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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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Green Ish Blue
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
Games uploaded via butler don't let you download from Chrome
I recently switched from manually uploading files to using butler, but now I can't download games from my project page u...
started by
DPMaker
Aug 14, 2022
1
reply
687
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Afloof.dev
Sep 03, 2022
Butler uploads HTML5 but browser doesn't see new version
Butler is successfully pushing new build of "touchtest" which is HTML5 - and butler status and Itch.io web report all go...
started by
Dr J Patrick McKeown
Sep 03, 2022
1
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Dr J Patrick McKeown
Sep 03, 2022
How to prevent butler from overwriting some files
Hi! One folder in my game files has user configuration and saves. I want to prevent butler from overwriting this folder...
started by
Tropical
Aug 25, 2022
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reply
493
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hechelion
Aug 26, 2022
How to revert back a butler Build ?
Hi, all is in a the subject, is there a way to revert back an older version of a build push with butler ?
started by
BuggyGameDev
Jul 25, 2022
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the_coolest_guy_me
Aug 03, 2022
butler not working, win-64
After downloading (win64-stable) and unzipping, the "butler.exe" just does nothing. I can see a cmd-like window popping...
started by
Kapa
Jul 21, 2022
2
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1,232
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Kapa
Jul 21, 2022
Zipped portable builds
In the documentation for zipped portable builds there is a note re: OS X. Would pushing a .zip created in OS X prevent t...
started by
Esther Alter
Jul 14, 2022
2
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592
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investus.itch.io
Jul 14, 2022
It was not replaced! :O
Hi, why do I have 2 downloads there? the new should replace the old one. If I delete the old one, I will lose the downlo...
started by
Amir Matouk
Jul 09, 2022
2
replies
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Amir Matouk
Jul 10, 2022
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
863
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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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682
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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
1,408
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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
replies
875
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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
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1,097
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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
replies
643
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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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