https://github.com/danatationn/rencher

yet another mod manager
https://github.com/danatationn/rencher

adwaita ddlc gtk renpy

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yet another mod manager

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/danatationn/rencher
• Owner: danatationn
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2024-02-05T18:49:40.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2026-04-02T16:16:34.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-04-03T04:37:57.990Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: adwaita, ddlc, gtk, renpy
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 5.51 MB
• Stars: 8
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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# Rencher - yet another mod manager



	



Rencher is a Ren'Py game manager, made with DDLC mods in mind




it strives to be as simple as possible, while being as beautiful as possible

[link to the trello board](https://trello.com/b/CGaqf0xx/rencher)






	

	

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## download!

### [Windows](https://github.com/danatationn/Rencher/releases/latest/download/RencherInstaller.exe) - [Linux](https://github.com/danatationn/Rencher/releases/latest/download/Rencher-x86_64.AppImage)

## tips

* you can turn the update toasts in the settings

* you can also delete the .zip files after importing. also in the settings

* if you're importing an already set up DDLC mod, then just import it normally

## possible upcoming features

- [ ] Discord RPC

- [ ] asset viewer (unrpa + unrpyc)

- [ ] store (vndb, itch.io, the old DDMC mod list thing)

- [ ] more...

## testing / building

### Linux

1. `uv sync`

2. `meson setup build -Dprefix=$(pwd)/build/root`

3. `ninja -C install`

  Flatpak 

`flatpak-builder --install --user build/flatpak com.github.danatationn.rencher.yml` 

* running the flatpak

	`flatpak run com.github.danatationn.rencher`

* exporting as .flatpak	

	`flatpak build-bundle ~/.local/share/flatpak/repo Rencher.flatpak com.github.danatationn.rencher`

### Windows

> [!NOTE]

> uv is not used as we want to install the pip packages system-wide

* setting up the environment

	1. install [msys2](https://www.msys2.org/)

	2. launch msys2 ucrt64

	3. `pacman -Sy mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-python\

            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-python-pip\

            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-nsis\

            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gtk4\

            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libadwaita\

            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-cmake\

            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc\

            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-blueprint-compiler\

            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-meson\

            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gobject-introspection\

            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-ntldd\

            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-python-cx-freeze\

			mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-git`

	4. `git clone https://github.com/danatationn/rencher`

	5. `cd rencher`

	6. `pip install -r requirements.txt --break-system-packages`

	7. `meson setup build -Dprefix=$(pwd)/build/root`

	8. `ninja -C install`

* freezing (python to exe)

	`ninja -C build freeze`

* making the installer

	`ninja -C build makensis`

### Universal

* running rencher within meson

	`ninja -C build run` or `ninja -C build dev` if you want debug logs

## credits and license

[Nicotine+](https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus) was used as reference for what i should do regarding pygobject and packaging




logo made by [vl1](https://vl1.neocities.org/). check him out!




this project is under the [GPL-3](https://github.com/danatationn/rencher?tab=GPL-3.0-1-ov-file)

#### © 2025 danatationn