> Source: https://fivemad.com/docs/txadmin/popular-recipes > Section: txAdmin > Tags: txadmin, recipes, txAdmin-recipes, qbcore, qbox, esx, vmenu, cfx default, deployer > Last updated: 2026-09-22 > Site map for assistants: https://fivemad.com/llms.txt # Popular txAdmin recipes Every recipe in the official txAdmin-recipes index: what CFX Default, QBCore, Qbox, ESX Legacy, vMenu and the others install, what they need, and how to deploy them. The "Popular Recipes" list on txAdmin's setup page is not built into txAdmin. It is downloaded from the official **[citizenfx/txAdmin-recipes](https://github.com/citizenfx/txAdmin-recipes)** repository, which holds the index of listed recipes and the files for the "Basic Server" recipes. The framework recipes themselves live in each framework's own repository. This page goes through every recipe in that index. For each one: what it installs, what it needs, the recipe URL, the notable tasks it runs and what to do after deploying. Everything below was read from the recipe files on GitHub in September 2026. Recipes change as projects update, so always read the YAML on the deployer screen before you click Next. ## Comparison | Recipe | Game | Database | Game build set in its `server.cfg` | OneSync | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **FiveM Basic Server (CFX Default)** | FiveM Legacy | No | `3751` | on | Default Cfx resources, no framework | | **FiveM Basic Server (Enhanced)** | FiveM Enhanced | No | none (Enhanced uses the latest build) | always on | Minimal Enhanced server | | **ESX Legacy** | FiveM | Yes (MariaDB) | `3258` | on | ESX core, ESX addons, ox_lib, oxmysql, pma-voice, a phone | | **Qbox** | FiveM | Yes (MariaDB 10.9+) | `3258` | on | qbx_core and about 50 qbx resources on the ox stack, npwd phone | | **QBCore** | FiveM | Yes (MariaDB) | `3095` | on | qb-core and about 60 qb resources | | **vMenu** | FiveM | No | its own `sv_enforceGameBuild` line | on | Default Cfx resources plus vMenu | | **StreetKings** | FiveM | Yes | see its `server.cfg` | on | Street racing game mode | | **WarfareTacticsV** | FiveM | Yes | see its `server.cfg` | on | Real-time strategy game mode | | **RedM Basic Server (CFX Default)** | RedM | No | n/a | on | Default Cfx resources for RedM | | **VORP Core** | RedM | Yes | n/a | see recipe | RedM roleplay framework | All of these set `$onesync: on` in their YAML (except where noted), and all framework recipes connect to the database **before** downloading anything else, as the repository's guidelines recommend. ## Which list you see The repository keeps several index files, one per txAdmin generation: `indexv1.json` to `indexv5.json`. Your txAdmin version decides which one it reads. - **`indexv4.json`** lists: FiveM Basic Server (CFX Default), ESX Legacy, Qbox, QBCore, vMenu, StreetKings, WarfareTacticsV, RedM Basic Server (CFX Default) and VORP Core. - **`indexv5.json`**, the newest, starts with **FiveM Basic Server (Enhanced)** and lists ESX Legacy, Qbox, QBCore, StreetKings and WarfareTacticsV. The repository README also lists the Legacy basic server, vMenu (with a recipe patch), VORP, and two deprecated entries (ZAP-Hosting ESX Pack and PlumeESX Legacy) that you should not use for new servers. ## How to deploy any of them 1. Start FXServer without `+exec` so txAdmin runs, link your Cfx.re account (see [First setup](/docs/txadmin/first-setup)). 2. On the setup page choose **Popular Recipes** and click the recipe. For a recipe that isn't listed (or to pin a specific file), choose **Remote URL Template** and paste the raw YAML URL from the sections below. 3. Pick the data folder (txAdmin suggests `txData/_.base`). 4. Read the YAML, click **Next**, paste your license key, and for framework recipes fill in the MariaDB host, port, user and password. Leave the database name empty so txAdmin creates one. 5. **Run Recipe**, review `server.cfg`, **Save & Run Server**. The task types used below (`download_github`, `query_database` and so on) are explained in [Recipes explained](/docs/txadmin/recipes). ## FiveM Basic Server (CFX Default) - **Recipe URL**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/citizenfx/txAdmin-recipes/refs/heads/main/default-fivem/recipe.yaml` - **Source**: [txAdmin-recipes/default-fivem](https://github.com/citizenfx/txAdmin-recipes/tree/main/default-fivem) - **Needs**: a license key. No database. **What it does.** Three tasks: copy the `resources` folder of [cfx-server-data](https://github.com/citizenfx/cfx-server-data), delete the old `chat` resource from it (the artifact's built in chat is used instead, via `set resources_useSystemChat true`), and download a minimal `server.cfg`. ```yaml title="default-fivem/recipe.yaml (excerpt, citizenfx/txAdmin-recipes)" - action: download_github src: https://github.com/citizenfx/cfx-server-data ref: master subpath: resources dest: ./resources - action: remove_path path: ./resources/[gameplay]/chat ``` **The server.cfg** starts `mapmanager`, `chat`, `spawnmanager`, `basic-gamemode` and `hardcap`, sets `sv_enforceGameBuild 3751` (A Safehouse in the Hills), `steam_webApiKey "none"`, and gives `group.admin` every command except `quit`. The file itself says it is "NOT supposed to be enough for most servers". **After installing.** Change `sets locale "root-AQ"` to your language (for example `en-US`), set a real `sv_hostname`, and start adding resources: [Installing resources](/docs/resources), [vMenu](/docs/resources/recommended#vmenu), or your own code from [Your first resource](/docs/development/first-resource). **Good for**: learning, development servers, freeroam, anything that isn't roleplay. ## FiveM Basic Server (Enhanced) - **Recipe URL**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/citizenfx/txAdmin-recipes/refs/heads/main/default-fivem-enhanced/recipe.yaml` - **Source**: [txAdmin-recipes/default-fivem-enhanced](https://github.com/citizenfx/txAdmin-recipes/tree/main/default-fivem-enhanced) - **Needs**: the **Cfx Server** (Enhanced) artifact and a license key. **What it does.** Downloads `cfx-server-data` into `./tmp`, then moves only what it needs into `resources`: `basic-gamemode`, `mapmanager`, `spawnmanager` and two example maps (`fivem-map-hipster`, `fivem-map-skater`), and deletes `./tmp`. There is no `$onesync` line (OneSync is always on in Enhanced) and no game build line (Enhanced only supports the latest build). Its `server.cfg` starts `mapmanager`, `spawnmanager` and `basic-gamemode` and uses the tags `enhanced, default, deployer`. **Good for**: trying FiveM for GTA V Enhanced. Read [Legacy and Enhanced](/docs/server-setup#fivem-legacy-and-fivem-for-gta-v-enhanced) first. ## ESX Legacy - **Recipe URL**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/esx-framework/ESX-recipes/legacy/recipe.yaml` - **Source**: [esx-framework/ESX-recipes](https://github.com/esx-framework/ESX-recipes) (branch `legacy`) - **Needs**: MariaDB (the ESX docs say MariaDB only, not XAMPP), a license key. **What it installs.** - Default Cfx resources into `[cfx-default]` (minus the old chat). - ESX core: the `[core]` folder of [esx-framework/esx_core](https://github.com/esx-framework/esx_core), including `es_extended`. - ESX addons: the `[esx_addons]` folder of ESX-Legacy-Addons (jobs, shops, society and more). - `[standalone]`: bob74_ipl, pma-voice, oxmysql, ox_lib, and sd-phone with sd-phone-props. **Notable tasks.** It downloads the core repo, then imports its SQL from inside it. The addons download gets a long timeout because the repository is big: ```yaml title="recipe.yaml (excerpt, esx-framework/ESX-recipes)" - action: connect_database - action: download_github src: https://github.com/esx-framework/esx-core ref: main dest: ./tmp/core - action: query_database file: ./tmp/core/[SQL]/legacy.sql - action: download_github src: https://github.com/esx-framework/ESX-Legacy-Addons/ ref: main dest: ./tmp/addons timeoutSeconds: 900 ``` **The server.cfg** sets `sv_enforceGameBuild 3258`, the connection string from `{{dbConnectionString}}`, pma-voice settings (`voice_useNativeAudio true`, `voice_useSendingRangeOnly true`), and some security convars (`sv_filterRequestControl 2`, networked sounds, script entity states and phone explosions disabled). It lets `es_extended` run `add_ace`, `add_principal`, `remove_principal` and `stop`, which ESX uses to sync its admin groups. Start order: `chat`, `oxmysql`, `esx_lib`, `es_extended`, `[core]`, `[standalone]`, `[esx_addons]`. **After installing.** Set `setr esx:locale` if you want a language other than the one picked in txAdmin (the line is commented out by default). See the [ESX quick start](/docs/frameworks/esx) for jobs, items and admin. ## Qbox - **Recipe URL**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Qbox-project/txAdminRecipe/refs/heads/main/qbox.yaml` - **Source**: [Qbox-project/txAdminRecipe](https://github.com/Qbox-project/txAdminRecipe) - **Needs**: MariaDB 10.9 or newer (Qbox's docs say MySQL and XAMPP are not supported), a license key. **What it installs.** - Config files: `server.cfg`, `permissions.cfg`, `ox.cfg`, `voice.cfg`, `misc.cfg` and a logo. - `[ox]`: ox_lib, ox_target, oxmysql, ox_doorlock, ox_inventory (with Qbox's `items.lua` and the item images from qbx_invimages) and ox_fuel. - `[standalone]`: bob74_ipl, safecracker, screencapture, mhacking, scully_emotemenu, ultra-voltlab, Renewed-Banking, illenium-appearance, MugShotBase64, Renewed-Weathersync, xt-prison, vehiclehandler, a loading screen and mana_audio. - `[voice]`: pma-voice and mm_radio. - `[qbx]`: qbx_core and around 50 `qbx_*` resources (garages, vehicle shop and sales, police, ambulance and medical, mechanic, properties, vehicle keys, spawn, HUD, radial menu, management, city hall, customs, density, jobs and robberies). - `[npwd]` and `[npwd-apps]`: the npwd phone (pinned to release 3.16.0) with Qbox garage and mail apps. - `[assets]`: a Pillbox hospital map. **Notable tasks.** It imports a base `qbox.sql`, then each resource's own SQL right after downloading it, and pauses between batches of GitHub downloads so users don't get rate limited: ```yaml title="qbox.yaml (excerpt, Qbox-project/txAdminRecipe)" - action: query_database file: ./resources/[qbx]/qbx_drugs/qbx_drugs.sql - action: waste_time # prevent github throttling seconds: 10 ``` It also moves the item images into `ox_inventory/web/images` with `overwrite: true` and copies the Qbox npwd config over npwd's default one. **The server.cfg** uses `set sv_enforceGameBuild 3258` and has many `qbx:` convars, including `qbx:enableBridge "true"` (the qb-core compatibility bridge), `qbx:enableQueue`, `qbx:max_jobs_per_player`, `qbx:enableVehiclePersistence` and a chat MOTD. Start order: `ox_lib`, `qbx_core`, `ox_target`, `[ox]`, `[qbx]`, `[standalone]`, `[voice]`, `[assets]`, then npwd. Permissions come from `{{addPrincipalsMaster}}` and `exec permissions.cfg`. **After installing.** Change the locale lines (`sets locale`, `setr qb_locale`, `setr illenium-appearance:locale`), set `qbx:discordLink`, and fill in `SCREENSHOT_BASIC_TOKEN` / `NPWD_AUDIO_TOKEN` only if you want npwd's camera and audio features. See the [Qbox quick start](/docs/frameworks/qbox). ## QBCore - **Recipe URL**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qbcore-framework/txAdminRecipe/main/qbcore.yaml` - **Source**: [qbcore-framework/txAdminRecipe](https://github.com/qbcore-framework/txAdminRecipe) (version 2.2.4 at the time of writing) - **Needs**: MariaDB (the QBCore install guide pairs it with HeidiSQL), a license key. **What it installs.** - Default Cfx resources into `[cfx-default]` (minus the old chat). - `[standalone]`: oxmysql (pinned to v2.14.1), menuv (v1.4.1), bob74_ipl, safecracker, screencapture, progressbar, interact-sound, connectqueue, PolyZone. - `[voice]`: pma-voice and qb-radio. - `[defaultmaps]`: hospital, dealer and prison maps. - `[qb]`: qb-core and around 60 `qb-*` resources: multicharacter, target, inventory, phone, garages, vehicle shop and sales, police, ambulance, mechanic, houses, apartments, banking, clothing, doorlock, fuel, HUD, menu, input, loading screen, admin menu, management, weather sync, many jobs and robberies. **Notable tasks.** The database goes first with one SQL file from the recipe repository, and the recipe pauses 10 seconds between batches of downloads (`waste_time`, eight times in total) to avoid GitHub throttling. ```yaml title="qbcore.yaml (excerpt, qbcore-framework/txAdminRecipe)" - action: connect_database - action: query_database file: ./tmp/qbcore/qbcore.sql - action: download_file path: ./tmp/files/oxmysql.zip url: https://github.com/overextended/oxmysql/releases/download/v2.14.1/oxmysql.zip ``` **The server.cfg** sets `sv_enforceGameBuild 3095` (The Chop Shop), pma-voice settings (`voice_useNativeAudio true`, default cycle key `GRAVE`), `setr qb_locale "en"` and `setr UseTarget false`. It defines a permission chain: `qbcore.god` inherits `group.admin` and `qbcore.admin`, and `qbcore.admin` inherits `qbcore.mod`. It also lets `resource.qb-core` run commands. **After installing.** Let the first start finish: QBCore's docs warn to let **yarn install** run all the way through on the initial startup. Then give yourself QBCore admin by adding your identifier to the god group, for example `add_principal identifier.fivem:123456 qbcore.god`. Switch `UseTarget` to `true` if you want qb-target interactions instead of key prompts. See the [QBCore quick start](/docs/frameworks/qbcore). ## vMenu - **Recipe URL** (as listed in `indexv4.json`): `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tabarra/vMenu-recipe/refs/heads/main/recipe.yaml`. The README links the recipe patch at [feelfreetofee/vMenu-recipe](https://github.com/feelfreetofee/vMenu-recipe). - **Needs**: a license key. No database. **What it does.** Copies `cfx-server-data`, removes the old chat and the `[builders]` folder, downloads its `server.cfg`, then downloads a pinned vMenu release (v3.8.61 in the patch at the time of writing) and unzips it into `resources/[local]/vMenu`. **The server.cfg** runs `exec @vMenu/config/permissions.cfg` **before** `ensure vMenu`, which is exactly the order the vMenu docs require. **After installing.** Edit `resources/[local]/vMenu/config/permissions.cfg` to decide who can use which menu options. Newer vMenu releases may exist: see [vMenu](/docs/resources/recommended#vmenu) for updating it by hand. ## StreetKings - **Recipe URL**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/streetkings-fivem/txAdminRecipe/refs/heads/main/streetkings.yaml` - **Needs**: MariaDB, a license key. A freeroam street racing game mode by 919DESIGN and Envi-Scripts: solo or up to 20 player races, XP for character and vehicle across five classes, daily races and a short story campaign. The recipe imports `streetkings.sql`, downloads bob74_ipl, pma-voice, the `streetkings` resource with its audio and blips assets, and ox_lib and oxmysql. Note that at the time of writing it downloads ox_lib and oxmysql from the **CommunityOx** GitHub organisation, whose copies of those repositories are now archived; the maintained versions are under [overextended](https://github.com/overextended). ## WarfareTacticsV (Real-Time Strategy) - **Recipe URL**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FiveM-RTS-WarfareTactics/txAdminRecipe/refs/heads/main/recipe.yaml` - **Needs**: MariaDB, a license key. A standalone RTS game mode by EnyoScripts (version 2.1.1 at the time of writing): platoon combat, 5 maps, 24 unit types, CPU opponents and matchmaking. The recipe pins `cfx-server-data` to a specific commit and only moves the pieces it needs (sessionmanager, baseevents, hardcap, the yarn and webpack builders, spawnmanager), then downloads its `[rts]` resources with 900 second timeouts because they are large. ## RedM Basic Server and VORP Core For Red Dead Redemption 2 servers on RedM: - **RedM Basic Server (CFX Default)**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/citizenfx/txAdmin-recipes/refs/heads/main/default-redm/recipe.yaml`, the same three tasks as the FiveM basic recipe with a RedM `server.cfg`. - **VORP Core**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VORPCORE/VORP_txAdmin/main/vorp_recipe.yaml`, the most used RedM roleplay framework. Needs MariaDB. These docs focus on FiveM, but txAdmin works the same way for RedM. ## Common issues with recipe deploys | Problem | Cause and fix | | --- | --- | | GitHub `401`, `403` or `429` during download | GitHub rate limits by IP, worse on shared hosting. Wait 10 to 15 minutes and retry. Big recipes pause with `waste_time` to reduce this. | | `connect_database` fails | MariaDB not running, wrong password, or the user can't create databases. See [Database setup](/docs/server-setup/database). | | `query_database` fails on a framework SQL | MySQL 8 or an old MariaDB (XAMPP). Qbox and ESX require MariaDB. | | A task times out | Slow connection or a large repository. Retry. Recipe authors can raise `timeoutSeconds`. | | Server starts but resources error on first boot | Resources that build with yarn (QBCore) need the first start to finish. Wait, then restart once. | | Everything is in English | Change the locale convars in `server.cfg` (`sets locale`, `setr qb_locale`, `setr esx:locale`). | | Target path error | txAdmin will not create missing parent folders outside `txData`. Create the parent first. | | You deployed the wrong recipe | Stop the server, delete the data folder and the generated database, and deploy again. | ## Writing or listing your own Anyone can deploy a recipe from a URL. To have one included in the Popular list, it must follow the [txAdmin-recipes guidelines](https://github.com/citizenfx/txAdmin-recipes#recipe-making-guidelines-and-best-practices): start from the CFX Default structure, "just work" without manual edits, use only open source or sharable resources, support OneSync, use the `{{maxClients}}`, `{{addPrincipalsMaster}}`, `{{serverEndpoints}}` and `{{svLicense}}` placeholders, and accept txAdmin's random database name. See [Writing your own recipe](/docs/txadmin/writing-recipes) for a full example.