Community Projects

Various open source resources and projects

This is a list of various open source resources and projects related to FFXIV. Please leave an issue if your project is listed here and you'd like to remove it.

Programs

XIVLauncher

link	https://github.com/goatcorp/FFXIVQuickLauncher
language	C#

A popular custom launcher with extra features. Good reference for the login flow (including Steam/Free Trial accounts) and the patching system.

Dalamud

link	https://github.com/goatcorp/Dalamud
language	C#

A plugin framework and API, meant to be used with XIVLauncher. Almost all official plugins are open source.

Libraries

Lumina

link	https://github.com/NotAdam/Lumina
language	C#

Library for reading and interacting with FFXIV game files and Excel data.

SaintCoinach

link	https://github.com/xivapi/SaintCoinach
language	C#

Another library for reading and interacting with game files/Excel data. Provides community maintained metadata on Excel data types.

Ironworks

link	https://github.com/ackwell/ironworks
language	Rust

Yet another library for game data, but in Rust.

kobold

link	https://github.com/ackwell/kobold
language	TypeScript

Another library for game data, in TypeScript.

FFXIVClientStructs

link	https://github.com/aers/FFXIVClientStructs
language	C#, Python

A C# library containing community-maintained structs in the client, and Python scripts to help reverse engineer the game binary in IDA/Ghidra.

Tools

SaintCoinach.Cmd

link	https://github.com/xivapi/SaintCoinach
language	C#

A command line interface for SaintCoinach. Features commands to export raw game files, the UI images, and music.

Godbert

link	https://github.com/xivapi/SaintCoinach
language	C#

A GUI interface for browsing Excel data and viewing territories, powered by SaintCoinach.

FFXIV Explorer

link	https://bitbucket.org/Ioncannon/ffxiv-explorer/src
language	Java

A GUI for browsing the game files. You may be interested in this fork adding more features.

Websites & APIs

Thaliak

link	http://thaliak.xiv.dev/
source	https://github.com/avafloww/Thaliak

An API for game versions and patch information.

ResLogger2

link	https://rl2.perchbird.dev/
source	https://github.com/lmcintyre/ResLogger2

A list of file paths in the game files, crowdsourced via a Dalamud plugin.

XIVAPI

link	https://xivapi.com/
source	https://github.com/xivapi/xivapi.com

A general-purpose API for FFXIV. Most useful if you can't embed a library into your application or need Lodestone information.

Networking

Sapphire

link	https://github.com/SapphireServer/Sapphire
language	C++

A server emulator. Not always up to date, but still a great reference on many things.

Machina

link	https://github.com/ravahn/machina
language	C#

A general library for packet capture with specialized FFXIV functionality.

Velcro

link	https://github.com/velcro-xiv/velcro
language	Go, C#

A set of tools to capture network data and store it into an SQLite database.

Nari

link	https://github.com/xivlogs/nari
language	Python

A library to parse ACT logs.