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Install mods and plugins (Carbon and Oxide)

Crucible Local Server installs the two main Rust modding frameworks, Carbon and Oxide, and manages your plugins from the Mods tab. You pick a stack, the app fetches and places the files, and your server loads it on start, with no release archives to download or files to copy by hand.

Install Carbon or Oxide

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In the Mods tab, pick a mod stack and install it:

  • Carbon and Oxide are downloaded and installed straight from their GitHub releases.
  • The app fetches the right release and places the files for you.

Once a stack is installed, the server loads it the next time it starts.

One mod stack per install

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A mod stack is install-wide, so a single Rust install runs one stack at a time. Servers on the same branch share one install, which means two servers on the same branch cannot run different stacks at once. To run different stacks, keep those servers on different installs (see installing the Rust server files).

Manage plugins

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With a stack installed, the Mods tab lists your plugins so you can:

  • Enable or disable a plugin (disabling moves it aside so it does not load).
  • Delete a plugin you no longer want.
  • Install a plugin from a .cs URL: paste a link to a plugin source file and the app downloads it into your plugins folder.

You can also open the plugins and configs folders directly to edit a plugin’s configuration by hand.

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