📡 Unofficial Micro Plugin Channel

Note

This channel is a fork of the discontinued channel by taconi. Credit goes to him

❓️ Why an unofficial channel?

See this and this

Basically, we are having difficulty updating the micro plugin channel and also some of the plugins themselves as we don't have access to merge new changes.

[Edit]: The update to the official plugin channel is very slow, if not paused.

On top of that, I personally would like to do the plugin channel differently. The ability to have a stable and dev channel and easy to understand table for all the plugins.

🔰 Getting Started

Edit your settings.json located in ~/.config/micro (Unix) or C:\Users\<your user name>\.config\micro (Windows)

Important

You are currently in main channel

There are 2 channels you can choose, stable (recommended) or main.

• Stable
  • All the plugins in this channel are located in this repo and checked to not contain malicious code.
  • This channel is relatively slow to update, but very stable. Click here to go to the stable channel
• Main
  • All the plugins are located externally with the latest update.
  • But it is possible to contain malicious code (i.e. supply chain attack). Click here to go to the main channel

To add the unofficial main channel, add it to the pluginchannels array in settings.json.

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Neko-Box-Coder/unofficial-plugin-channel/main/channel.json

Important

pluginchannels is evaluated in order, and by default it is pointed to the official plugin channel.

By assigning it to something else, the official plugin channel will not be used anymore.

If you still want to have access to the official one, simple append

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/micro-editor/plugin-channel/master/channel.json

For example,

"pluginchannels": [
    //Get plugins from main channel first
    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Neko-Box-Coder/unofficial-plugin-channel/main/channel.json",
    //The use the official channel last
    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/micro-editor/plugin-channel/master/channel.json"
]

🔌 Plugins

* A plugin is considered maintained if there's no outstanding issues or last update is within a year ago

Name (Maintained?)	Description	⠀⠀⠀OS⠀⠀⠀	Requirements
acme (Yes)	An acme style editing plugin for the micro editor.
ag (Yes)	This plugin provides the ability to search with "ag" (aka the_silver_searcher).		ag_
align (Yes)	Simple plugin to align multiple cursors in micro.
aspell (No, has issues and last updated 4 years ago)	Spellchecking with Aspell.		aspell_
autocomplete_tooltip (Yes)	Display Autocomplete suggestions in a Tooltip.
battery (Yes)	Shows battery percentage on infobar.
calc (Yes)	Add calc command for calculating math.		calc_
capitalizer (No, upstream gone)	A simple micro-editor plugin that allows to capitalize selected text.
cheat (No, has issues and last updated 1 year ago)	F1 cheatsheet for the language you're editing: Python, Go, Lua...
colorschemes (No, upstream gone)	Colorschemes aggregator.
delve (Yes)	Integrates golang delve debugger.		delve_, HOMEenvironment variable
diff_preview (Yes)	Display a preview of Git diffs in a tooltip.		git
emacs_select (Yes)	Emacs-style selection for Micro.
filemanager2 (Yes)	Plugin that allows for easy navigation of a file tree.
findinfolder (No, upstream gone)	Folder search support.		ripgrep, fzf, bat
fzfinder (Yes)	Integrate fzf to select and search for your project files.		fzf, (Optional) bat
gitStatus (Yes)	Information about git in status bar.		git
grepsearch (Yes)	Using grep to recursively search in files.		grep on windows
gutter_message (Yes)	Display gutter messages in a tooltip.
gzplugin (Yes)	Read and write .gzip files.
iconic_tabs (Yes)	Replace the default tab bar with iconized tabs
language_env (No, upstream gone)	Syntax highlighting for files with .env extension.
language_ignore (No, upstream gone)	Adds syntax highlighting to 'ignore' files.
language_kv (No, upstream gone)	Syntax highlighting for kvlang.
language_log (No, upstream gone)	Syntax highlighting for files with .log extension.
latexplugin (Yes)	Latex plugin for Micro editor. Main aim is to provide synctex support.		pdflatex, python
lintertypescript (Yes)	Ability to lint your Typescript (.ts & .tsx) files with tsc.		typescript
llm (Yes)	Integrates Simon Willison's LLM CLI with the Micro editor. This plugin allows you to leverage Large Language Models directly within Micro for text generation, modification, and custom-defined tasks through templates.		llm_
markdown_autocomplete (Yes)	Basic Autocomplete for Markdown files.	Linux Windows macOS
manager (No, upstream gone)	Provides a way to manage linters, formatters, commands, keybindings, settings, plugins.		fzf, unknown...
mdtree (Yes)	A plugin for the micro text editor to add sidebar for jumpring and viewing TOC of markdown files.
MicroOmni (Yes)	A swiss army knife plugin that super charges ⚡️ your micro text editor with fuzzy search, diffs, etc.		fzf, bat, ripgrep, diff on windows
microwiki (Yes)	Like vimwiki but for micro.
microzim (Yes)	Basic manipulation of ZIM-Wiki files.
mxc (Yes)	The microExecuter. Hit F5 to execute any script from the Micro buffer!
nelua (No, has issues and last updated 4 years ago)	Nelua support for Micro text editor.		nelua_
nix (Yes)	nix-linter plugin and syntax.		nix_
palettero (Yes, but missing version line)	Command palette - Ctrl-P to fuzzy search & run commands, textfilters and descriptions		fzf, (Optional) pythonpy
prettier (Yes)	This plugin provides the ability to format your code with Prettier.		prettier_
preview (Yes)	A very simple plugin to preview markdown in a second editor pane using pandoc.		pandoc
repfiles (Yes)	A filemanager for your git-repository.
runit (Yes)	F5 to save and run, F12 to 'make', F9 to 'make' in background. Go, Python, Lua and executable file (#!) supported. Can 'make' whole project even from subdir.		Different tools depending on file type, but firefox-esr for html
selto (Yes)	Simple plugin allowing to quickly select lines.
splitterm (Yes)	Run a file or a selection of an inerpreted language within a new terminal window.
sunny-day-theme (No, repository was archived)	Port of the Emacs theme by Martin Haesler.
testaustime (Yes, but has minor issue)	Testaustime coding activity tracker for micro.
tojour (Yes)	Low-overhead daily journalling, todo and habit tracking IDE in micro.		fzf, python, ripgrep, fd, xclip (optional), imagemagick (optional), nnn (optional)
transform (Yes)	Plugin to do various kind of text transformations in Micro.
uchardet (Yes)	Encoding detection.		uchardet_
urlopen (Yes)	A plugin for the micro text editor to add support for opening URLs in text files.
wakatime (Yes, but minor performance issue)	Metrics, insights, and time tracking automatically generated from your programming activity.
xonsh (No, upstream gone)	Syntax highlighting for xonsh files.
yazi_micro (Yes)	Yazi file explorer integration for micro.		yazi

➕ Adding a plugin

1. Create a PR to main
2. Modify README.md and add an entry to the plugin (The name MUST match the repo.json). Remember it is in alphabatical order.
3. Modify channel.json to point to repo.json in the plugin repo. Remember it is in alphabatical order.
4. Modify PLUGINS_TO_STABLE.md and add the name of the plugin

🔼 Updating a plugin for both main and stable

1. Create a PR to main
2. Modify README.md for the plugin if needed
3. Modify channel.json if repo.json is in a different url
4. Modify PLUGINS_TO_STABLE.md and add the name of the plugin
5. If there's any change needed to be made to stable, specify in PR.