List of online hosting sites
Overview
The purpose of this article is to build a list of free mod hosting sites as well as file mirror locations for modders on a shoe-string budget. This list will also have a little bit of info about each one.
Mod hosting sites
| Name: | Nexus Mods |
|---|---|
| URL: | Nexusmods.com |
| Maximum Storage: | Unrestricted |
| Upload Limitations: | Unlimited (20GB limit through the browser, contact us for larger uploads). |
| Download Limitations: | Requires free registration (1-2MB/s speed limit for non-premium user) |
| Easy for Uploaders: | Yes |
| Easy for Downloads: | Yes |
| Easy to Update/Maintain: | Yes - Absolute full and instant control. |
| Name: | Steam Workshop |
|---|---|
| URL: | steamcommunity.com |
| Maximum Storage: | Unrestricted |
| Upload Limitations: | Maximum size per file is 100 MB. |
| Download Limitations: | Requires a Steam account. |
| Easy for Uploaders: | Yes and no: Uploading a single file is easy, but you do not have as much control as you do on Nexus Mods. |
| Easy for Downloads: | Yes, uses your Steam account. You can not download directly from the website, but the downloads automatically starts as you subscribe to the mod (with certain games you must start the launcher before it begins downloading). |
| Easy to Update/Maintain: | Yes - just do not subscribe to your own mod as this causes your WIP updates to be overwritten by the SW version. |
| Name: | TES Alliance |
|---|---|
| URL: | TESAlliance.org |
| Maximum Storage: | Unrestricted |
| Upload Limitations: | Unkown |
| Download Limitations: | Requires registration. |
| Easy for Downloads: | Yes |
| Easy for Uploaders: | Yes |
| Easy to Update/Maintain: | Yes |
| Name: | Dark Creations |
|---|---|
| URL: | DarkCreations.org |
| Maximum Storage: | Unrestricted |
| Upload Limitations: | Maximum per/file size is 1024 MB (1 GB). (Unlimited with FTP) |
| Download Limitations: | None |
| Easy for Downloads: | Yes |
| Easy for Uploaders: | Yes |
| Easy to Update/Maintain: | Yes |
| Name: | Planet Elder Scrolls |
|---|---|
| URL: | No longer available. |
| Name: | GameFront |
|---|---|
| URL: | GameFront.com |
| Maximum Storage: | Unrestricted |
| Upload Limitations: | Maximum per/file size is 1GB. |
| Download Limitations: | None |
| Easy for Downloads: | Yes |
| Easy for Uploaders: | Yes |
| Easy to Update/Maintain: | No, best as just a mirror. |
| Name: | Oblivion's Real Estate (ORE) |
|---|---|
| URL: | No longer available. |
| Name: | PlanetOblivion.de (Primarily German Language) |
|---|---|
| URL: | PlanetOblivion.de |
| Maximum Storage: | Unrestricted |
| Upload Limitations: | Unknown |
| Download Limitations: | None |
| Easy for Downloads: | Yes |
| Easy for Uploaders: | Unknown |
| Easy to Update/Maintain: | Unknown |
| Name: | Wiwiland (Primarily French Language) |
|---|---|
| URL: | Oblimods.wiwiland.net |
| Maximum Storage: | Unrestricted |
| Upload Limitations: | Unknown |
| Download Limitations: | None |
| Easy for Downloads: | Yes |
| Easy for Uploaders: | Unknown |
| Easy to Update/Maintain: | Unknown |
