dsh-plugin-desktop-installer

With DSH Desktop, installing, removing, or updating third-party plugins traditionally means opening a terminal and typing CLI commands, and restarting the Electron app is an extra step. dsh-plugin-desktop-installer folds the entire plugin lifecycle into the settings panel so that desktop users stay entirely within the graphical interface.

The plugin delivers three core capabilities: a one-click restart button in the top-right corner of the settings panel; address-based plugin installation that supports both GitHub and npm sources and lets you pick the target profile; and a third-party plugin management list covering uninstall, enable, disable, version detection, and one-click updates. Under the hood it reuses the Desktop runtime restart API and the pnpm bootstrap chain, writing changes directly to the local profiles directory so they take effect after a restart. Version checks query the npm registry or GitHub API and will attach a GITHUB_TOKEN when one is present in the environment to avoid anonymous rate-limiting.

This plugin is designed for users who rely on DSH Desktop as their primary work environment and prefer to manage the full plugin lifecycle from a graphical interface. One caveat: install, uninstall, and update depend on a desktop-only runtime service and are unavailable in a pure web profile, while the plugin list and enable/disable actions simply read and write the local package.json and work in every profile.