DFHack
Shares rank 6 of 8 game mods by recommenders
Free add-on for Dwarf Fortress that automates fiddly tasks like resource chains and cleanup, and works with the game's new interface.
Free add-on for Dwarf Fortress that automates fiddly tasks like resource chains and cleanup, and works with the game's new interface.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Automates fiddly resource chains
“basically necessary for automating some of the more fiddly resource chains”
Comment from 31 Aug 2026 in “Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates” Helps clean up messes
“you can try using it to clean up the messes and splatter which can bring it down a decent amount”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates” Works through Crossover on macOS
“DF and DFHack work flawlessly through Crossover on macOS on my M2 and my M5”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates” Integrates with the new UI
“now integrates with the new UI perfectly well”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates”
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| DFHackThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“now integrates with the new UI perfectly well”
“you can try using it to clean up the messes and splatter which can bring it down a decent amount”
“DF and DFHack work flawlessly through Crossover on macOS on my M2 and my M5”
“basically necessary for automating some of the more fiddly resource chains”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.