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Tech Tip: Dependency Manager: Common Causes of “The download archive does not contain a valid dependency” Error
PRODUCT: 4D | VERSION: 20 R | PLATFORM: Mac & Win
Published On: August 13, 2025

When using the Dependency Manager to load a GitHub component, you might encounter the following error:

    The download archive does not contain a valid dependency


This error usually occurs for one of the following reasons:

  • The ZIP archive of the component uploaded to GitHub is not named exactly the same as the GitHub repository.

  • The component is not located directly at the root of the archive uploaded to GitHub (e.g., they are inside an extra top-level folder or multiple nested folders).

Below is an example of a valid component archive structure: