Silk Fly Launcher
— A Silksong mod manager —
Silk Fly Launcher is an open-source mod manager for Hollow Knight: Silksong, designed to simplify installing and managing Nexus Mods.
Built with Electron, it provides a clean UI, secure Nexus API integration, and seamless switching between vanilla and modded gameplay.
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🌟 Features
- Install / Uninstall / Backup BepInEx for Silksong.
- Automatically detect Silksong installation path for Steam on Windows
- Browse and download Nexus mods directly in the app
- Multiple themes inspired by Silksong
- Launch Silksong in Vanilla or Modded without deleting the mods
- Securely store your Nexus API key on your device using Electron's safeStorage, and then additionally encrypt it with an AES key (provided at build time) via Electron Store.
- Works on Windows (Linux coming soon)
💻 Compatibility
- ✅ Windows x64
- 🛠 Linux (Comming in v1.0.0)
- ❌ macOS (need a tester)
🚀 Installation & Usage
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Download the app in your desired format from the GitHub Releases page or build it from source.
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Install it and follow the in-app guide
How to build
- Install Git and Node JS
- Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/Gabi-Zar/Silk-Fly-Launcher - Go into the repository
cd Silk-Fly-Launcher - Install npm dependencies
npm install - Start the app with
npm run start - Build the app with
npm run make:options - Available Build options are
none - build all
zip - Make a zip for Windows x64
msi - Make a msi build for Windows x64
✅ Todo
For release 1.0.0
- BepInEx support
- Nexus support
- Disable / Enable Individual mods
- Support for offline mods
- Auto Download Mods Dependencies
- Linux support
- Automatic update
For Later
- Automatically detect Silksong installation path on other platforms
- Multiple mods profiles
- Support for MelonLoader
- Support for Thunderstore
- French translation
- macOS support (need a tester)
🤝 Contributing
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
📜 License and credit
This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 license. This product uses third-party modules or assets under open source third-party licenses
Caution
Some assets came from Hollow Knight: Silksong. Hollow Knight: Silksong is property of Team Cherry. This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Team Cherry.
If you like this app, consider giving it a ⭐ on GitHub!