Silk Fly Launcher

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Silk Fly Launcher is an open-source mod manager for Hollow Knight: Silksong built with Electron, it download mods from Nexus Mods (Thunderstore comming in stable v1.0.0).

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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 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

1. Download the app in your desired format from the GitHub Releases page or build it from source to have the latest features.

2. Install it and follow the in-app guide.

How to build

1. Install Git and Node JS
2. Clone the repo git clone https://github.com/Gabi-Zar/Silk-Fly-Launcher
3. Go into the repository cd Silk-Fly-Launcher
4. Install npm dependencies npm install
5. Start the app with npm run start
6. Optionnal dependencies:
   • Wix toolset v3 for msi windows build
7. Build the app with npm run make:options
8. Available Build options:
   • none - build all
   • zip - Make a zip for Windows x64
   • msi - Make a msi build for Windows x64

Todo

For stable release 1.0.0

• BepInEx support
• Nexus support
• Disable / Enable Individual mods
• Automatic update
• Support for Thunderstore
• Linux support
• Support for offline mods
• Auto Download Mods Dependencies

For later

• Automatically detect Silksong installation path on other platforms
• Multiple mods profiles
• Support for MelonLoader
• French translation
• macOS support (need a tester)

Todo list sorted by importance

Contributing

This is my first Electron project, I will love any feedback. Just open an issue or make a pull request.

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.

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