Please confirm the following.
What parts of Modrinth is your feature request related too?
Modrinth Hosting
Is your suggested feature related to a problem? Please describe.
The Modrinth App currently supports client‑side mod profiles only, with no built‑in way to create or manage self‑hosted Minecraft server instances. This forces users who run their own servers to maintain two completely separate environments:
A Modrinth client profile
A manually‑managed server folder
Because the app has no server‑side support, users must manually handle tasks like installing loaders, downloading server jars, syncing modlists, updating versions, and managing configuration files. This creates duplicated work, increases the chance of mismatched mods between client and server, and makes self‑hosting significantly more complicated than it needs to be.
TLDR:
The Modrinth App is excellent for client mod management, but it lacks any tools for managing self‑hosted servers, leaving a major gap for players who host their own worlds.
Describe the solution you'd like
Proposed Solution:
Add full support for self‑hosted server profiles inside the Modrinth App. This would work similarly to client profiles but tailored for server management. The app should allow users to create a server instance, choose a loader (Fabric, Forge, Quilt, NeoForge), and automatically download the correct server jar and initial configuration files.
Server profiles should support automatic mod syncing with a linked client profile, ignoring client‑only mods and warning about version mismatches. The app should also provide one‑click updates for both Minecraft versions and installed mods.
Basic server management tools—start/stop, console output, editing server.properties, JVM settings, and world folder access—should be available directly in the UI. Users should also be able to import existing server folders, with the app detecting the loader and installed mods automatically.
This would streamline self‑hosting, reduce manual file management, and make Modrinth a complete solution for both client and server modded gameplay.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Crafty. Does not have Modrinth intergration, and the ease of access to mods that modrinth has
Additional context
Modrinth Hosting already has a wonderful UI, so it would be simple to just add self hosting
Please confirm the following.
What parts of Modrinth is your feature request related too?
Modrinth Hosting
Is your suggested feature related to a problem? Please describe.
The Modrinth App currently supports client‑side mod profiles only, with no built‑in way to create or manage self‑hosted Minecraft server instances. This forces users who run their own servers to maintain two completely separate environments:
A Modrinth client profile
A manually‑managed server folder
Because the app has no server‑side support, users must manually handle tasks like installing loaders, downloading server jars, syncing modlists, updating versions, and managing configuration files. This creates duplicated work, increases the chance of mismatched mods between client and server, and makes self‑hosting significantly more complicated than it needs to be.
TLDR:
The Modrinth App is excellent for client mod management, but it lacks any tools for managing self‑hosted servers, leaving a major gap for players who host their own worlds.
Describe the solution you'd like
Proposed Solution:
Add full support for self‑hosted server profiles inside the Modrinth App. This would work similarly to client profiles but tailored for server management. The app should allow users to create a server instance, choose a loader (Fabric, Forge, Quilt, NeoForge), and automatically download the correct server jar and initial configuration files.
Server profiles should support automatic mod syncing with a linked client profile, ignoring client‑only mods and warning about version mismatches. The app should also provide one‑click updates for both Minecraft versions and installed mods.
Basic server management tools—start/stop, console output, editing server.properties, JVM settings, and world folder access—should be available directly in the UI. Users should also be able to import existing server folders, with the app detecting the loader and installed mods automatically.
This would streamline self‑hosting, reduce manual file management, and make Modrinth a complete solution for both client and server modded gameplay.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Crafty. Does not have Modrinth intergration, and the ease of access to mods that modrinth has
Additional context
Modrinth Hosting already has a wonderful UI, so it would be simple to just add self hosting