How we keep the lights on
No ad slots. No pay-to-win rankings.
This is a CreeperHost project. We built it to be useful on its own. If you happen to need a server, we’ll point out that we sell those. That’s the whole trick.
Server hosts, no shouting
A creator can share the host they actually work with. Every configured host gets the same small card, with CreeperHost alongside it. No banner carpet-bombing, no special lane for whoever pays most, and no change to what appears above it.
Money doesn’t move projects up
A host can’t buy its way up the page. Neither can anyone else. Creator links, donations and who knows whom have nothing to do with the order.
New packs get room to be found
The front page makes room for new and recently maintained packs. One old giant—or one creator—doesn’t get to fill the shelf, and the mix changes each day.
Creators keep the good stuff
CurseForge and Modrinth downloads go to the page for the file you picked. When a creator links a GitHub release, that file can download directly. Patreon, Ko-fi, GitHub Sponsors and similar links go to the creator. We take nothing.
We don’t build a profile of you
No accounts, favourites, comments or advertising profiles. Pick local JARs in the mod checker and the names are read in your browser; the files stay on your PC and are never run. Project artwork is usually loaded from the catalogue that lists it.
One API. Their changes, our problem.
CurseForge, Modrinth, Hytale and Vintage Story all do things differently. api.modpacks.ch gives developers one consistent API—and when a provider moves the goalposts, we sort it here instead of making every app scramble.
We only say what the file tells us
If a file says client-only, server-only or needs another mod, we show it. If the answer is blank, you’ll see “Source doesn’t say.” GitHub details only appear when the creator links them.
Built by people who run this stuff
CreeperHost has run modded servers since 2011. We check real release listings, pack files and creator docs—not whatever a filename happens to look like. Tools help us sort it; they don’t get to make up facts.
The tests we use
Useful without the sales pitch. Good enough for our own site.
The browser should stand on its own, and it runs on the same api.modpacks.ch we give everyone else. If we break the API, we feel it here too.