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[silentstormpt]

Since Starsector is already on nexusmods, why not consider adding it to more mod platforms?

Actually the reason why mod.io is actually different from other mod platform options are quite a few:

• REST API allowing a download/list/update calls (think of it as a 3rd party steamworks);
• Search engine for mods (just like nexusmods);
• Mod connection/requirement (Mod 1 needs Mod 2 to work);

They are also pushing hard for multiplatform integration so if Starsector releases on Steam, but also on GoG, Epic and others, once those platforms release a "steamwork like" api, it will get integrated to mod.io, meaning you can get mods on the "gogworks", steamworks and mod.io all installed in the same place.

Also very important.
You dont need to add the API into the code of Starsector, just adding the game to mod.io allows access to the search engine and api immediately.

EDIT: fixed urls...

[Tartiflette]

The point of only adding Starsector to Nexus was to only have a single external place where to find mods. Both to avoid splitting the modding community and to avoid the not insignificant work overhead every time we have to update. With the forum, Nexus and Discord it is already quite an ordeal to release update and patches. Also I'm pretty sure Nexus' Vortex does all of what you listed and more.

[xenoargh]

...and has a much-larger installed user-base. 

Frankly, Alex could do a lot dumber things than asking Nexus to feature Starsector (and its mods) when we get to 1.0.

[Tartiflette]

They did already, multiple times too.

The problem is that only a fraction of the mods are there. Adding another place is unlikely to offer much more.