Flow-Launcher dotnet-new template

A dotnet CLI template to start off plugins for the Flow Launcher.

Installation

Install the template by running the following command:

dotnet new install Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Template

Usage

dotnet new flow-plugin --name SamplePlugin --pluginAuthor YourGithubUsername

for example, to start a plugin for Spotify with the sp keyword and a description, you would run:

dotnet new flow-plugin --name Spotify --keyword sp --pluginAuthor MyNameOnGithub --description "a Spotify plugin for Flow-Launcher"

Options

Option	Description
--name	The name of the plugin. Entering SamplePlugin will be expanded to Flow.Launcher.Plugin.SamplePlugin
--pluginAuthor	The username of the author. Will be used as the username in Github links.
--keyword	The action keyword of the plugin. Default value is *
--description	The description of the plugin that will be used in plugin.json and appear in the UI.

Next steps

After generating the source files for your new plugin:

• check the .csproj file and plugin.json to verify the details are correct
• optionally, add an icon named icon.png inside the project folder
• open Main.cs and start writing your new plugin

Uninstall

dotnet new uninstall Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Template