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StickyHow to upload your game or project to itch.io with butler

“Butler” is the command-line utility for pushing game builds to itch.io. Here’s how you can use it to upload your...

started by leafo May 22, 2023

24 replies

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Four Games

7 days ago

StickyUploading large games (FAQ)

Attempting to use butler? Please check out the guide here: https://itch.io/t/2872417/how-to-upload-your-game-or-project-...

started by Amos Nov 06, 2016

10 replies

17,922 views

leafo

May 22, 2023

What Makes U4N's Helldivers 2 Outrider Armor Special

The KDM-500 Outrider offers a defensive playstyle that can feel very different from lighter armor choices in Helldivers...

started by ParkerVale 5 days ago

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Building a Future-Proof Captain in Madden 27 With U4N

Long-term roster building with the Ultimate Captain EVO system is less about finding the strongest card today and more a...

started by JackWalker1 6 days ago

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Tracking Aion 2 Seasonal Rewards: Chuseok Tips From U4N

The Aion 2 Chuseok celebration gives players several different reward paths to follow, and each one works on a slightly...

started by JackWalker1 6 days ago

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A New Farming Routine Could Emerge in ARC Raiders With U4N

The October PvE matchmaking test could give ARC Raiders players a completely different way to approach routine farming...

started by JackWalker1 6 days ago

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Automate Build + Deploy Godot Web Games to itch.io using butler and GitHub Actio...

🆕 Updated January 2026, using Godot 4.5.1 ℹ️Auto Build + Publish your Godot HTML game to itch.io with GitHub Acti...

started by Antz Jan 11, 2026

1 reply

1,652 views

Four Games

7 days ago

API Error (400) Consistently Occurs

Using Butler update my game, but it keeps reporting a 400 error. creating build on remote server: itch.io API error (...

started by TypeAlpha Jan 10, 2025

26 replies

3,914 views

Sheep picks its nose

8 days ago

itch.io API error (400): /wharf/builds: invalid game

I'm seeing invalid game error for pages I know to exist. foobarproj by ObscurelyMeGaming (itch.io) foobarproj is the nam...

started by ObscurelyMeGaming Nov 29, 2021

4 replies

5,753 views

Second Guess Studio

48 days ago

How do I extract .pwr files?

I have installed butler and logged in with my itch.io account. I am not familiar with software like this so the document...

started by floorBred Mar 29, 2026

3 replies

2,778 views

Kialops

73 days ago

butler keeps overwriting the free version of the game with the paid

how can I prevent this? I set up the file name to be different along with the build information. gamenamefull gets overw...

started by soapinsoup May 20, 2025

2 replies

767 views

soapinsoup

Feb 27, 2026

Wrong Mac version uploaded

Hi, I just updated the Mac version of butler using butler upgrade and the installed version now claims to be: $ butler -...

started by fluffy Feb 24, 2026

2 replies

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fluffy

Feb 26, 2026

Is there a way to change the description through butler?

My game description currently contains a description of my game as well as attributions for the assets that I use. Inste...

started by IAmHardliner Mar 20, 2025

1 reply

781 views

leafo

Feb 26, 2026

Zip contains file that is too large butler

I have a webgl unity build that I am trying to add to itch.io using butler and everytime I upload it, itch says "Zip con...

started by Mesh Labs Feb 02, 2026

2 replies

1,158 views

leafo

Feb 26, 2026

Butler is not fixing macOS app permissions

Hi! I've been uploading my game builds with Butler and while it used to fix permissions, it doesn't work anymore. I'm ex...

started by swordandquill Jun 02, 2025

2 replies

1,002 views

leafo

Feb 26, 2026

Error 1101

Is the server down? Visit https://broth.itch.ovh/butler/linux-amd64/LATEST/archive/default results in 1101 error.

started by Andreas Jonsson Feb 06, 2025

9 replies

2,788 views

leafo

Feb 26, 2026

DNS issues?

Hi! I'm not able to reach broth.itch.ovh Is this a known problem? are there any alternative mirrors Butler can be downlo...

started by Andreas Jonsson Dec 03, 2025

2 replies

431 views

leafo

Feb 26, 2026

Getting "invalid target (bad user)" error despite checking it's the right userna...

Hey there, I've been trying to update my game through butler but I keep getting the error: creating build on remote serv...

started by combi m Sep 15, 2025

2 replies

787 views

Bamboost Games

Feb 07, 2026

How To Use Meta Data To Restrict Release Until Release Date?

According to itch.io help files: "There’s one more way to restrict access to your project page: setting a future relea...

started by Rinostar Games Apr 05, 2022

2 replies

2,967 views

Rinostar Games

Apr 05, 2022

Can‘t authenticate with butler…

I'm trying to set up a build pipeline to push builds to itch but I can't seem to get to log in to butler.... I'm on Wind...

started by Martin Nerurkar Dec 03, 2025

1 reply

492 views

Martin Nerurkar

Dec 03, 2025

How Can I Use Butler To Update My Game?

So recently i uploaded my game to itch.io and i have a new version of my game and i want to update my game using butler...

started by Mlg+ Games Official Jan 08, 2021

5 replies

3,635 views

Veltarden

Nov 08, 2025

Build version history: Can I revert to a previous build?

How do other devs handle build version history? How could I keep pushing out updates (v0.1, v0.2, etc..) but also at som...

started by carlestyle Jun 05, 2018

8 replies

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Ares9323

Oct 25, 2025

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