# Thunderstore Mods Scraper (`confidential_marina/thunderstore-mods-scraper`) Actor

Export game mods from Thunderstore (Risk of Rain 2, Valheim, Lethal Company, and 300+ communities): name, owner, downloads, rating, categories, versions. Public REST API. No login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/confidential_marina/thunderstore-mods-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Kaleb Holley](https://apify.com/confidential_marina) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Open source, Games
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Thunderstore Mods Scraper

Export game mods from **[Thunderstore](https://thunderstore.io)** — the major mod platform for Risk of Rain 2, Valheim, Lethal Company, Content Warning, V Rising, Among Us, and 300+ other communities. Get clean structured data for every package: name, owner, description, total downloads, rating, categories, latest version, dependencies, website, and optional version history.

Data comes from Thunderstore’s public REST API (global catalog + community package-listing-index shards). No browser, no proxy, no login.

### What can it do?

- **Community export.** Pull every package for a game (`lethal-company`, `valheim`, `riskofrain2`, …) via the official listing-index shards.
- **Global catalog.** Empty community = the shared `/api/v1/package/` catalog (~7.5k packages).
- **Search & filters.** Case-insensitive query across name / owner / description / categories; optional category, deprecated, and NSFW filters.
- **Sort.** Downloads, rating, updated, created, or name (ascending / descending).
- **Version history (optional).** Attach newest-first `versions[]` capped by `maxVersionsPerPackage`.
- **Discover games.** `listCommunities` returns Thunderstore community identifiers so you can pick a valid `community` slug.
- **Fast and cheap.** Pure JSON over HTTPS, concurrency ≤ 4 with Retry-After backoff. Runs on 512 MB.

### Use cases

- **Modding market datasets** for AI / RAG about Unity/BepInEx game ecosystems
- **Competitor / ecosystem tracking** for mod authors (downloads, ratings, release cadence)
- **Lead generation**: package owners and `websiteUrl` / GitHub links
- **Server & modpack research**: discover popular mods by downloads and category
- **Scheduled snapshots** of a Thunderstore community catalog

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `community` | string | Game slug (`lethal-company`, `valheim`, `riskofrain2`, …). Empty = global catalog. |
| `query` | string | Case-insensitive text filter. Empty = all (then sort / maxItems). |
| `category` | string | Optional category (`Mods`, `Modpacks`, `Tools`, …). |
| `sort` | string | `-downloads` (default), `-rating`, `-updated`, `-created`, `name`, or ascending variants. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Max packages to output (default 100). |
| `includeDeprecated` | boolean | Include deprecated packages (default `false`). |
| `includeNsfw` | boolean | Include NSFW packages (default `false`). |
| `includeVersions` | boolean | Attach `versions[]` (default `false`). |
| `maxVersionsPerPackage` | integer | Cap on versions when included (default 5; `0` = all). |
| `listCommunities` | boolean | Output community list instead of packages (default `false`). |

Example: top Lethal Company mods by downloads:

```json
{ "community": "lethal-company", "sort": "-downloads", "maxItems": 100 }
```

Example: Valheim tools matching “map”:

```json
{
  "community": "valheim",
  "query": "map",
  "category": "Tools",
  "sort": "-downloads",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "includeVersions": true
}
```

### Output

One dataset item per package:

```json
{
  "uuid4": "…",
  "name": "MoreCompany",
  "fullName": "notnotnotswipez-MoreCompany",
  "owner": "notnotnotswipez",
  "description": "A lightweight mod that expands the max player count…",
  "categories": ["Mods"],
  "ratingScore": 4200,
  "downloads": 15000000,
  "latestVersion": "1.12.0",
  "latestDownloads": 500000,
  "fileSize": 123456,
  "dependencies": ["BepInEx-BepInExPack-5.4.2100"],
  "websiteUrl": "https://github.com/…",
  "iconUrl": "https://ccdn.thunderstore.io/…",
  "downloadUrl": "https://thunderstore.io/package/download/…",
  "donationLink": null,
  "isPinned": false,
  "isDeprecated": false,
  "hasNsfwContent": false,
  "community": "lethal-company",
  "dateCreated": "2023-11-01T00:00:00Z",
  "dateUpdated": "2026-09-01T00:00:00Z",
  "url": "https://thunderstore.io/c/lethal-company/p/notnotnotswipez/MoreCompany/",
  "versionCount": 40,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-14T20:00:00+00:00"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay-per-event: **$0.002 per package** ($2 per 1,000 results).

### Notes

- Uses Thunderstore’s public API only. Identifies as `thunderstore-mods-scraper (Apify; +https://apify.com/confidential_marina)`.
- Community mode prefers `/c/{community}/api/v1/package-listing-index/` shards (gzip) for memory-friendly exports of large games.
- Rate limits are respected with concurrency ≤ 4 and Retry-After backoff.

# Actor input Schema

## `community` (type: `string`):

Thunderstore community identifier (game slug), e.g. riskofrain2, valheim, lethal-company, among-us, content-warning, v-rising. Empty = global package catalog (~7.5k packages). Use listCommunities to discover identifiers.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive filter across name, full name, owner, description, and categories. Empty = all packages (then sorted / capped by maxItems).

## `category` (type: `string`):

Optional category filter (exact match, case-insensitive), e.g. Mods, Modpacks, Tools, Libraries, Skins. Empty = all categories.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

How to order results. Prefix with - for descending.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum packages to output.

## `includeDeprecated` (type: `boolean`):

When false (default), skip packages marked deprecated.

## `includeNsfw` (type: `boolean`):

When false (default), skip packages flagged as NSFW.

## `includeVersions` (type: `boolean`):

Attach a versions\[] array (newest first). Increases output size.

## `maxVersionsPerPackage` (type: `integer`):

When includeVersions is true, cap how many versions are kept (0 = all).

## `listCommunities` (type: `boolean`):

When true (and community/query empty), output Thunderstore community identifiers (game list) instead of packages. Useful to discover valid community slugs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "community": "lethal-company",
  "sort": "-downloads",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "includeDeprecated": false,
  "includeNsfw": false,
  "includeVersions": false,
  "maxVersionsPerPackage": 5,
  "listCommunities": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "community": "lethal-company",
    "query": "",
    "category": "",
    "sort": "-downloads",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "maxVersionsPerPackage": 5
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("confidential_marina/thunderstore-mods-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "community": "lethal-company",
    "query": "",
    "category": "",
    "sort": "-downloads",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "maxVersionsPerPackage": 5,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("confidential_marina/thunderstore-mods-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "community": "lethal-company",
  "query": "",
  "category": "",
  "sort": "-downloads",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "maxVersionsPerPackage": 5
}' |
apify call confidential_marina/thunderstore-mods-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,confidential_marina/thunderstore-mods-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/2NK4PohowqRYCBQGh/builds/AbRtFnzoDrc1aFGWT/openapi.json