Forge is one of the oldest modloaders for Minecraft and has a well-established ecosystem of mods and tools for nearly every version. Like Fabric, it can modify both the client and server, so can be used in the the creation of modpacks.
- Installing Forge
- Forge Wrapper (for older versions)
- Manual Modpack Installation for Forge
Client/Server Side
Forge Mods can be any of the following three options:
- Fully client sided.
- Meaning they won’t run on a server.
- Both client and server.
- meaning they’re needed on the server and any client that connects to the server.
- Fully server sided.
- Meaning clients connecting to a server won’t need them, but they might work when a client plays in single player.