Create a plugin list somewhere

[deliciouslytyped]

Is there a collection of plugins somewhere? I couldn't find a list.

It might be helpful if there was at least an "awesome"-style list cataloging what's out there.

[anjakefala]

Hi @deliciouslytyped!

My understanding is that the base plugin system was sunsetted. We reached out to plugin authors, and software was moved either into features (on by default), or experimental (needs to be imported into a .visidatarc).

@jsvine did maintain a list here: https://jsvine.github.io/intro-to-visidata/advanced/extending-visidata/#where-to-find-plugins . Off the top of my head, https://github.com/thomd/visidata-plugins is missing from that list. My memory is that the bulk of those plugins have been moved into this repo.

[deliciouslytyped]

I'm not sure where I got the idea from, I guess I must have been looking at older materials (like the perhaps not completely up-to-date but linked tutorial? or youtube videos?) that suggested plugins were much of a thing.

There is https://www.visidata.org/docs/plugins/ but it's not really clear what the plugin ecosystem looks like, just that it exists.

[jsvine]

@jsvine did maintain a list here: https://jsvine.github.io/intro-to-visidata/advanced/extending-visidata/#where-to-find-plugins . Off the top of my head, https://github.com/thomd/visidata-plugins is missing from that list. My memory is that the bulk of those plugins have been moved into this repo.

Thanks for flagging, @anjakefala. Do you and/or @saulpw have a preference for how tweak the tutorial to reflect that shift? Should I just cut the page entirely? Or just the "Where to find plugins" subsection?