagePythonGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

KSP Mod Analyzer

Analyze Kerbal Space Program mods on SpaceDock, Curse and CKAN repositories.

Features

  • Parse SpaceDock, Curse and CKAN repositories and store data locally in a database
  • Display mod availability on each repository
  • Display meta-data for source code and forum links if available
  • Filter mods with a real time filter
  • Clickable URL links for all meta data as well as direct links to mod page on SpaceDock and Curse (click on verison number)
  • Different ways of analysing the data, e.g:
    • Show all mods with aggregated metadata on one page
    • List mods for a specific repository (with aggregated metadata from other repositories if available)
    • List mods that only exists on a specific repository
  • CSV export

Now you can get a clear overview all all mods and the status in each repository, including easy access to relevant forum threads and source code.

Stand-alone release for Windows

A stand-alone version of KSP Mod Analyzer can be downloaded from the "Releases" tab. Built with PyInstaller and can be run without having Python installed.

Running the Python application on Linux/Windows

  • Install latest version of Python 3

  • Optional but recommended: Install PyCharm IDE

  • Install the following packages:

    • pip install PyQt5
    • pip install requests
    • pip install beautifulsoup4
    • pip install natsort

  • Clone the repo and run as follows (or run from PyCharm)

    • git clone https://github.com/akej74/ksp-mod-analyzer.git
    • cd ksp-mod-analyzer
    • python3 ksp-mod-analyzer/main.py

A data directory will be created in the current working directory to cache the downloads, so you should run it from the same directory each time.

Note about "QT Designer"

  • For editing the User Interface (mainwindow.ui), install QT Designer as follows:
    • Install latest QT5 open source suite from QT main site
    • In the install wizard, make sure you include the "Qt 5.3 MinGW" component
    • QT Designer will be installed in C:\Qt\5.x\mingw53_32\bin\designer.exe
    • Note that the executable is named "designer.exe"
  • To convert the mainwindow.ui to mainwindow.pyrun the following command:
    • <python installation directory>\Scripts\pyuic5.exe mainwindow.ui -o mainwindow.py