dyna (beta)

updater for revite plugins, manager coming as soon as the API is stabilized (aka. in a few months)

why dyna

i was annoyed at the fact that i had to send my plugin each time i made a change

it was also highly requested too

installing it

open the console

type state.plugins.add(), then copy the contents of this repo's plugin.json and paste them inside the parenthesis

dyna does not have a ui yet

it also triggers every hour or so

auto updating with dyna

• add a dyna.json file with the following contents:

{
  "latest": 1, // version that dyna will compare to
  "target": "target/plugin.json" // (optional) location of the plugin inside the repo
}

• add a dyna object to your plugin's manifest with the following:

{
  // ...
  "dyna": {
    "repo": "username/gh-repo",
    "shouldRestart": false // reload the entire client after update
  }
}

that's it quite literally

info: this might change in the future

spec

dyna manifest

version: plugin's current version (INT)

latest: latest available version from git forge (INT)

dev: plugin is on dev mode (BOOLEAN, OPTIONAL)

repo: plugin's repository (STRING)

shouldRestart: restart client after update (BOOLEAN)

dyna api

version: plugin's current version (INT)

latest: latest available version from git forge (INT)

dev: plugin is on dev mode (BOOLEAN)

repo: plugin's repository (STRING)

shouldRestart: restart client after update (BOOLEAN)

author: plugin's author (STRING)

id: plugin id (STRING)

caveats

• doesn't support other git providers/forges
• no manager
• two files to allow updates
• no dependency management
• no manual updates
• etc, etc, etc
• just check the road map to see what is missing
• feature requests welcome :)

roadmap

• proof-of-concept updater
• release cod
• updater v1
  • allow other plugins to see dyna-compatible plugins
  • merge dyna.json with manifest.json
  • update indicator
  • manual updates for other plugins
  • update check without downloading plugin
• manager v1
  • allow downloading other plugins in-app
  • make central repo with dyna manifests
  • manual update toggle per plugin (by user)
  • manual update button
• updater v2
  • allow other git providers such as gitea and forgejo
  • dependencies
    • download
  • event emitters for other plugins to listen to
  • deprecation notice warning
  • self-update
  • plugin types
• manager v2
  • paste url to download
  • search per author
  • dependency listing
  • display plugin types

contributing

uhhhh

just don't do malicious code and be friendly to others inside issues/pull requests/etc

licence

project licenced under the mit licence as usual