Beacon ~ Easily download mods for your favorite servers!

[Geforce]

What is Beacon?
Beacon looks at your saved servers list, and if there are any outdated or missing mods in your Minecraft installation, it will show them in a list. You can then download them straight from the in-game GUI. A quick restart, and you're ready to play!

What mods can I download using Beacon?
The list of downloadable mods can be found here. We are always adding more mods to it!

Screenshots:

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In the Multiplayer menu while having a missing mod to one of the servers:

The Beacon menu. "securitycraft v1.6.1" is a missing mod that I have. I can download it just by clicking the "Download mod" button in the bottom-left corner:

Permissions from mod authors:

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Note: These are the people that I asked if I could add their mod(s) to Beacon. People that have submitted their mods through GitHub or the Google Docs form are not in this list.

FiskFille (Quote: Yeah, I'd love if you did! Beacon sounds like such a cool project! )
Darkhax (Quote: Sure, but you will have to mess around with versions and stuff)
BugzooMods (Quote: Sure

)
bl4ckscor3 (Quote: You got my permission.)

Download Beacon:
Note: Beacon dynamically downloads the latest mod list from GitHub. Updates will not contain new mod lists, they will be updates to newer versions of Minecraft and/or updates to Beacon itself.

v1.0.5:
1.7.10: Click me!
1.8: Click me!

Source code:
The source code for Beacon can be found here.

How to add your mod to Beacon:

• Use this Google Docs form: http://goo.gl/forms/RqkuPkAdM0
• Tweet me with your mod ID, version, and download link.
• Submit a pull request to this "modList.txt" file on GitHub.

I'll be sure to add them!

Thanks for reading!
~Geforce

 

[Wagon153]

Took long enough for somebody to make this! Kudos and have my like you clever mod dev!

 

[ljfa]

do I have to make a new submission every time I update my mod?

 

[Geforce]

Took long enough for somebody to make this! Kudos and have my like you clever mod dev!

Thanks!

do I have to make a new submission every time I update my mod?

As of version v1.0.6, yes, but in an upcoming version, you won't have to if you use CurseForge to host your mod. But if you are using a file hosting site like Dropbox or Mediafire, then you still will have to re-submit your mod every time you update it, as their really isn't any other way to get the download link of it...