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The BaseElements Plugin is a Claris FileMaker plugin, that is free, open source and available on Mac, Windows and Ubuntu Linux.
It was originally built as a small addition to the BaseElements developer tool, to provide additional required functionality that wasn’t in FileMaker Pro itself. However the free/open nature of it meant that FileMaker developers around the world started using it for their own solutions, and over time it expanded to include more functionality and become more widely used.
The documentation here describes how to install and use the plugin, as well as how to compile it yourself if that interests you. We provide pre built binaries so you don’t need to build your own copy.
There is a full changelog within the source code, and as modifications to functionality are made, these are documented against the function list when each major release is completed.
The development branch change log with new features is also documented, and builds of these releases are made available to sponsors.
All of the details about which functions of the plugin work on which platform is on the compatibility page.
Feel free to submit an issue if you've found an issue with the plugin, or post questions in the discussions area.
We have options to sponsor the plugin through GitHub.