GameBanana vs Nexus Mods

GameBanana is a free web-based game modding community, with a Minecraft: Java Edition hub for mods and related resources. The hub includes tutorials, threads, works in progress, sounds, questions, requests, scripts and tools, plus featured items, discussions, collections and an exchange. Filters cover game versions and loaders such as Fabric Loader, Forge and NeoForge. GameBanana says it does not sell mods or use paywalls, and ordinary downloads do not require membership; signup is required for NSFW mods. One-click downloading integrates with more than 50 community-developed mod installers. The site documents an API authenticated with an API password, app ID and user ID, and a query parameter that can return JSON for a page module. Its guidance warns that data can change and responses may be large, so caching is needed. RSS feeds for new submissions can be filtered by game or item type. The Minecraft page requires JavaScript. Advertising covers the site’s monthly bills, while contributing members get zero ads. GameBanana describes itself as free and independent since 2001 and provides a support-ticket page.

Nexus Mods has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.