Missing Mods Checker
Modby Txni
Ensures the user always has core mods for the modpack, and allows prompting them to download optional mods on startup
Type
Mod
CurseForge Downloads
1,427,341
CurseForge ID
1464437
Modrinth Downloads
47,426
Modrinth ID
gR4YXm1s
Last Updated
Jul 27, 2026
Description

Missing Mods Checker is a simple utility mod for modpack devs that hooks into the pre-loading process for Forge & Fabric to check if any dependencies are missing before the game loads. If any are found to be missing, a window will pop up prompting the user to download them before restarting.
This utility mod can serve multiple purposes:
- Prevent important mods from being accidentally or deliberately removed
- Enforce exact versions of mods, to prevent accidental end-user updates
- Prompt to download mods that are only available on certain platforms
- Allow users to download optional mods the first time the game starts up
Whatever the reason mods are found to be missing, the mod will open up a simple Java Swing window with a list of all missing mods. The user can click "download," which will open the link specified in the config file in their browser. To make things easier, there is a button that opens the mods folder directly.

You can configure the mod by editing missing_mods_checker.json in your modpack's config folder, and adding in entries for each mod. The dependency scanning supports regex for filenames, so you can specify exact versions, or a regex match for anything you would like.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Fabric
Forge
Neoforge
Game Versions
1.20
1.20.1
1.21.1
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