I'm working on a new release for my mod http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/32339/? and one of the changes is that it will use separate data files for processing mods users have installed. The data files are relatively small (a few kb) and plain text but with a .json instead of .txt extension, and are created by Lootification but need customization by the the user which tends to be a pain, especially if you have lots of mods. I'm looking for a host where users can share their settings for a mod so others don't have to do the setup themselves. A site like the nexus is not ideal since either it would require one person to collect all the data files and upload them to a single page or each user to make a page with their own settings on it. As there are many many mods for skyrim that's not really feasible to maintain and trying to keep track of tons of scattered pages isn't much better.

Ideally I would like a site with an API I could access through Lootification to automatically get the settings for installed mods and allow users to submit theirs with a button if there are not existing ones. A bonus would be allowing multiple variations of a settings for a mod. So if you have super_swords.esp you would see Alice's super_swords settings and Bob's super_swords settings and choose which you like better.

Does anyone know where such a beast might be found? I know almost nothing about what it would take to setup and run something like that. Hopefully someone around here would have some idea.

A Git repository would be the way to go. You'd have to set up the submission process to make a new folder based on the name or something similar. You then list the possibilities and have each folder contain a description file. In your program, you'd take the folder name as the name of the choice and the file would the description. If they select it, you'd then switch over to that.

However, you'd also need to write in your own verification code to make sure it's valid data so that folks don't distribute malicious files or some such. All in all, I think having a central forum thread where folks could just copy and paste their configurations would be the best route.

Haha I totally didn't think of a git repo. I've already got a google code site with git for the project so adding another repo for the files shouldn't be a problem. Content verification is already being done (since who would trust input anyway?) so I don't think that's any more of an issue.