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+# legacympt-rs
+Rust rewrite of the legacy [modpacktools](https://github.com/anvilcraft/modpacktools)
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+## Currently ported features
+- init command
+- downloadmods command
+
+## Extra features
+- modpack.json is parsed as json5, comments are allowed
+- fancy command output
+- much improved performance
+- working curseforge downloads