Alternatives and competitors

Sites like curseforge.com

The 20 closest game mod hosting alternatives to curseforge.com, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 8 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to curseforge.com? The closest matches are Overwolf, GameBanana and Modrinth. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About curseforge.com

curseforge.com

Wikidata: corporation that owns a network of gaming-related websites

Top 1K · #972 English 8 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit curseforge.com

Summary by Claude

CurseForge is a repository and distribution site for video game mods, addons, modpacks and resource packs, with a desktop app for installing and managing them for games such as Minecraft, World of Warcraft and others.

Who it’s for
PC gamers and mod creators
Business model
Advertising and creator rewards program

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to curseforge.com’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

itch.ioPC Gamerplayground.ruIndiegogoWowheadMinecraftSourceForgeModrinthGameBananaOverwolf

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to curseforge.com

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to curseforge.com, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English

We can’t read curseforge.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    Overwolf overwolf.com Top 10K

    Overwolf | The guild of in-game creators

    Overwolf is the all-in-one platform that lets creators build, share and monetize in-game apps and mods. We help developers supercharge games with creator-made content and make a living doing what they love.

  2. 02
    GameBanana gamebanana.com Top 10K English

    GameBanana | The Game Modding Community - Since 2001

    Mods, Tutorials, Sprays, Works In Progress, Sound Mods and more for video games

  3. 03
    Modrinth modrinth.com Top 10K English

    Modrinth

    Download Minecraft mods, plugins, datapacks, shaders, resourcepacks, and modpacks on Modrinth. Discover and publish projects on Modrinth with a modern, easy to use interface and API.

  4. 04
    SourceForge sourceforge.net Top 1K English

    Compare B2B Software, Download, & Develop Open Source & Business Software - SourceForge

    SourceForge is the complete software discovery platform. SourceForge is the largest B2B software review and comparison site in the world, and features the largest business software directory, as well as free & fast open source software downloads and development.

  5. 05
    Minecraft minecraft.net Top 10K

    2011 video game

  6. 06
    Wowhead wowhead.com Top 10K English

    World of Warcraft News and Guides

    The largest World of Warcraft (WoW) information site, featuring guides, news, and information on classes, gearing, professions, raids, transmog, and more.

  7. 07
    Indiegogo indiegogo.com Top 10K English

    American crowdfunding website

  8. 08
    Planet Minecraft planetminecraft.com Top 10K English

    Minecraft Internet forum and fansite

  9. 09
    playground.ru Top 10K Russian

    PlayGround.ru - Компьютерные игры, патчи, моды, прохождение игр, коды, читы, трейнеры, скачать игры

    PlayGround.ru - Компьютерные игры, патчи, моды, прохождение игр, коды, читы, трейнеры, скачать игры

  10. 10
    PC Gamer pcgamer.com Top 10K English

    PC Gamer | THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES

    British-American video game magazine

  11. 11
    itch.io Top 1K

    website for distributing video games

  12. 12
    Liteapks liteapks.com Top 10K English

    LITEAPKS - #1 MOD APK for Android

    LITEAPKS.COM is the leading reputable source for mod apk, free games and apps for Android

  13. 13
    Mojang Studios mojang.com Top 10K

    Swedish video game developer

  14. 14
    Newgrounds newgrounds.com Top 10K English

    NG Guard

    American entertainment and social media website

  15. 15
    monster.com Top 10K English

    monster.com

    employment website

  16. 16
    CrazyGames crazygames.com Top 10K English

    Free Online Games on CrazyGames | Play Now!

    Play free online games at CrazyGames, the best place to play high-quality browser games. We add new games every day. Have fun!

  17. 17
    Memcached memcached.org Top 10K

    memcached - a distributed memory object caching system

    memcached

  18. 18
    gamewith.jp Top 10K Japanese

    ゲームウィズ - 日本最大級のゲームレビュー・攻略サイト

    日本最大級のゲーム総合情報サイト。Switch2・Switch・PS5・PS4・PC・スマホアプリのおすすめゲームや新作ゲームのランキング、評価、レビュー、ゲーム攻略の最新情報を毎日お届け。ゲーム探しはゲームウィズ!

  19. 19
    Steam Community steamcommunity.com Top 1K English

    Steam Community

    Community Hubs are collections of all the best community and official game content as rated by users.

  20. 20
    steampowered.com Top 1K English

    Welcome to Steam

    Steam is the ultimate destination for playing, discussing, and creating games.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to curseforge.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones curseforge.com uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What curseforge.com is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Live chat & support
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Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Mailgun TXT v=spf1 include:mailgun.org include:mail.zendesk.com include:_spf.goog…
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=YpV4FwLbyGTaomY7S2kGLcoa0G_V5Pbsljnm8…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=nbfN-B1Wu0Afy7w0IpGjbZdMKv595HbELqXVw99BJnM
  • Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=Kyenx5tI0r4vnMvWchIj3a9zIU7H7xBKL0g42A6G

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