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Expand Plugin Manager to Support Community Plugins

LaunchBox for Windows

📋 Summary

Expand LaunchBox’s built-in Plugin Manager to support browsing, installing, and updating community-created plugins—just like themes and media packs.

🎯 Feature Overview

Add a new section to the Plugin Manager for LaunchBox-approved third-party plugins. Users can:

  • Browse curated plugins by category

  • View descriptions, screenshots, and version info

  • Install or update with one click

  • Manage all plugins in one place

🛠 Example Use Case

A user installs a HowLongToBeat plugin from the new plugin browser without needing to visit forums or move files manually.

📦 Benefits

  • Makes plugin discovery and setup easier

  • Encourages more community development

  • Keeps everything centralized and user-friendly

💡 Notes

Start with curated plugins only to ensure safety and stability. Future updates could expand support.

Posted by Arthurcoutinho600 ·
Status: Open To Community3 comments

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  • AstroBob changed status to Open To Community
    Team•

    Jul 7, 2025

    Pinned

    Hi there!

    Thanks so much for submitting this request and for taking the time to explain your use case — that context is always super helpful.

    I’ve gone ahead and fleshed out the main idea using the info you provided, and I’m opening it up to the community for further discussion and feedback. Please let me know if this fleshed-out version doesn’t match your original intended request.

    Feel free to let me know if you have any extra thoughts, examples, or edge cases you think might be relevant!

    Cheers,
    The LaunchBox team

  • DJ_GLiTCH

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    Dec 3, 2025

    Just wanted to add a suggestion to this idea - simply adding any installed plugin to the plugin manager list as a first stage, which enables users to confirm a plugin has been loaded successfully.

    This is relevant more for community made plugins, but being able to confirm a plugin has been successfully loaded would be a great help as a starting point.

    If names are difficult to parse from community made plugins, I would suggest using the DLL file name as a fallback for the plugin name.

  • Arthurcoutinho600

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    Jul 7, 2025

    Add Community Third-Party Plugins from Forums to Launchbox Media Downloader

    Hello

    My idea is to add some third party plugins from forums to Launchbox Media Downloader to download some Plugins that the community from forums made then. It would be great to navigate some plugins and time because go to forums to download plugins manually is boring.