CurseForge Gradle Publish Plugin vs Ravel Remapper

CurseForge Gradle Publish Plugin publishes build artifacts to CurseForge from a Gradle build. A publication can specify a CurseForge project ID, main artifact, game versions, display name, release type, changelog, and artifact relationships. It uses the CurseForge Upload API and needs an API token in the plugin’s curseforge extension. The README warns that keeping the token in a version-controlled build script can expose it; user-specific Gradle properties are suggested instead.

For mod projects, the plugin can derive publication details from other tools. With Fabric Loom and a remapJar or jar bundling task, it can create a publication preconfigured for Fabric and the targeted Minecraft version. Its ModDevGradle and NeoGradle integrations can infer NeoForge and Minecraft-version details. When Gradle’s java-base plugin is present, it infers the Java version from the compileJava target.

Ravel Remapper is a free, MIT-licensed IntelliJ IDEA plugin for remapping Java and Kotlin source files. Built on IntelliJ’s Program Structure Interface and Mapping-IO, it supports Mixins, Class Tweakers, and Access Wideners; MixinExtras Expression is not supported. Developers can migrate mappings between Yarn and Mojang mappings, as described in Fabric documentation. From the editor’s Refactor menu, users choose mapping files, source and destination namespaces, and modules, then run the remap. Mapping files may be added manually or downloaded in the dialog, and users can select individual modules or all modules. The project recommends committing changes first, then searching for TODO(Ravel) and fixing detected issues manually. Installation is available through JetBrains Marketplace or a ZIP from GitHub Releases. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows; the latest listed release is version 0.6.4.