Essential Quality of Life Mods & Patches    Under no circumstances should you play Starbound without these mods. These mods improve Starbound by at least one star out of a five star rating.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1418812455

Recommended Content Mods    These mods add a massive amount of non-aesthetic content to the game, including more than twice as many new planet types, sub-biomes, enemies, weapons, etc.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1418036391

Aesthetic Patches    Some aesthetic components of the game are inconsistent, lacking in some way, or outright glitched. These mods fix those issues without bogging down the game with massive amounts of new content. If new races, hairstyles, clothes, critter & monster parts, etc. are your cup of tea, subscribe to /sbg/'s Aesthetic Content Mods. Subscribing to both is fine.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1424697091

Aesthetic Content Mods    These mods add things like new races and a hell of a lot more customization options for your characters and NPCs. If you don't want to bog the game down with thousands of new things like hairstyles, clothes, critter & monster parts, etc. and just want to fix aesthetic content that's inconsistent, lacking in some way, or outright glitched, subscribe to /sbg/'s Aesthetic Patches. Subscribing to both is fine.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1418847999

Easy Mode Mods        These mods make the game noticeably easier and less tedious, but many of them might feel like cheating to some people.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1420043933

Enhanced Difficulty Mods    These mods make the game more difficult.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1420057307

Controversial Mods    You'll either love 'em or hate 'em.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1424913389