Where is the mod manager?

The search for “anno mod manager” and “mod browser” expects a button that the 117 client does not have yet. The FAQ’s sentence is that a mod.io browser inside the game, with per-save enable and disable, is planned for 2027. No quarter is attached.

Today’s manager is the folder plus active-profile.txt, described on the install page. Update 2.0 added an incompatibility warning. Update 3.0’s mismatch popup lists the actual mods. Those dialogs are not a browser. They only tell you the load failed.

Nexus and anno-companion both use the words “mod manager” for their own sites or tools. Those are outside the game. Installing their client does not create the 2027 in-game browser early. I looked for a pause-menu button with that name on 6 Nov 2026 and the patch notes only describe warnings, not a library you can browse.