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LoupixDeck.PluginSdk is the contracts-only library that third-party plugins build against to extend the LoupixDeck core. It contains no application logic — only the interfaces, base classes and value types the host and the plugin share. A plugin is a single .NET class library that references this SDK, ships as a folder under the host's plugin directory, and is loaded dynamically at startup.

• Current SDK version: 1.6.0
• Target framework: net9.0
• Package: LoupixDeck.PluginSdk (NuGet)
• License: MIT

Contents

• Getting Started — build your first plugin in ten minutes
• API Reference — index of every public type
  • LoupixPlugin — the plugin entry point
  • Commands — IPluginCommand, IDisplayCommand, descriptors, context
  • Host Services — IPluginHost, logging, settings, device info
• Advanced
  • Dynamic Menus — IMenuContributor, MenuNode
  • Folder Navigation — IFolderProvider, FolderEntry, rotary overrides
  • Exclusive Mode — IExclusiveModeProvider, ExclusiveRenderMode, HUD/screensaver takeovers
  • Settings Page — IPluginSettingsPage, schema, actions
• Operations
  • Packaging & Distribution
  • Debugging

Plugin lifecycle at a glance

host startup
   │
   ├─ scan plugin folder
   ├─ load each plugin assembly
   ├─ find the single concrete LoupixPlugin subclass
   ├─ check PluginMetadata.SdkVersion.Major matches SdkInfo.Version.Major
   │
   ├─ new MyPlugin()
   ├─ plugin.Initialize(host)            ← host hands over IPluginHost
   ├─ plugin.GetCommands()               ← commands registered
   │
   ├─ … runtime: user invokes commands, host calls IPluginCommand.Execute(ctx)
   │
   └─ on shutdown: plugin.Shutdown()

When you only need to know one thing

Subclass LoupixPlugin, return a PluginMetadata with SdkVersion = SdkInfo.Version, and yield one or more IPluginCommand implementations from GetCommands(). Everything else is optional.