What Is ModDex and What Can You Do on the Site?

ModDex is a community-driven rating and review site for Minecraft mods and modpacks, formerly known as MMC Reviews. Its main draw is that it unifies the CurseForge and Modrinth catalogs into a single browsing experience, so you can compare projects from both platforms without switching sites. If you want to read honest player reviews before installing a mod, or write your own and build a reputation, ModDex is built for that.

One catalog, two platforms

Instead of treating CurseForge and Modrinth as separate worlds, ModDex gives each project a single listing with shared tags and one review score. You browse both ecosystems with the same filters and taxonomy.

Two things follow from this design:

• Downloads stay at the source. Every download button opens the project page on CurseForge or Modrinth, so authors keep their downloads and revenue. ModDex states it operates with permission from both platforms and never redistributes project files.
• One page to decide. You get shared tags, a combined review score, and community reviews in one place rather than checking two sites separately.

The site also mentions side-by-side comparison as part of the shared experience.

What you can actually do

The site describes a four-step flow, and each step maps to a concrete action:

1. Discover

Filter projects by genre, theme, mod loader, Minecraft version, and more. The catalog is large — the homepage reports 322,009 projects cataloged — so filtering is the main way to narrow down to what fits your setup.

2. Review

Write detailed ratings across gameplay, performance, and aesthetics. Reviews are the core of the site: it reports 4,201 total ratings from 1,837 members.

3. Earn recognition

Collect helpful votes on your reviews, climb the ranks, and build a reputation in the community.

4. Curate

Build stacks of mods and modpacks you love and track what you've played, so your library reflects your actual history rather than a scattered list of bookmarks.

What the catalog looks like in practice

The homepage features an "Editor's picks" section with example entries, which gives a sense of the range:

Note that several of these have only a handful of ratings, so treat individual scores as early signals rather than settled consensus. The Silent Gear editor's note, for example, highlights its deep tool customization and multi-tier progression — useful context that a bare number wouldn't convey.

When ModDex is worth using

• You're choosing between mods across platforms. The unified listing and shared tags save you from cross-referencing CurseForge and Modrinth manually.
• You want player opinions, not just download counts. Reviews cover gameplay, performance, and aesthetics — dimensions download numbers don't capture.
• You want to contribute. Writing reviews and earning helpful votes gives you a visible role in the community.
• You mainly want to download files. ModDex sends you to the source platform for that, so it works as a discovery and decision layer rather than a file host.

If you only ever use one platform and never read reviews, the unified catalog adds less value. But if your modpack decisions hinge on how projects actually play, ModDex is designed around exactly that question.