Add categories and authors metadata to plugins

Introduces optional 'categories' and 'authors' fields to plugin manifests, updates plugin-manager.js to normalize and expose these fields, and enhances the settings UI to display plugin tags and authors. Also updates documentation and an example plugin manifest to demonstrate the new fields.

README-PLUGINS.md

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Example:
   "description": "What it does",
   "main": "main.js",
   "rendererPreload": "renderer-preload.js",
+  "categories": ["Search", "Productivity"],
+  "authors": ["Jane Doe", { "name": "Acme Labs", "email": "oss@acme.example" }],
   "enabled": true
 }
 ```
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ Fields:
 - id: Unique id. Defaults to folder name if omitted.
 - main: Optional entry for main process integration.
 - rendererPreload: Optional file injected into the preload. Use it to expose limited APIs.
+- categories: Optional string or array of strings used for organizing/filtering plugins in UI and APIs. Example: ["AI", "Utilities"].
+- authors: Optional string or array of strings/objects describing authors. Objects support { name, email, url }. In APIs/UI, names are displayed.
 - enabled: Defaults to true.
 
 ## Main process API (activate)

bookmarks.backup.json

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 [
-  {
+
-    "title": "Discord",
-    "url": "discord.gg",
-    "icon": "data:image/svg+xml;utf8,%3Csvg%20role%3D%22img%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%2024%2024%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Ctitle%3EDiscord%3C%2Ftitle%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M20.317%204.3698a19.7913%2019.7913%200%2000-4.8851-1.5152.0741.0741%200%2000-.0785.0371c-.211.3753-.4447.8648-.6083%201.2495-1.8447-.2762-3.68-.2762-5.4868%200-.1636-.3933-.4058-.8742-.6177-1.2495a.077.077%200%2000-.0785-.037%2019.7363%2019.7363%200%2000-4.8852%201.515.0699.0699%200%2000-.0321.0277C.5334%209.0458-.319%2013.5799.0992%2018.0578a.0824.0824%200%2000.0312.0561c2.0528%201.5076%204.0413%202.4228%205.9929%203.0294a.0777.0777%200%2000.0842-.0276c.4616-.6304.8731-1.2952%201.226-1.9942a.076.076%200%2000-.0416-.1057c-.6528-.2476-1.2743-.5495-1.8722-.8923a.077.077%200%2001-.0076-.1277c.1258-.0943.2517-.1923.3718-.2914a.0743.0743%200%2001.0776-.0105c3.9278%201.7933%208.18%201.7933%2012.0614%200a.0739.0739%200%2001.0785.0095c.1202.099.246.1981.3728.2924a.077.077%200%2001-.0066.1276%2012.2986%2012.2986%200%2001-1.873.8914.0766.0766%200%2000-.0407.1067c.3604.698.7719%201.3628%201.225%201.9932a.076.076%200%2000.0842.0286c1.961-.6067%203.9495-1.5219%206.0023-3.0294a.077.077%200%2000.0313-.0552c.5004-5.177-.8382-9.6739-3.5485-13.6604a.061.061%200%2000-.0312-.0286zM8.02%2015.3312c-1.1825%200-2.1569-1.0857-2.1569-2.419%200-1.3332.9555-2.4189%202.157-2.4189%201.2108%200%202.1757%201.0952%202.1568%202.419%200%201.3332-.9555%202.4189-2.1569%202.4189zm7.9748%200c-1.1825%200-2.1569-1.0857-2.1569-2.419%200-1.3332.9554-2.4189%202.1569-2.4189%201.2108%200%202.1757%201.0952%202.1568%202.419%200%201.3332-.946%202.4189-2.1568%202.4189Z%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E",
-    "iconSet": "simple"
-  }
 ]

plugin-manager.js

@@ -42,7 +42,19 @@ class PluginManager {
         const dir = path.join(root, ent.name);
         const manifestPath = path.join(dir, 'plugin.json');
         let manifest;
-        try { manifest = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(manifestPath, 'utf8')); } catch { continue; }
+        try {
+          manifest = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(manifestPath, 'utf8'));
+          // Normalize optional fields
+          const cats = manifest.categories;
+          if (typeof cats === 'string') manifest.categories = [cats];
+          else if (Array.isArray(cats)) manifest.categories = cats.filter(x => typeof x === 'string');
+          else if (cats == null) manifest.categories = [];
+
+          const au = manifest.authors;
+          if (typeof au === 'string') manifest.authors = [au];
+          else if (Array.isArray(au)) manifest.authors = au.filter(x => (typeof x === 'string') || (x && typeof x === 'object' && typeof x.name === 'string'));
+          else if (au == null) manifest.authors = [];
+        } catch { continue; }
         const enabled = manifest.enabled !== false; // default true
         const id = manifest.id || ent.name;
     const record = { id, dir, manifest, enabled, mod: null, mainPath: null };
@@ -171,6 +183,10 @@ class PluginManager {
       name: p.manifest.name || p.id,
       version: p.manifest.version || '0.0.0',
       description: p.manifest.description || '',
+  categories: Array.isArray(p.manifest.categories) ? p.manifest.categories : [],
+      authors: Array.isArray(p.manifest.authors)
+        ? p.manifest.authors.map(x => (typeof x === 'string' ? x : (x && x.name) || '')).filter(Boolean)
+        : [],
       enabled: !!p.enabled,
       hasMain: !!p.manifest.main,
       hasRendererPreload: !!p.manifest.rendererPreload,
@@ -190,11 +206,21 @@ class PluginManager {
         const manifestPath = path.join(dir, 'plugin.json');
         try {
           const manifest = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(manifestPath, 'utf8'));
+          const cats = manifest.categories;
+          const categories = typeof cats === 'string' ? [cats] : Array.isArray(cats) ? cats.filter(x => typeof x === 'string') : [];
+          const au = manifest.authors;
+          const authors = typeof au === 'string'
+            ? [au]
+            : Array.isArray(au)
+              ? au.map(x => (typeof x === 'string' ? x : (x && x.name) || null)).filter(Boolean)
+              : [];
           out.push({
             id: manifest.id || ent.name,
             name: manifest.name || ent.name,
             version: manifest.version || '0.0.0',
             description: manifest.description || '',
+            categories,
+            authors,
             enabled: manifest.enabled !== false,
             hasMain: !!manifest.main,
             hasRendererPreload: !!manifest.rendererPreload,

plugins/nebot/plugin.json

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 {
-  "id": "ollama-chat",
+  "id": "nebot-chat",
   "name": "Nebot",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "description": "Nebot: a floating chat panel that talks to a local/remote Ollama server and saves chats in the plugin folder.",
   "main": "main.js",
   "rendererPreload": "renderer-preload.js",
+  "categories": ["AI", "Chat", "Utilities"],
+  "authors": [
+    { "name": "Nebula Team", "email": "andrewzambazos@gmail.com" },
+    "Bobbybear007"
+  ],
   "enabled": true
 }

renderer/settings.css

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 .plugin-desc { opacity:.8; font-size:.9em; }
 .plugin-actions { display:flex; gap:8px; align-items:center; }
 .plugin-actions .spacer { width:8px; }
+.plugin-tags { display:flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap:6px; margin-top: 4px; }
+.plugin-tag { display:inline-flex; align-items:center; padding:2px 8px; border-radius:999px; font-size:.75em; opacity:.9; border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.16); background: rgba(255,255,255,0.06); }
+.plugin-authors { margin-top: 4px; font-size:.85em; opacity:.85; }
+.plugin-authors .muted { opacity:.7; margin-right: 6px; }
 :root {
   --bg: #121418;
   --dark-blue: #0B1C2B;

renderer/settings.js

@@ -355,6 +355,10 @@ async function loadPluginsUI() {
     listEl.appendChild(empty);
   } else {
     for (const p of items) {
+    const categories = Array.isArray(p.categories) ? p.categories.filter(x => x && typeof x === 'string') : [];
+    const authors = Array.isArray(p.authors) ? p.authors.filter(x => x && typeof x === 'string') : [];
+    const tagsHtml = categories.length ? `<div class="plugin-tags">${categories.map(c => `<span class=\"plugin-tag\">${escapeHtml(c)}</span>`).join('')}</div>` : '';
+    const authorsHtml = authors.length ? `<div class=\"plugin-authors\"><span class=\"muted\">Authors:</span> ${authors.map(a => `<span class=\"plugin-author\">${escapeHtml(a)}</span>`).join(', ')}</div>` : '';
       const row = document.createElement('div');
       row.className = 'plugin-item';
       row.setAttribute('role', 'listitem');
@@ -362,6 +366,8 @@ async function loadPluginsUI() {
         <div class="plugin-meta">
           <div class="plugin-title">${escapeHtml(p.name)} <span style="opacity:.7;font-weight:400">v${escapeHtml(p.version)}</span></div>
           <div class="plugin-desc">${escapeHtml(p.description || '')}</div>
+      ${tagsHtml}
+      ${authorsHtml}
           <div class="plugin-desc" style="opacity:.6; font-size:.85em;">${escapeHtml(p.dir)}</div>
         </div>
         <div class="plugin-actions">