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The one...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":6},"record":{"topic":"storage","slug":"curseforge-author-file-hosting","provider":"CurseForge (Overwolf) author file hosting","url":"https://www.curseforge.com","category":"media","free_tier":{"stated":"What IS verifiable is the observed size distribution: live file listings show modpacks at 89.1, 101.6 and 468.1 MB, and a single mod file at 66.7 MB. The one hard number surfaced is a *media* cap of 2 MB for images ('Why is it only 2MB??' - author complaint, still open, 'Future consideration'), and a forum report of a 350 MB mod upload being rejected without an external-URL option.","unit":"MB","metered_on":"unstated","source_url":"https://support.curseforge.com/en/support/solutions/articles/9000197241-file-size-limits","read_on":"2026-10-21","notes":null},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not stated","source_url":"https://support.curseforge.com/en/support/solutions/articles/9000197241-file-size-limits","notes":"not stated"},"retention":{"stated":"retention: indefinite for approved files; 'Files updates in order to increase visibility is not allowed' and files must carry a changelog","source_url":"https://support.curseforge.com/en/support/solutions/articles/9000197241-file-size-limits","notes":"not stated"},"egress":{"terms":"Free and CDN'd via CloudFront in front of S3: edge.forgecdn.net and mediafilez.forgecdn.net return 'X-Cache: Miss from cloudfront' and 'Server: AmazonS3'. No billing. Hotlink-protected - a guessed object path returns 403 from S3 rather than bytes, so URLs must come from the API.","metered":false},"interface":["rest","sftp","rclone"],"interface_detail":"rest","tooling":"Official upload API with `X-API-TOKEN` and multipart `metadata` + `file` (third-party implementations exist, e.g. TeamDman/SuperFactoryManager and BreakBB/DisenchantBuddy shell out to it); `cfwidget` mirrors file metadata (id, filesize, uploaded_at) publicly. No SFTP, no rclone.","chaining":"Unlimited projects per author account, unlimited files per project, unlimited versions. The provider therefore polices project count and not only request rate.","limits":[{"kind":"write-gated","value":"approved files","source":"https://support.curseforge.com/en/support/solutions/articles/9000197241-file-size-limits"},{"kind":"write-gated","value":"review gate', not as bulk storage","source":"https://support.curseforge.com/en/support/solutions/articles/9000197241-file-size-limits"}],"limits_note":"evidence points below 500 MB for mods (350 MB rejection reported, 468.1 MB modpack published, so the ceiling is game-dependent and enforced client-side per the August release notes: 'Added new client-side validation - preventing upload of large files on unsupported games'). retention: indefinite for approved files; 'Files updates in order to increase visibility is not allowed' and files must carry a changelog. request-rate: not published.","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":null,"country":null},"reliability_note":"Reads are hotlink-gated (403 from S3 on constructed URLs) and the whole author surface is SSO-walled, so this is the least auditable of the game hosts. Moderation is active and rule-driven. Best treated as 'large-ish files with a review gate', not as bulk storage.","confidence":"reported","confidence_note":"One page read moves it to documented.","evidence":[{"url":"https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/modpacks/better-mc-forge-bmc4/files","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"file sizes 89.1 MB, 101.6 MB, 85.5 MB, 83.5 MB in the live listing"},{"url":"https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/modpacks/rlcraft/files","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"48.9/49.0/48.0 MB; a 51324367-byte file confirmed via api.cfwidget.com (id 4612979)"},{"url":"https://curseforge-ideas.overwolf.com/ideas/CF-I-8110","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'Why is it only 2MB??' media cap, status 'Future consideration'"},{"url":"https://nullforums.net/threads/unable-to-upload-mod-file-larger-than-350mb-no-url-link-provided.102087/","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"Jan 2025: >350 MB mod rejected, no external-URL option offered"},{"url":"https://blog.curseforge.com/platform-release-notes-august-26/","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'Added new client-side validation - preventing upload of large files on unsupported games'"},{"url":"https://support.curseforge.com/en/support/solutions/articles/9000197279-moderation-policies","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'It is not allowed to upload multiple similar and/or low effort projects in an attempt to game the system'. In plain terms, the policy puts a ceiling on project count rather than only on request rate."},{"url":"https://edge.forgecdn.net/files/5000/100/","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"probe: GET ... -> 302 then 403 from AmazonS3 via cloudfront (hotlink protection live)"}],"verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","verified_at":"2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"What IS verifiable is the observed size distribution: live file listings show modpacks at 89.1, 101.6 and 468.1 MB, and a single mod file at 66.7 MB. The one hard number surfaced is a *media* cap of 2 MB for images ('Why is it only 2MB??' - author complaint, still open, 'Future consideration'), and a forum report of a 350 MB mod upload being rejected without an external-URL option.","extras":{},"binding":"write-gated","binding_note":"the write is a queue with a person or a rule in it, so the upload rate is set by somebody else"},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":468.1,"unit":"MB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:write-gated","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[1].value","kind":"limit:write-gated","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[["$.free_tier.notes","process"],["$.identity_cost.detail","defaulted"],["$.identity_cost.kind","identity-defaulted"],["$.per_object_cap.notes","not-extracted"],["$.per_object_cap.stated","not-extracted"],["$.retention.notes","not-extracted"]],"history":[],"drift":[{"kind":"duplicate-disagrees","subject":"storage/curseforge-author-file-hosting","other":"storage/curseforge-author-upload-api","field":"verdict","a":"qualifies-with-caveat","b":"fails-quota","detail":null}]}