# Northstar Installers Since the public release of Northstar, the wider community has created tools to automate mod installation, as well as adding additional features such as auto-updating the current Northstar install and mod management. Each of these installers covers a different use case. Use the table below to find out which one suits you best: | Features | r2mm | Viper | VTOL | Papa | | ------------------------------- | ---- | ----- | ---- |------| | Install Northstar | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | | Update Northstar | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | | Launch Northstar | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | | Launch Vanilla | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | | Install Mods from Thunderstore | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | | Update Mods | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | | | | | | | | Set launch arguments | ❓ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | | Installing mods for other games | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | Install skins | ❓ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | | Linux support | ❓ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | | Install Mods from GitHub/GitLab | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | | Server config creator | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | | Package mods for Thunderstore | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Note that none of these tools are directly part of the Northstar project and as such any issues with them should be reported to the respective authors instead. ## **ebkr:** r2modman ![r2modman](../images/r2modman-main-window.png) General mod-manager for multiple games including Titanfall|2+Northstar. Allows for separate profiles to keep your game install folder clean. Features mod-manager and built-in mod browser for Thunderstore.\ Supports Windows and Linux. Download from (select _"Manual Download"_): {% embed url="https://northstar.thunderstore.io/package/ebkr/r2modman/" %} Source code: {% embed url="https://github.com/ebkr/r2modmanPlus" %} Wiki and documentation: {% embed url="https://github.com/ebkr/r2modmanPlus/wiki/" %} There's also an alternative version of r2mm called _Thunderstore Mod Manager_ TMM, which can be downloaded from here:\ (Contains ads to support the development of Thunderstore) {% embed url="https://www.overwolf.com/app/Thunderstore-Thunderstore_Mod_Manager" %} ## **0neGal:** Viper ![viper](../images/viper-main-window.png) Simple and easy to use Northstar installer and auto-updater. Allows launching both Northstar and vanilla Titanfall 2. Features mod-manager and built-in mod browser for Thunderstore.\ Supports Windows and Linux. Download and source code: {% embed url="https://github.com/0neGal/viper" %} ## **BigSpice:** VTOL ![vtol](../images/vtol-main-window.png) Easy to use and extensive Northstar installer and mod-manager. Supports installing from Thunderstore as well as from outside sources like GitHub/GitLab repositories. Has support for installing custom weapon/pilot skins. Features manager for setting up dedicated servers. Download and source code: {% embed url="https://github.com/BigSpice/VTOL" %} ## **AnActualEmerald:** Papa Command-line only mod manager and Northstar installer written in Rust. Available for Linux as `.deb` and `.msi` Windows installer. Or build from source. Can install, uninstall, and update mods from Thunderstore. {% embed url="https://github.com/AnActualEmerald/papa" %}