A self-hosted plugin directory, with no third-party service: `figcraft-server` keeps plugin bundles,
the app browses, installs and updates from it, and `figcraft-cli` publishes to it.
- **Bundles** (`figcraft_plugin::bundle`): a plugin's manifest, module and up to 32 plain-named
assets in one uncompressed, length-prefixed binary form (nothing can expand beyond the bytes
sent). Its SHA-256 names it. `Bundle::decode` never allocates beyond its input and refuses
trailing bytes; `Bundle::check` parses the manifest (refusing a plugin API this build doesn't
run), requires a version of 1-4 numbers, compiles the module without running it (only the
sandbox's imports allowed) and checks asset names (no paths, no dot files, no Windows device
names, unique ignoring case). Manifests gain an optional `author`.
- **Protocol**: a new connection kind next to managing and team-library connections:
`OpenPlugins {key}` then `Plugins {list | fetch | publish | unpublish}`. Browsing needs no
credential; publishing and unpublishing need the server key (a wrong key is refused). Older
servers refuse the connection and the app says the server has no plugin directory. The protocol
version is unchanged; old clients are unaffected.
- **Server** (`apps/figcraft-server/src/directory.rs`): `<data>/plugins/index.json` plus
`<data>/plugins/<sha256>.bin`, so no publisher-chosen name reaches the file system. Every publish
is checked in full and must be a newer version; caps `max_plugins` (versions, 0 turns it off),
`max_plugin_mb` (<= 32), `max_plugins_mb`. Fetches re-hash the file before sending (a damaged
bundle is never sent) and share a download budget (~32 MiB/s) so a flood is refused, not queued.
Damaged index entries are skipped and reported, never deleted; an unreadable index lists nothing
and refuses writes until the operator fixes it. Operator moderation:
`figcraft-server plugins [list]` and `plugins remove ID [--version V]` (offline or through the
running server). Logs name ids and versions, never keys.
- **App**: Plugins > Manage plugins gets Installed / Browse tabs. Browse lists a server's plugins
(version, author as typed, size, access) with a search; nothing is fetched until Browse is
pressed. Install / Update open a confirmation listing the permissions asked for, the source and
the SHA-256; only its button downloads. The download must match the listed SHA-256 (and the one
shown), then is checked like an imported plugin before anything is written. Installed plugins
live per user under `<settings>/FigCraft/Plugins/<hash of id>/` and run in the same sandbox;
Remove deletes the folder.
- **Commands**: `plugin.directory.list {server?, query?}`, `plugin.directory.install {id, version?,
confirm, server?, sha256?}` (refused without `confirm: true`; never opens a dialog),
`plugin.directory.publish {path | plugin, server}`, `plugin.directory.unpublish {id, version?,
server}`. `ui.set {pluginsTab, pluginConfirm}` on the control channel.
- **CLI**: `figcraft-cli plugin publish FOLDER --server ws://host:port/` with the key from
`FIGCRAFT_SERVER_KEY` (or `?key=`), never printed.
- Docs: plugins.md (directories, publishing, commands, manifest), server.md (operating the
directory: access, checks, caps, moderation, backups, security), collab-protocol.md, mcp.md,
cli.md, control-protocol.md, target-app-parity area 18 and Ecosystem, ROADMAP, roadmap.md M11,
gaps.md gap 6. Plugins & widgets 55%/32% -> 60%/35%, 10-30 h -> 8-26 h.
Plugin ABI v2: a plugin can show a panel (text, number, checkbox, select, colour, list, notes, buttons) rendered with FigCraft's widgets, react to events with its state kept between calls (each editing callback one undo step, full sandbox limits on every call), and store per-plugin settings (64 KB). plugin.ui / plugin.event / plugin.close drive panels from the CLI and MCP; v1 plugins run unchanged. The Swatch grid example gains a Palettes panel that remembers the last palette.
Sandboxed WebAssembly plugins whose API is the command registry:
- figcraft-plugin (new crate, L2): the figcraft-plugin.json manifest
(menu commands with parameters, read/write access, command allowlist)
and the sandbox: wasmi (pure Rust, no JIT, also in the web build) with
fuel metering, a memory cap, no WASI and seven host functions (call,
selection, reply_len, reply_read, log, notify, set_output).
- Engine: plugin.list / plugin.import / plugin.remove / plugin.run,
plugins.runLast (Alt+Cmd+P; Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P on Windows/Linux) and
plugins.manage. A run is one undo step (Session::grouped, which
command.batch now uses too) and is rolled back when it fails. Files,
other documents, the undo history, dialogs and plugins are off limits;
read-only plugins can't change the document. Installed plugins live in
the preferences; development plugins re-read their module every run.
- UI: installed plugins in the Plugins menu, a parameters form drawn
from the manifest, Manage plugins, Plugins > Development > Import
plugin from manifest.
- plugins/: a no_std Rust SDK and two example plugins (Tidy names,
Swatch grid), built for wasm32 by `cargo xtask plugins` (part of
`cargo xtask wasm`).
- Docs: docs/plugins.md (manifest, permissions, limits, ABI, SDK),
docs/mcp.md, docs/control-protocol.md, README, ROADMAP, parity.
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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