Mod Publish Plugin review
A release-focused Gradle plugin for sending one mod build to many services.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Mod Publish Plugin is an open-source Gradle plugin for Minecraft mod developers maintaining Gradle-based build projects. It focuses on publishing mod artifacts rather than creating or debugging them, and it supports Fabric and Forge workflows. A single configuration can publish to CurseForge, Modrinth, GitHub, Gitea, GitLab, Forgejo, Codeberg, and Discord, making it suited to projects that distribute releases across several destinations.
The plugin’s strongest area is release configuration. Its typed Gradle DSL lets developers define publishing destinations, Minecraft version lists and ranges, required, optional, incompatible, and embedded dependencies, changelogs, and additional files. Retry handling addresses failed publishing operations, while dry-run mode allows build-script publishing configuration to be checked before a release is sent. These capabilities give release-oriented projects more control than a workflow limited to uploading a single artifact to one service.
Mod Publish Plugin is a focused choice for teams or individual developers who want multi-destination publishing inside an existing Gradle workflow. Its support for several Git hosting services, Discord, and the two listed mod loaders broadens its publishing fit without changing its core purpose. Developers looking for a visual mod editor, debugger, or artifact-building system should choose a different tool, because this plugin concentrates on configuring and distributing releases. For projects that already manage builds with Gradle and need dependency metadata, changelogs, retries, and multiple destinations, its scope is clearly aligned with the release stage.
Mod Publish Plugin pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Publishes to CurseForge, Modrinth, Git hosts, and Discord
- Typed Gradle DSL supports multiple destinations in one configuration
- Handles retries, dry runs, dependencies, changelogs, and extra files
- Where it doesn't
- Not a visual mod editor, debugger, or artifact-building system
- Requires a Gradle-based mod development workflow
- Release automation is broader than its development tooling
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