title: About ContentDB
description: Information about ContentDB's development, history, and more
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## Development

ContentDB was created by [rubenwardy](https://rubenwardy.com/) in 2018, he was lucky enough to have the time available
as it was submitted as university coursework. To learn about the history and development of ContentDB,
[see the blog post](https://blog.rubenwardy.com/2022/03/24/contentdb/).

ContentDB is open source software, licensed under AGPLv3.0.

<a href="https://github.com/minetest/contentdb/" class="btn btn-primary mr-1">Source code</a>
<a href="https://github.com/minetest/contentdb/issues/" class="btn btn-secondary mr-1">Issue tracker</a>
<a href="https://rubenwardy.com/contact/" class="btn btn-secondary mr-1">Contact admin</a>
<a href="https://monitor.rubenwardy.com/d/3ELzFy3Wz/contentdb" class="btn btn-secondary">Stats / monitoring</a>

## Why was ContentDB created?

Before ContentDB, users had to manually install mods and games by unzipping their files into a directory. This is
poor user experience, especially for first-time users.

ContentDB isn't just about supporting the in-game content downloader; it's common for technical users to find
and review packages using the ContentDB website, but install using Git rather than the in-game installer.
**ContentDB's purpose is to be a well-formatted source of information about mods, games,
and texture packs for Minetest**.

## How do I learn how to make mods and games for Minetest?

You should read
[the official Minetest Modding Book](https://rubenwardy.com/minetest_modding_book/)
for a guide to making mods and games using Minetest.