Plugins

[miou-gh]

I can see that the 'Tools' section is expanding, it may be a wise decision early-on to add support for a Plugin system; tools/features could be installed individually, rather than bulking in a potentially large quantity at once during installation.

[trdwll]

I love this idea. That would allow users to choose what tools they want to install etc.
I recently worked on a version of ShareX where I removed most of the features that I never used. If only ShareX had this before I done that. :p

[miou-gh]

@trdwll I've made a functional plugin loader and I'm working on a GUI for it. Thoughts? https://url.atil.la/itils

[trdwll]

@atillabyte That looks great, hopefully @Jaex accepts your commit if and when you commit it.

[lewisakura]

Well, since my issue was closed for being a duplicate, I'll repost here.

ShareX plugin support is a great idea, and here's why:

• It would allow people to add their own functionality without having to build ShareX from source
• It would be easy to install plugins to add functionality
• It would allow people to combine multiple features of ShareX into one button press
• It would be safe if there's a central repository (I made a mockup one, which is available at https://sharex.center)

A couple of the community members believe it would be a great idea. I know Jaex thinks it would be a bad idea due to security, but if there was a moderated repository for plugins then it would be a lot more safer.

Speaking of that, there are some issues:

• Malicious plugins
• Plugins that state that they do one thing but actually do something else
• Conflicting plugins (which might crash ShareX)
• etc.

But again, a moderated repository would help out with the first two, and the third could be fixed using a dedicated plugin manager that can detect what plugins you installed recently and give suggestions on what to disable.

[Bluscream]

@atillabyte, @LewisTehMinerz Your links are down

[lewisakura]

@Bluscream because i posted it in 2018, i took it down because it got no traffic

[Bluscream]

@Bluscream because i posted it in 2018, i took it down because it got no traffic

I want to give it traffic now!