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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

23 replies

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A Fals Fiction

73 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

16,566 views

leafo

May 22, 2023

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 67 days ago

2 replies

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Magicsofa

56 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

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soapinsoup

97 days ago

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

98 days ago

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

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leafo

98 days ago

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

617 views

leafo

98 days ago

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

833 views

leafo

98 days ago

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

2,559 views

leafo

98 days ago

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

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leafo

98 days ago

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

614 views

Bamboost Games

Feb 07, 2026

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

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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

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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

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Martin Nerurkar

Dec 03, 2025

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

25 replies

3,376 views

AlexCool16

Nov 12, 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

3,295 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

3,796 views

Ares9323

Oct 25, 2025

Butler not working. Followed all steps exactly. ???

So, I installed Butler via the Itch app and added it to PATH exactly as the guide said to do. Yet it still tells me the...

started by xTosca Sep 10, 2025

4 replies

1,555 views

xTosca

Sep 16, 2025

Any way to change name of existing channel?

For example I have a channel called "linux" and I would like to change it to "linux-64" as I want to have separate build...

started by zagawee Sep 15, 2025

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A build failed to process

Upload of my game is successful, yet I just receive notification that A build failed to process If I can have any logs o...

started by jasperyami Sep 01, 2025

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Is it possible to remove a build from a channel's history?

Or must I delete the channel and upload again, losing all builds?

started by mid Apr 04, 2020

7 replies

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lisa845jyorg

Aug 13, 2025

Is it possible to revert a build pushed using butler to the previous version?

I recently used the built-in renpy butler client in order to upload a new preview build of my game to itch. I was intend...

started by trubluIs Aug 07, 2025

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