About Factory Palette
From Factorio Mod PortalYour shortcut to everything. Quickly search just about anything in Factorio. Items, recipes, entities, keybinds, commands, and more. Think of it as a command palette for Factorio.
Factory Palette is your shortcut to everything in Factorio. Think of it as a command palette that lets you quickly search and access just about anything in the game - from items and recipes to entities, technologies, keybinds, commands, and more.
Extensible!
Other mods can add sources to Factory Palette, check the README on Github if your a mod author and check out Factory Palette: Calculator for an example.
Features
- Quick Universal Search: Instantly find items, recipes, entities, technologies, and more
- Technology Management:
- View technology research status with color coding
- Add/remove technologies from research queue
- Quick access to technology details
- Keyboard Navigation: Full keyboard support for quick navigation
- Logistic System Integration: Manage logistic requests directly through the palette
- Customizable Settings:
- Auto-close window after actions
- Fuzzy search for more forgiving search queries
- Toggle visibility of hidden items
- Optional automatic item spawning in cheat/editor mode
Controls
Ctrl/⌘ + K(default): Open Factory Palette↑/↓: Navigate through resultsEnter: Confirm selectionShift + Enter: Alternative actionCtrl + Enter: Secondary alternative action
There are other actions with Control + Shift, Alt, Alt + Shift too, depending on source and available integrations. See tooltips in-game for more help.
Integrations
Done
- Items:
- Research
- Calculator via extension: Factory Palette: Calculator
- Shortcuts for 2.0
- Factory Search:
Alt + Shift + (Left-click | E | Enter)to open an item with the FactorySearch mod.
Planned
- Blueprints
- Milestones
- Resource Monitor
- Informatron
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Built for Factorio 2.1.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
License
Published under MIT.
Factory Palette on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Factorio servers. We download it from Factorio Mod Portal, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Factorio — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 0.8.3, released 2026-10-17
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.8.3 | 2026-10-17 | 2.1 | n/a |
| 0.8.2 | 2026-10-15 | 2.1 | n/a |
| 0.8.1 | 2026-10-01 | 2.1 | n/a |
| 0.8.0 | 2026-09-27 | 2.1 | n/a |
| 0.7.5 | 2026-09-27 | 2.0 | n/a |
| 0.7.4 | 2025-08-17 | 2.0 | n/a |
Dependencies
- Required: Factorio Library
- Optional: Shortcuts
- Optional: Factory Search
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Factory Palette on a Factorio server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogTechnology & automation
Machines, power, logistics and automation.
Runs on your server
From source side supportFactorio Mod Portal lists Factory Palette as required on the server. Check its Factorio Mod Portal page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Factorio
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 2.1
Verified at the source
- ✓Factorio Mod PortalOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-18Open ↗
- ✓Authorcfcluan, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
- ✓LicenseMITFree

