Freshness Sorter

by Morlot

An inserter that routes items by % freshness — fresh items go one way, spoiled items the other. Fully configurable threshold and side.

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2.0 - 2.1
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Version: 1.1.0
Date: 23.08.2026
  Features:
    - New startup setting "Mode": the existing "Route" plus two new gate modes.
    - Gate mode only picks up items that meet the freshness threshold and leaves the
      rest untouched. Everything picked up is dropped in the facing direction.
    - "Gate - at or above threshold" keeps fresh stock moving, "Gate - below threshold"
      pulls out only what has already spoiled past the threshold.
    - While a gate sorter has nothing to do it idles and shows a deny icon.
  Info:
    - Gate mode was suggested by KakoSan on the mod portal. Thanks for the idea!
    - Gate mode reads from chests and machines only, not from belts.
    - In gate mode the sorter controls its own filter and stack size override.
      Player settings on those two are overwritten.
    - Non-spoilable items are never picked up in gate mode.
Version: 1.0.1
Date: 15.07.2026
  Compatibility:
    - Updated for Factorio 2.1
Version: 1.0.0
Date: 16.05.2026
  Major Features:
    - Initial release