Irony Mod Manager

Irony Mod Manager is a moddable, high‑performance mod manager primarily focused on Paradox games (e.g., Stellaris, EU4, HOI4). It replaces the built‑in Paradox launchers with something faster, more reliable, and actually aware of how mods interact with each other.

🔽 Download

Always download the latest version here:

👉 Latest Irony Mod Manager Release

Official Irony Mod Manager binaries are published on GitHub Releases.
Package managers such as winget and AUR source their downloads from there.

Documentation

Full documentation is available on the project Wiki:

Irony Mod Manager Wiki

The Wiki covers:

Installation and basic usage
Supported games
Load order, conflict resolution and advanced features
Troubleshooting and known issues

Building Irony Mod Manager (Windows)

All instructions below are for Windows and Visual Studio 2022.

Prerequisites

Windows
Visual Studio 2022 with the .NET 8 workload
Git
Command line (CMD or PowerShell)

Step‑by‑step build guide

1. Install Visual Studio 2022

Make sure the .NET 8 SDK workload is installed.

2. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/bcssov/IronyModManager.git
cd IronyModManager

3. Build the LocalizationResourceGenerator

cmd\build-tools.bat

4. Set up the local CWTools NuGet package

Irony uses a newer CWTools build than the public NuGet package.

Create a folder for local NuGet packages, for example:
```
C:\Users\username\code\LocalNuGet
```
Download and unzip the private CWTools build:

CWTools.Irony-Private.0.4.0-alpha8
into that folder.
(Optional) Add the LocalNuGet folder as a package source:
Visual Studio → Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Package Manager Settings → Package Sources.

5. Create strong name keys

Create a folder:

C:\Users\username\code\IronyModManager\keys

Open the Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt and run:

sn -k Irony-Main.snk
sn -k Irony-Plugin.snk

sn -p Irony-Main.snk Irony-Main-Public.snk
sn -p Irony-Plugin.snk Irony-Plugin-Public.snk

Copy:

Irony-Main-Public.snk
Irony-Plugin-Public.snk

into:

.\src\IronyModManager.DI

6. Fix CWTools FSharp.Core dependency

CWTools depends on FSharp.Core v4.7.0.

In Visual Studio:

Right‑click IronyModManager.Parser
Select Manage NuGet Packages
Install FSharp.Core 4.7.0

7. Restore NuGet packages

Build once and let Visual Studio restore dependencies automatically.

8. Build the solution

Visual Studio → Build → Rebuild Solution.

9. Run Irony Mod Manager

Set IronyModManager as the Startup Project → press F5.

If everything is configured correctly, Irony Mod Manager will launch.

Special Thanks

Special thanks to tboby for extending the CWTools API for Irony:
CWTools on GitHub

Thanks also to all early adopters and testers for their continued feedback and support.