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How 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
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Tomuwa Entertainment
7 days ago
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Uploading 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
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leafo
May 22, 2023
Network error + progress going down?
I'm trying to upload my game via butler and it's stuck at 15%. But it was 16% first? Why is my progress going down? Also...
started by
ShatteredReality
May 26, 2022
3
replies
846
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ShatteredReality
May 28, 2022
Sudden butler failure in CI
Hi! Since last week, butler worked perfectly in my GitLab CI, but it started returning 403. When pushing to an existing...
started by
eurac
Apr 20, 2022
2
replies
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eurac
May 23, 2022
Fetching asset
Hi I am setting up a project to automatically fetch my assets when I start unity. I saw that itch supply's butler to pub...
started by
Precious Roy
May 07, 2022
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No replies yet
Version check via wharf api: invalid game
Hi, I'm using the wharf api to do a version check in my project but today it started to return {"errors": ["Invalid game...
started by
anteaters
Apr 22, 2022
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is it okay to use butler to upload jenkins builds every commit?
Hi, We've hooked up Bulter to our Jenkins server, and it pushes an automated build into our private (password protected)...
started by
Joon
Apr 12, 2022
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mid
Apr 22, 2022
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
1,283
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Rinostar Games
Apr 05, 2022
Clarification over channel names
Hello, I'm looking to prepare my project to have demos and full-release versions of the game ahead of a release, and wan...
started by
BigHandInSky
Mar 25, 2022
2
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leafo
Apr 02, 2022
Can't run Butler
I cant run butler in cmd. I followed all of the steps in https://itch.io/t/605771/itchios-butler-easy-and-short-tutorial...
started by
Owenqt Studios
Nov 09, 2021
4
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1,077
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daftapplegames
Dec 15, 2021
Tag for Windows installers
I’m goingo to release a new game. This time I plan to use buttler but I also want to include a Windows installer (i.e...
started by
Piopio Juegos
Dec 01, 2021
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Will butler zip OSX versions with chmod +x?
I've started using butler to automate build uploads. One issue I've faced with OSX builds (for my Unity game), is that w...
started by
adamgryu
Nov 22, 2021
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adamgryu
Nov 22, 2021
Can not download butler
When trying download butler from https://broth.itch.ovh/butler , I get: itch.io API error (403): /games/239683/uploads...
started by
michalsky
Oct 31, 2021
2
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608
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michalsky
Oct 31, 2021
Error trying to push build/update
when trying to push a build (as a update to a game) I get this error. butler: error: unexpected jamesmgd/samhainophobia...
started by
JamesMGD
Oct 31, 2021
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Butler Environment Path Question
Hey there, Been using butler for easy build uploads using a .bat file. I noticed a change (not sure how recent) to where...
started by
Chris Wade
Oct 13, 2021
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Is anyone else having issues uploading with butler?
It just says "network idle" and doesn't seem to upload.
started by
ShatteredReality
Oct 10, 2021
661
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How far back is upload history kept?
As a follow up to this thread : how far back are players able to download old versions of a game? Are old versions avail...
started by
Wesnoth
Sep 14, 2021
5
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danieladamantium
Oct 04, 2021
How to handle different channels per version?
For the game the Battle for Wesnoth, major releases are handled in the following way: Even numbered versions (for exampl...
started by
Wesnoth
Sep 14, 2021
4
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1,254
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Wesnoth
Sep 14, 2021
creating build on remote server: itch.io API error (400): /wharf/builds: invalid...
Hi, I'm trying to upload a build from with butler, using the tutorial in the manual. However, no matter what I try I am...
started by
Uttamisdev
Sep 13, 2021
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connected host has failed to respond
butler push "../meteor/0.3.2.2.2/PC/Windows x64" quanshen/meteor-butterfly-sword:windows-64bit ∙ For channel `windows-...
started by
quanshen
Aug 26, 2021
2
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568
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leafo
Sep 11, 2021
Butler isse when Pushing
I noticed I am not able to get my game to push when using butler, I have went to three different wifi/lan connections an...
started by
Weeping Hollow
Aug 27, 2021
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butler offline usage - return code
Hi, I have a C# application that starts butler.exe like so: int exitCode = StartProcess(butlerExeDir, args); I'm trying...
started by
tbyc
Aug 04, 2021
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