Plugget simplifies distributing your tools & plugins.
- Supports: Maya, 3ds-Max, Blender, Krita, Unreal, ...
- Create private tool distribution lists for in-house pipelines, or search open source tools
Stop struggling with Perforce to distribute your tools, or forcing your Art-team to use Git.
Plugget handles the technical part⚡, and you create awesome tools for your team. 💪
Install your packages (plugins, addons, icons, ...) from a repo with a single Python command:
import plugget
plugget.install("my_package")This code downloads the manifest from the public plugget repo,
reads the manifest for the source URL & install instructions,
and installs the plugin or addon and it's dependencies to the correct folder.
- plugget The core Python module with all package download logic
- plugget-pkgs The standard manifest repo for plugget packages
- plugget-blender-addon An addon to use plugget in Blender with a standard Blender UI.
- plugget-qt A generic Qt UI window to install plugget packages, that can be used in any apps with Python.
- plugget-unreal An Unreal plugin that launches the Plugget Qt window
- plugget-qt-addon A Blender addon that launches the Plugget Qt UI window
- plugget-qt-maya-plugin A Maya plugin that launches the Plugget Qt UI window
- plugget qt substance painter
🔍 Package managers compared
Let's compare existing package managers, to help you understand if you need Plugget:
Why not use PyPI?
- PyPI only installs packaged python modules. But many Blender scripts are not packaged, e.g. this addon.
- Addons aren't meant to be installed as Python packages. Pip installs to
site packages, instead ofaddons.- Plugget targets casual users who prefer a UI instead of a console.
- Plugget also supports other languages than Python, e.g. Maxscript & Unreal plugins
What about WinGet, chocolatey, etc? These solutions install
apps, Plugget installsplugins for apps
It might be possible to use Chocolatey's install scripts to install a plugin, however it seems complex, and Chocolatey wasn't designed for this.