SMAPI now prevents more game errors due to broken items, so you no longer need save editing to remove them.SMAPI 3.5 requires Stardew Valley 1.4.1 or later on Linux/Mac/Windows. SMAPI automatically creates a daily backup of your saves and keeps ten backups, in case something goes wrong. SMAPI automatically detects when a mod is incompatible and disables it before it causes problems. SMAPI automatically alerts you when a new version of a mod is available. If a mod crashes or causes an error, SMAPI will intercept the error, show the error details in the console window, and in most cases automatically recover the game. SMAPI let patches interact with the game in ways they otherwise couldn’t.

Rewrite mods for cross-platform compatibility, so you can use almost any mod on Linux/Mac/Windows.Many types of mod aren’t possible without SMAPI. Load mods into the game and provide APIs they can use.SMAPI can do a lot of useful things for you.