Installing YACL

Learn how to import YACL into your development environment.

Adding YACL as a dependency

First, you will need to add the maven repository that hosts YACL.

repositories {
    maven("https://maven.isxander.dev/releases") {
        name = "Xander Maven"
    }
}

Next, you need to place the YACL version you want to use in your gradle.properties file.

yacl_version=...

Below is a handy chart to find the YACL version based on the Minecraft version and Mod loader you're using.

Minecraft Version
Mod Loader
YACL version

1.21.2, 1.21.3

Fabric

3.6.1+1.21.2-fabric

1.21.2, 1.21.3

NeoForge

3.6.1+1.21.2-neoforge

1.21, 1.21.1

Fabric

3.6.1+1.21-fabric

1.21, 1.21.1

NeoForge

3.6.1+1.21-neoforge

1.20.6

Fabric

3.6.1+1.20.6-fabric

1.20.6

NeoForge

3.6.1+1.20.6-neoforge

1.20.4

Fabric

3.6.1+1.20.4-fabric

1.20.4

NeoForge

3.6.1+1.20.4-neoforge

1.20.1

Fabric

3.6.1+1.20.1-fabric

1.20.1

MinecraftForge (LexForge)

3.6.1+1.20.1-forge

Next, you need to add the dependency to the classpath.

dependencies {
    modImplementation "dev.isxander:yet-another-config-lib:${project.yacl_version}"
}

Replace (latest) with the latest version of YACL available for the target Minecraft version. You can find this on Modrinth.

If you use Architectury for a multi-loader project, YACL provides no common artifact. Because Architectury is Loom-based, use the fabric artifact as the common one.

Adding YACL as a dependency

Finally, you should also add the dependency in your mod manifest so the loader will crash elegantly if YACL is not present, giving the user a clear description of what they need to do.

fabric.mod.json
"depends": {
  "yet_another_config_lib_v3": ">=YACL_VERSION_HERE"
}

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