PolyMc VS fpm

HOWEVER, you might get away with more heavy mods by using PolyMc (not to be confused with the launcher of the same name) which allows for vanilla JE clients to join a modded server without instaling the mods; this should in theory allow your console friends to join.

PolyMC appears to be completely unrelated.

Oof, bad name. I looked it up and the first thing I found was this. I was wondering why it was not mentioning anything related to MultiMC or a launcher...

I just want to tell you guys that ive found a multimc Fork called polyMC which is available on flatpak, it runs completely fine! https://github.com/TheEpicBlock/PolyMc https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.polymc.PolyMC

There's also PolyMC which converts existing mods to be serverside only https://github.com/TheEpicBlock/PolyMc

And if it does add modded blocks you can try using PolyMC as well.

You should give PolyMC a try. https://github.com/TheEpicBlock/PolyMc

If you ever revisit that decision, check out FPM. It can shave off a few of the rough edges related to packaging: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

The easiest way is probably FPM: https://fpm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

There is definitely a lot more to building a proper package for wider distribution, but there are some great tools out there for folks wanting to get into it that make it more approachable. I've done my fair share with fpm when learning how the proverbial sausage is made.

Check out https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

I use RedHat based environments for work. I've had good success creating my own yum repo and building RPM packages with Effing package management. FPM can handle packages for most distros so if you want to publish a linux app it is an easy way to provide it in multiple formats.