Hey, I was thinking about how default plugins project can be implemented and wanted to discuss that. But before that, here are some links to my PRs and other work: GitHub Account Link PRs: Add categories field in plugins manifest (close to being merged) Fixes Alt text not appearing (merged) Im…

It sounds like at least for some plugins it's easier to just merge them into the main app.

Can you please explain what do you mean by 'merging'? Do you mean in the sense that we don't have to install them, and we won't see them in the plugins section? Also, we can consider this as a part of this project, right?

I mean reimplementing the functionality in Joplin itself instead of plugins. Things like backup for instance.

Thanks for the link, that was the missig part :slight_smile: [image] makb: you can disable/uninstall them at any time Yes... but does a new user know this ? So IMO, before installing the plugins, the pop-up should mention how to manage these plugins after installation, ideally, should sho…

[image] blank: installing the plugins, the pop-up should mention I think the idea is that these are specific plugins that are so necessary that they should probably just be core features, but for some reason they aren't/can't be. So I think that a new user would have no basis upon which to m…

[image] makb: Update: The issue with this approach is we would need to restart the app in order to install the plugins. To solve this, I think I will also need to figure out a way to install the plugins without restarting the app. I didn't find any discussion on this topic on the forum, but if t…

Great! That makes sense. I think it will get a lot simpler to implement it this way.

Hi CalebJohn and Laurent, I was thinking if we should discuss and finalize the overall approach for the project. Should I create a separate post for this project under 'GSOC Projects'?

Hi makb, that's a good idea, please do that. Sorry for not reaching out earlier, this is a holiday weekend in Canada. I'll be reaching out to you privately to discuss communication details and next steps.

Hey, I had some questions about the approach we will be using for this project. I thought maybe we can discuss and finalize it. So there are 2 main parts for this project. They are as follows Installing plugins on app's first start By the current approach, we will be packaging the .jpl files for …

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Alternatively, if you auto-install these plugins before the code that loads plugins, you don't need to do anything special.

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