diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index 5cdc539b..36568e09 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 * For players:
   * Fixed `log_context` command not disabling the extra logs when run again.
 
+* For external tools:
+  * Added toolkit method to read the compatibility list from a local copy of its Git repo.
+
 ## 4.1.10
 Released 18 December 2024 for Stardew Valley 1.6.14 or later.
 
diff --git a/src/SMAPI.Toolkit/Framework/Clients/CompatibilityRepo/CompatibilityRepoClient.cs b/src/SMAPI.Toolkit/Framework/Clients/CompatibilityRepo/CompatibilityRepoClient.cs
index e25d890a..ba889910 100644
--- a/src/SMAPI.Toolkit/Framework/Clients/CompatibilityRepo/CompatibilityRepoClient.cs
+++ b/src/SMAPI.Toolkit/Framework/Clients/CompatibilityRepo/CompatibilityRepoClient.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 using System;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Markdig;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Pathoschild.Http.Client;
 using StardewModdingAPI.Toolkit.Framework.Clients.CompatibilityRepo.Internal;
 using StardewModdingAPI.Toolkit.Framework.Clients.CompatibilityRepo.RawDataModels;
@@ -53,6 +55,25 @@ public class CompatibilityRepoClient : IDisposable
             .ToArray();
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Fetch mods from the compatibility list by reading a local copy of the compatibility list repo.</summary>
+    /// <param name="gitRepoPath">The full path to the compatibility list repo folder.</param>
+    public async Task<ModCompatibilityEntry[]> FetchModsFromLocalGitFolderAsync(string gitRepoPath)
+    {
+        string modsJsonPath = Path.Combine(gitRepoPath, "data", "mods.jsonc");
+        string contentPacksJsonPath = Path.Combine(gitRepoPath, "data", "broken-content-packs.jsonc");
+        if (!File.Exists(modsJsonPath) || !File.Exists(contentPacksJsonPath))
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("The compatibility list repo folder doesn't contain the required JSON files.");
+
+        RawCompatibilityList? mods = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RawCompatibilityList>(File.ReadAllText(modsJsonPath));
+        RawCompatibilityList? brokenContentPacks = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RawCompatibilityList>(File.ReadAllText(contentPacksJsonPath));
+
+        return
+            (mods?.Mods ?? Array.Empty<RawModEntry>())
+            .Concat(brokenContentPacks?.BrokenContentPacks ?? Array.Empty<RawModEntry>())
+            .Select(this.ParseRawModEntry)
+            .ToArray();
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Get the inline HTML produced by a Markdown string in a compatibility repo field.</summary>
     /// <param name="markdown">The Markdown to parse.</param>
     /// <remarks>This is a low-level method. Most code should use <see cref="FetchModsAsync"/> instead.</remarks>
diff --git a/src/SMAPI.Toolkit/ModToolkit.cs b/src/SMAPI.Toolkit/ModToolkit.cs
index b0284966..b7117a67 100644
--- a/src/SMAPI.Toolkit/ModToolkit.cs
+++ b/src/SMAPI.Toolkit/ModToolkit.cs
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ public class ModToolkit
         return await client.FetchModsAsync();
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Extract mod metadata from the compatibility list repo by reading a local copy of the repo.</summary>
+    /// <param name="gitRepoPath">The full path to the compatibility list repo folder.</param>
+    public async Task<ModCompatibilityEntry[]> GetCompatibilityListFromLocalGitFolderAsync(string gitRepoPath)
+    {
+        using CompatibilityRepoClient client = new(this.UserAgent);
+        return await client.FetchModsFromLocalGitFolderAsync(gitRepoPath);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Get SMAPI's internal mod database.</summary>
     /// <param name="metadataPath">The file path for the SMAPI metadata file.</param>
     public ModDatabase GetModDatabase(string metadataPath)