Comment 2 for bug 1823733

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Piotr Esden-Tempski (esden) wrote : Re: Install plugins repository

I think this is a great feature to add. I think It should actually be expanded to a "plugin/script manager/store". I think this should be one of the core tools in the toolbar of the main KiCad window, not an external tool maintained only for one platform as mentioned above. I also don't think it should be only Python scripting specific. There are other tools out there that are not python scripts and would be useful to have access to through the "KiCad Store".

I recommend updating the title of this Whishlist item to "KiCad plugin manager/store", making it clearer for people who want to vote on this.

Good plugin/package systems to draw inspiration from is for example Cargo. This adds the capability of integrating third party contributions in the CI tests. In our case it would help to make sure the plugin API is not broken without the developers noticing, as the CI test will run against all the plugins published in the "Store" for KiCad and assure they did not break, unless the API change is intentional.