> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.patch.gg/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Patch is one place to play and make games, mods, crossover mods and remixes.

Patch is a platform for games people make. On Patch, a **game** is anything you can play: a game made for Patch, a mod for a game you already have, a crossover mod that brings one game into another, or a remix built from other games' files.

## For players

* **One Play button.** Patch installs a mod and everything it needs, such as its mod loader, then launches the game for you. You never have to press Play in another launcher.
* **A Ready check.** Every game lists the games it needs and whether Patch found them on your PC, with one fix for anything missing.
* **Your setup stays separate.** Wherever the game allows it, mods go into a profile folder that Patch owns, so the game's own files are left alone and uninstalling is clean.

Patch runs at [patch.gg](https://patch.gg). The desktop app, which installs and launches mods, is coming soon.

## For creators

What you make is a **project**. Each version you publish is a **release**, described by a [`patch.json`](https://docs.patch.gg/manifest) file next to your files. Projects are addressed as `owner/slug`, for example `mira/lantern-run`, where the owner is your username or a team's org.

You never pick a category. Patch reads a release's **kind** from its manifest: where it runs, and whether it uses files from other games.

| Kind | Runs in | Uses files from other games |
| - | - | - |
| Game | Patch's own game window | No |
| Remix | Patch's own game window | Yes |
| Mod | A game on the player's PC | No |
| Crossover mod | A game on the player's PC | Yes |

Every release goes through automated checks before players get it. Releases with code that runs on players' PCs also get a human review.

You publish with [`pch`](https://docs.patch.gg/cli), Patch's command-line tool, or straight through the [API](https://docs.patch.gg/api-reference/introduction.md). Both work the same way for people, coding agents and CI.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Patch is in early development, and these docs grow with it. Anything marked **Coming soon** isn't available yet.

> **[Getting started](https://docs.patch.gg/quickstart.md)**
>
> Sign in, choose a username and make your first API call.

> **[patch.json](https://docs.patch.gg/manifest.md)**
>
> Describe a release: what it needs and how it installs.

> **[API reference](https://docs.patch.gg/api-reference/introduction.md)**
>
> The HTTP API behind patch.gg, the desktop app and `pch`.

> **[pch](https://docs.patch.gg/cli.md)**
>
> The command-line tool for creators and their agents.


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