Plugget

Plugget is a package manager to easily install tools in your apps.
It aims to dummy proof tool distribution, and is designed to assist artists in the games & VFX industry.

Github repo: plugget

Plugget is not an environment manager

• make more accessible
  • auto install plugget & dependencies

Features¶

• a pip install is too advanced for artists, so plugget simplifies this with a simple UI & 1click installer.
• a pip install installs to python site pacackages. not all dcc’s isolate their python environment. So python scripts installed in the users site packages folder, aimed to be used in unreal, might also show in blender.
  Plugget instead installs to the correct isolated folder for the dcc to avoid this.
• Instead of every user having to figure out the correct install process, a dev does this once by defining the correct manifest, saving all end users time.
• The end user maintains control which tools are installed. But a dev can define a tool install list.
• … TODO describe more features

Private notes

• plugget changelog
• plugget RAW dev notes
• GITHUB PROJECT PLANNING
• plugget package manifest repo

Backlinks¶

• Pyblish marketplace
  • a central repo that tracks plugins (overlap with plugget)
• challenging to keep documentation updated
  • I’m starting to run into issues with my bigger projects that are organic and change or grow a lot
    big projects need not only code updates, but also documentation updates.
• plugget Unreal
  • https://github.com/hannesdelbeke/plugget-unreal
• plugget qt blender addon
  • plugget
    BQt
• Maya plugin template
  • plugget handles this
• support Maya site packages in documents folder
  • C:/Users/H/Documents/maya/2026/scripts/site-packages
    plugget is only importable after adding it with sys.addsitedir
• AYON
  • plugget
• Blender tool launcher
  • plugget mainly installs addons, but can also be used to launch tools & run commands
• most tools are not easy to install
  • plugget is my attempt at this, but it’s still rough around the edges.
• detect-app
  • used by plugget
• TODO create local test env
  • in the release env we install from pip and plugget pkgs
    Python pip
    plugget
• Blender - install addon from repo
  • I can add the Github repo to the plugget packages repo, so we can 1-click install it from Plugget. but I have to
• Blender PyFlow R&D
  • [!WARNING] on hold
    Best use case likely is marketing. users love this shit.
    could use this to sell the idea of plugget. download nodes on a marketplace
  • in combination with plugget, a user can download some nodes. and e.g. run validation node on a mesh. set up a quick and simple pipeline.
• Blender paths not found if not exist on startup
  • plugget blender installers (attempt to) handle this
• plugin templates
  • every template should have a tutorial on how to add to plugget
• tool distribution
  • are all tools setup the same on users’ pcs? (e.g. a tool monorepo hosted on git),
• winget manifest query
  • plugget