# What is Composer? **Composer** is a general-purpose Fabric library mod developed under **Project Codex**. It provides shared systems, utilities, and architectural building blocks used across multiple mods, with a focus on clean APIs, long-term stability, and multi-version support. Composer does **not** add gameplay content on its own (except for a plushie). It exists to support other mods at runtime and during development. --- # *History Lesson!* Feel free to skip this part, it's just here for the people who are curious.
Composer began its life as a small utility mod providing some tools for targeting that I (LilBroCodes) made a while ago for myself. After using that version of the mod though, it became apparent that it's code quality and API schema was - let's just say - horrible. I had no idea how to actually do proper APIs, per-usage configs or anything, so the whole thing was barely usable. That's where **Composer Reloades** came in. I set out to rewrite composer from the ground up (which granted, didn't take much time) when I started working on some of my larger scale mods, and ended up not just rewriting the targeting but adding along a lot more useful things. Over time, **Composer Reloaded** grew to be an invaluable utility almost - if not - all of my mods used, and was growing in scope constantly. That is when I decided that **Composer Reloaded** was way too long of a name, and I was way too unprofessional to be the sole owner, so since then Composer has been under the **Project Codex** organization. I've since learned better API schemas, maintaining versions and all that, so **Composer** should be a library on a professional enough level for anyone to be able to use. --- # Installation You can download Composer from [Modrinth](https://modrinth.com/mod/composer-reloaded). If none of your mods require it, you don’t need to install it - it doesn’t add any gameplay content on its own, only functionality for other mods. Although, if you really want the LilBro plushie then feel free to install Composer just for that :P > [!WARNING] > If you do use Composer in your own mod, or want to include it anyway, you must also install a compatible version of **Cardinal Components** and **Fzzy Config**. For more info, look at the dependencies of the specific version on modrinth. --- # Development Usage If you want to use Composer as a library in your mod, add the Composer Maven repository and Cardinal Components repository to your build file, then add Composer as a dependency. Replace `(latest_version)` with the latest Composer version compatible with your Minecraft version. ---

Gradle (Groovy DSL) - build.gradle

```properties # gradle.properties composer_version = (latest_version) ``` ```groovy // build.gradle repositories { // Before 3.0 maven { name = "Composer Maven" url = "https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/lilbrocodes/composer-reloaded/maven/" } // After 3.0 maven { name = "Composer Maven" url = "https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/project-codex/composer/maven/" } // After 3.0.4 maven { name "Constructive" url "https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/lilbrocodes/constructive/maven/" } maven { name = "Cardinal Components" url = "https://maven.ladysnake.org/releases" } maven { name "Fuzzy Hamsters" url "https://maven.fzzyhmstrs.me/" } } dependencies { // <2.0 modImplementation "org.lilbrocodes:composer-reloaded:$composer_version" // >=2.0 <3.0 modImplementation "org.lilbrocodes:composer-reloaded:$composer_version+mc$minecraft_version" // >=3.0 modImplementation "com.codex:composer:$composer_version+mc$minecraft_version" } ```

Gradle (Kotlin DSL) - build.gradle.kts

```properties # gradle.properties composer_version = (latest_version) ``` ```groovy // build.gradle.kts repositories { // Before 3.0 maven("https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/lilbrocodes/composer-reloaded/maven/") { name = "Composer Maven" } // After 3.0 maven("https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/project-codex/composer/maven/") { name = "Composer Maven" } // After 3.0.4 maven("https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/lilbrocodes/constructive/maven/") { name = "Constructive" } maven("https://maven.ladysnake.org/releases") { name = "Cardinal Components" } maven("https://maven.fzzyhmstrs.me/") { name = "Fuzzy Hamsters" } } dependencies { // <2.0 modImplementation("org.lilbrocodes:composer-reloaded:$composer_version") // >=2.0 <3.0 modImplementation("org.lilbrocodes:composer-reloaded:$composer_version+mc$minecraft_version") // >=3.0 modImplementation("com.codex:composer:$composer_version+mc$minecraft_version") } ```

Maven - pom.xml

```xml composer-maven https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/lilbrocodes/composer-reloaded/maven/ composer-maven https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/project-codex/composer/maven/ constructive-maven https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/lilbrocodes/constructive/maven/ cardinal-components https://maven.ladysnake.org/releases fuzzy-hamsters https://maven.fzzyhmstrs.me/ org.lilbrocodes composer-reloaded ${composer.version} compile org.lilbrocodes composer-reloaded ${composer.version}+mc${minecraft.version} compile com.codex composer ${composer.version}+mc${minecraft.version} compile ``` Add the following property to your `` section: ```xml (latest_version) ```

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