Item Inserter


Easily create item insertion request for entities using a selection tool! Great for starting up builds that need some items to bootstrap. Requested by JigSaW on Discord.

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13 days ago
2.0 - 2.1
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Changelog

Version: 1.1.0
Date: 2026-07-23
  Features:
    - Updated for 2.1
    - Added a setting to enable/disable inserting to fuel slots
    - Added a setting to enable/disable inserting to the output of furnaces
    - Added a setting to prioritize input or output of furnaces when both are a valid locaiton for the item
    - Added a generic insertion mode when no item is selected, will insert enough items for N recipe crafts (only works with assembling machines)
  Changes:
    - Merged the the GUI and selection tool shortcuts, again
    - Updated license
    - Rebuilt logic from the ground up to cover all the missing edge cases (damn you furnaces)
    - Removed ghost support, for now
    - Removed 'burnt output' of fuel support, for now
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed that using the selection tool would override existing requests
Version: 1.0.10
Date: 2025-06-23
  Changes:
    - Updated thumbnail because Quezler had an aneurysm
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a crash when no item has been configured yet. Resolves https://github.com/protocol-1903/item-inserter/issues/2
Version: 1.0.9
Date: 2025-06-22
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a crash when undoing an insertion request
Version: 1.0.8
Date: 2025-06-20
  Features:
    - Added support to crafting result slots of assemblers and furnaces. Ghost support included.
Version: 1.0.7
Date: 2025-06-20
  Features:
    - Added support to burnt result of fuel inventories. Only applies to reactors in vanilla factorio
Version: 1.0.6
Date: 2025-06-20
  Features:
    - Added support to fuel inventories of standard and ghost entities. Includes stuff like reactors, inserters, mining drills, etc
Version: 1.0.5
Date: 2025-06-20
  Features:
    - Added ghost support to assembling machines and furnaces
Version: 1.0.4
Date: 2025-06-18
  Changes:
    - Separated the GUI and selection tool into two unique keybinds
Version: 1.0.3
Date: 2025-06-17
  Features:
    - Added shortcut buttons, one for the GUI and one for the selection tool
    - Added proper localisation
Version: 1.0.2
Date: 2025-06-16
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a crash when trying to load a save
Version: 1.0.1
Date: 2025-06-16
  Changes:
    - Added proper instructions on how to use the tool
    - Clears the cursor when the GUI is opened, and readd the selection tool when the gui is closed.
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a crash when holding an invalid item in the cursor
Version: 1.0.0
Date: 2025-06-16
  Features:
    - Initial release