Buildware-Tools has a built-in plugin system that lets you install community-made plugins directly from GitHub, without modifying the tool itself.
Installed plugins appear in the menu on Page 2, slots 41 to 50 (maximum 10 plugins visible at a time).
Installing a Plugin
1. Open Buildware-Tools and go to Plugin Manager
2. Select Install Plugin
3. Optionally open the plugin list at https://github.com/topics/buildware-plugin
4. Paste the GitHub URL of the plugin repository
5. The tool will automatically:
- Verify the
buildware-plugin tag on the repository
- Download and validate the plugin files
- Check compatibility with your Buildware-Tools version
- Install any required dependencies
- Install the plugin into
Programs/Plugins/
Managing Plugins
Go to Plugin Manager → Manage Plugins to:
| Action |
Description |
| Show / Hide |
Toggle the plugin visibility in the main menu |
| Run |
Launch the plugin directly from the manager |
| Update |
Download and install the latest version from GitHub |
| Uninstall |
Remove the plugin from the tool |
Finding Plugins
All community plugins are tagged with buildware-plugin on GitHub.
You can browse them at: https://github.com/topics/buildware-plugin
Plugin Structure
A plugin is a GitHub repository containing these two files:
your-plugin/
├── plugin.json ← plugin metadata
└── main.py ← plugin code
See Creating a Plugin if you want to build your own.