If you get any errors at this point, either you didn't run as administrator, you CAN'T run as administrator, or you have different mod/workshop folders and need to adjust the script for your setup.After SWEL finishes its clever boot sequence, select option #1.If you have disabled Windows UAC settings, you likely won't need to grant admin and can just double-click away.Right-click on SWEL.bat, the Starbound Workshop Easy Linker script, and 'Run As Administrator'.Use the tools you have and your brain to find the incompatibility.

If the stable game crashes during boot after installing mods, you have an incompatibility.Occasionally, Steam will (for reasons beyond imagination) not distribute mods without a restart. Once you locate your Starbound folder, there should be a folder 'mods' in it. remote: Enumerating objects: 389004, done. If that doesnt exist, follow this guide to locate your Starbound folder, which is the folder that the mods folder is within. For the actual install process, all you have to do clone directly from the official git repository into this folder, i.e: Cloning into FrackinUniverse. If the mods do not show up in the in-game list, restart Steam. To open that path, open a Finder window, press COMMAND + SHIFT + G, paste /Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Starbound/mods into the text field, and then click Go.

Start Starbound and click the gear icon found in the bottom right corner (if the main menu is not modded) to ensure that the mods have installed and that the stable game boots properly with the selected mods.

Go through the Starbound workshop and install any mods that you want in Unstable.

How to use mods in starbound