StructuredModLoader

StructuredModLoader, short SML, is a Minecraft Forge mod for those that wish to achieve a tidier \mods folder! Once placed inside the main mods directory, it will recursively search for .jar files in all subfolders and present them to the regular Forge modloader FML. This Mod is mainly aimed at modpack creators, to keep track of library mods and actually content-adding ones. (See example directory tree)
It will log everything it does or does not to the regular gamelog.

Getting started:

It's as easy, as installing literally any other mod: Drop the downloaded .jar file from the Releases page into the mods folder of your Minecraft Forge installation! By default directories containing one of the keywords ignore,unstable and disable will be excluded from loading, aswell as any folder that is deeper than 3 folders in the directory tree.

Configuration:

Upon first launch, the Mod will create a config file located at \config\StructuredModLoader.toml, where you can configure the infinite list of keywords to be excluded aswell as the maximum recursion depth, capped at 5. Inside the config you may also configure, wether you want to start the recursion inside \mods\<MCversion> directory, to be able to have multiple modded installs in the same minecraft directory! If the file should get deleted or its Syntax (TOML) is invalid, the invalid values will be reset to their default and the file will be created again.

Examples:

Modpack setup:

Directory depth will be counted from the \mods folder,
Content is depth 1, tech depth 2 and AE2 depth 3.
Any number above 3 will be excluded by default.

(regular mods folder)
(second bar here)
   \/

mod pack root
├── config
├── LICENSE
├── logs
├── mods
│   ├── Content
│   │   ├── flora
│   │   ├── furniture-7.0.0-pre28-1.18.1.jar
│   │   ├── gemsnjewels-1.18.1-0.2.3.jar
│   │   ├── ironchest-1.18-13.0.5.jar
│   │   ├── mcw-bridges-2.0.1-mc1.18.1.jar
│   │   ├── miscellaneous
│   │   ├── tech
│   │   │   ├── AppliedEnergistics2
│   │   │   │   ├── This folder WONT get loaded by default
│   │   │   │   │   ├── notLoadedMods.jar
│   │   │   │   └── appliedenergistics2-10.0.0-beta.4.jar
│   │   │   ├── Create
│   │   │   │   ├── createaddition-1.18.1-20220111b.jar
│   │   │   │   └── create-mc1.18.1_v0.4c.jar
│   │   │   ├── EnderIO
│   │   │   ├── Immersive Engineering
│   │   │   │   └── ImmersiveEngineering-1.18.1-7.0.0-142.jar
│   │   │   ├── Refined Storage
│   │   │   │   ├── ExtraDisks-1.18.1-2.0.2.jar
│   │   │   │   ├── ExtraStorage-1.18.1-2.0.1.jar
│   │   │   │   ├── refinedstorage-1.10.0-beta.4.jar
│   │   │   │   └── rsrequestify-2.2.0.jar
│   │   │   ├── RFTools
│   │   │   │   ├── rftoolsbase-1.18-3.0.3.jar
│   │   │   │   ├── rftoolsbuilder-1.18-4.0.5.jar
│   │   │   │   ├── rftoolscontrol-1.18-5.0.1.jar
│   │   │   │   ├── rftoolspower-1.18-4.0.3.jar
│   │   │   │   ├── rftoolsstorage-1.18-3.0.5.jar
│   │   │   │   └── rftoolsutility-1.18-4.0.6.jar
│   │   │   └── WorldGeneration
│   ├── game engine improvements
│   ├── game engine improvements (unstable)
│   ├── LibrariesAndAPIs
│   │   └── XYZ.jar
│   ├── mods (unstable)
│   ├── preview_OptiFine_1.18.1_HD_U_H5_pre4.jar
│   ├── StructuredModLoader-1.0.0.jar
│   └── utility
│       ├── BetterF3-1.1.5+1.18.jar
│       ├── catalogue-1.6.0-1.18.jar
│       ├── cloth-config-6.0.43-forge.jar
│       ├── configured-1.5.0-1.18.jar
│       ├── Controlling-forge-1.18.1-9.0.11.jar
│       ├── journeymap-1.18-5.8.0alpha2.jar
│       ├── JustEnough
│       │   ├── jei-1.18.1-9.1.1.48.jar
│       │   ├── JustEnoughProfessions-1.18-1.2.2.jar
│       │   └── JustEnoughResources-1.18.1-0.13.1.137.jar
│       └── mods here
├── options.txt
├── pack-icon.png
└── resourcepacks

NOTE: I AM NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY OF THE MENTIONED MODS!
Tho, they are very nice!

Notice the StructuredModLoader.jar is still inside the regular \mods folder, just like Optifine!

Dependencies:

• Minecraft 1.18+
• Forge 39+

Known incompatibilities:

• Optifine (FIX: place in regular \mods folder)