dsh-plugin-description

Opening the DSH plugin list shows a wall of cards with only names and no context. Once you have installed a dozen or more plugins, it becomes hard to tell what each one does or which ones are already configured. dsh-plugin-description adds a bilingual feature description to every card so you can scan and pick the right plugin at a glance, without digging through GitHub repos or guessing configuration keys.

The bundled dictionary covers all 134 module names in the default DSH profile, extracted from each official package README and hand-reviewed. Expanding a card reveals the full description, Loader entry id, configuration status, and Cordis mount state; the search box matches plugin names, entry ids, and description text simultaneously, and the language toggles with the UI locale. Descriptions can be edited directly in the UI and persist to a user dictionary file that survives upgrades and reinstalls—no code changes or rebuilds required. The plugin also exposes a pluginDescriptions service, allowing other host-side plugins to register or override descriptions at runtime with higher priority than the built-in dictionary.

This plugin suits two audiences well: regular DSH users who have many plugins installed and want a quick, readable overview of each one, and plugin authors who want their own cards to carry a meaningful description—simply call pluginDescriptions.register from your plugin without modifying any file in this package.