Ordnance — Helldivers 2 Mod Manager​

Ordnance is a Helldivers 2 mod manager for the game after the October 2026 Easy Anti-Cheat update. It merges every enabled mod — stat-plan .dl_bin edits and regular mods alike — into one sealed swap with a single native boot script which supports Chef's, Rat's, and Boot Mod Loader mods. One deploy, everything enabled: no load-order guessing, no running a merger alongside a manager. Ordnance does it all.

Home: https://github.com/Cavadus/ordnance

Main features​

• One sealed swap — every enabled mod merges into a single, conflict-resolved .dl_bin set; when two mods edit the same field, the later one wins.
• One boot script — a single native boot loader compatible with Chef's, Rat's, and Boot Mod Loader deployed last so it's the script the game runs.
• Stat-plan edits in Rust — no Python/numpy runtime. Stat-plans are self-describing, so table layouts live author-side, not in the manager.
• Import from your current mod manager — one-click import from HD2 Arsenal and Echelon, plus the older HD2 mod manager, Vortex, and your Downloads folder, with names, on/off state, and options intact.
• Automatic update checking — checks every mod against its source: AyakaMods, GitHub, GameBanana, ModWorkshop, and Nexus Mods.
• One-click downloading — updates from GitHub, GameBanana, and ModWorkshop download and install in place.
• Automatic downloading (opt-in) — with automatic checks on, those direct updates download and install themselves, no per-mod click. Never touches Nexus Mods.
• One-click installs from the browser — the free extension drops an Install with Ordnance button on Nexus Mods, AyakaMods, ModWorkshop, GameBanana, and GitHub, so a mod page hands the file straight to Ordnance — logged-in-only downloads included. It ships on the same GitHub release page as the app.
• Lenient installs — hand-written manifest.json files (slug Guids, missing Guids) install instead of erroring out.
• Loader conflict detection — flags a boot loader that would fight another mod.
• Profiles and categories — profiles live in the sidebar with avatars; categories group your mods into a collapsible list.
• Image previews and versions — thumbnails load (hidden .jpgs folders included), and every mod row shows its version.

Installation​

1. Download for your OS from the latest GitHub release: Windows installer or portable zip; Linux .deb, .rpm, AppImage, or tarball.
2. Point Ordnance at your Helldivers 2 installation.
3. Install your mods, enable them, and Deploy — one sealed swap, one boot script.
4. Optional: load the browser extension (Chrome or Firefox, unpacked) for Install with Ordnance buttons on mod pages.

Requirements​

• Helldivers 2 (current version).
• Windows 10/11, or Linux with WebKitGTK 4.1 for the binary builds.

Shout outs​

Thanks to every mod author whose work Ordnance merges, and to the Democracy Defender Mod Manager project this manager grew out of. Ordnance is MIT-licensed, with attribution to the Apache-2.0 upstream projects it derives from.

IF YOU GIVE A crap

• https://ko-fi.com/cavadus