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A powerful CLI tool for creating and managing plugins for the Apache Answer project. This tool provides scaffolding for both Backend Plugins and Standard UI Plugins, along with plugin lifecycle management.

• 🚀 Interactive Plugin Creation: Create plugins with an interactive CLI
• 📦 Multiple Plugin Types: Support for 7 Backend Plugin types and 4 Standard UI Plugin types
• 🔧 Plugin Management: List, install, and uninstall plugins
• 🛡️ Type Safety: Built with TypeScript for better type safety
• 🔒 Security: Built-in security validation and command sanitization
• 📝 Auto-generated Templates: Hello World examples for all plugin types

npm install -g create-answer-plugin
# or
pnpm add -g create-answer-plugin

Note: The package name is create-answer-plugin, but the command is answer-plugin. You can also use create-answer-plugin as an alias.

# Both commands work:
npx create-answer-plugin <command>
npx answer-plugin <command>

Create a new plugin with an interactive wizard:

answer-plugin create [pluginName]
# or
answer-plugin [pluginName]

Options:

• pluginName (optional): Pre-fill the plugin name
• --path, -p: Path to Answer project (root directory)

Example:

answer-plugin create my-plugin

List all plugins in the Answer project:

answer-plugin list [path]

Options:

• path (optional): Path to Answer project (defaults to current directory)

Example:

answer-plugin list
answer-plugin list /path/to/answer

Install plugins to the Answer project:

answer-plugin install [plugins...] [--path <path>]

Options:

• plugins (optional): Plugin names to install (defaults to all not installed plugins)
• --path, -p: Path to Answer project

Example:

# Install all not installed plugins
answer-plugin install
# Install specific plugins
answer-plugin install my-plugin another-plugin

Uninstall plugins from the Answer project:

answer-plugin uninstall [plugins...] [--path <path>]

Options:

• plugins (optional): Plugin names to uninstall (defaults to all installed plugins)
• --path, -p: Path to Answer project

Example:

# Uninstall all installed plugins
answer-plugin uninstall
# Uninstall specific plugins
answer-plugin uninstall my-plugin another-plugin

Backend plugins extend Answer's backend functionality:

1. Connector - OAuth/SSO integration plugins
2. Storage - File storage plugins (e.g., S3, OSS)
3. Cache - Caching plugins (e.g., Redis, Memcached)
4. Search - Search engine plugins (e.g., Elasticsearch, Meilisearch)
5. User Center - User management plugins
6. Notification - Notification service plugins (e.g., Email, SMS)
7. Reviewer - Content review plugins

Standard UI plugins extend Answer's frontend UI:

1. Editor - Rich text editor plugins
2. Route - Custom route/page plugins
3. Captcha - Captcha verification plugins
4. Render - Content rendering plugins

answer-plugin create github-connector

The tool will guide you through:

1. Plugin name (pre-filled if provided)
2. Answer project path
3. Plugin type (Backend or Standard UI)
4. Sub-type selection (e.g., Connector, Storage, etc.)

answer-plugin create my-custom-route

For Route plugins, you'll also be prompted for the route path.

# List all plugins
answer-plugin list
# Install all plugins
answer-plugin install
# Install specific plugins
answer-plugin install plugin1 plugin2
# Uninstall plugins
answer-plugin uninstall plugin1

The tool supports configuration through environment variables:

• ANSWER_PLUGINS_PATH: Custom plugins directory path (default: ui/src/plugins)
• ANSWER_I18N_PATH: Custom i18n directory path (default: answer-data/i18n)
• GO_MOD_TIDY_TIMEOUT: Timeout for go mod tidy in milliseconds (default: 30000)
• PNPM_INSTALL_TIMEOUT: Timeout for pnpm install in milliseconds (default: 120000)
• LOG_LEVEL: Logging level - DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, SILENT (default: INFO)

ui/src/plugins/my-plugin/
├── my_plugin.go # Main plugin implementation
├── info.yaml # Plugin metadata
├── go.mod # Go module definition
├── i18n/ # Internationalization files
│ ├── en_US.yaml
│ ├── zh_CN.yaml
│ └── translation.go
└── README.md # Plugin documentation

ui/src/plugins/my-plugin/
├── my_plugin.go # Go wrapper
├── info.yaml # Plugin metadata
├── Component.tsx # React component
├── index.ts # Plugin entry point
├── package.json # npm dependencies
├── tsconfig.json # TypeScript config
├── vite.config.ts # Vite config
├── i18n/ # Internationalization files
│ ├── en_US.yaml
│ ├── zh_CN.yaml
│ └── index.ts
└── README.md # Plugin documentation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/answerdev/create-answer-plugin.git
cd create-answer-plugin
# Install dependencies
pnpm install
# Run in development mode
pnpm dev
# Build
pnpm build

# Verify a single plugin
pnpm verify <plugin-name>
# Verify all plugins
pnpm verify:all
# Create all plugin types for testing
pnpm create:all

1. Plugin Creation: The tool generates plugin scaffolding based on the selected type, including:

   • Go implementation files (for Backend plugins)
   • React/TypeScript components (for Standard UI plugins)
   • Configuration files (info.yaml, go.mod, package.json)
   • i18n translation files
   • README documentation

2. Plugin Installation: When you run install:

   • Adds plugin import to cmd/answer/main.go
   • Adds replace directive to go.mod
   • Runs go mod tidy
   • Merges i18n resources using go run ./cmd/answer/main.go i18n

3. Plugin Uninstallation: When you run uninstall:

   • Removes plugin import from main.go
   • Removes replace directive from go.mod
   • Runs go mod tidy
   • Updates i18n resources

The tool is built with:

• TypeScript: For type safety and better developer experience
• Error Handling: Comprehensive error handling with custom error types
• File Transactions: Atomic file operations with rollback support
• Security: Command validation and path sanitization
• Configuration Management: Centralized configuration with environment variable support
• Logging: Structured logging with configurable log levels

• Node.js >= 16
• Go >= 1.23 (for Backend plugins)
• pnpm (for Standard UI plugins)

MIT

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

• Apache Answer
• Answer Plugin Documentation