Suggestion: Add an optional list of (not installed) plugins to the plugin window about flaxengine HOT 6 OPEN

I added a cache function so that the plugin editor window could use a list of PluginDescription serialized in json.
Example file: https://nothingtv.net/flax-plugins/plugins-cache.json

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Centralized and open-source editor plugins repository?

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Something along that. It could start centralized as in there could be a list of plugins you provide and a possibility to add user repositories as well, e.g. by adding another list of links (with a hint that these are outside of your responsibility). I imagine these could cascade so that for example someone provides a list of his own plugins but also point to others who do the same. That way a whole tree of community-provided plugins could be created.
One objection in the discussion was that such a system could be abused. Although I think as long as we use github for the links as well, there is always a responsible account and this non-anonymity should save us from spammers.

Overall the idea is that with the rising number of open-source plugins it's a pity that so few know about what is there already.

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Oh and two other points I'd like to make:

• This is not meant as an alternative to an asset store that IMO would need more work as in add billing options, a ranking and review system and may be more. That would lead to a considerable maintenance effort which leads me to point two.
• This is meant to be user-controlled and maintained. I would feel bad to cause you even more work than you already have or make you find someone doing it for you.

I think it would be fantastic to have a big (distributed) repository with as little effort as possible but a great start for newbies as well as a time safer for everybody.

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To give you an idea how I think the crawler could work I implemented a simple one and used it on my repositories for testing:
https://github.com/nothingTVatYT/FlaxPluginScanner

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How about getting that ready for one of the new features for 1.9?
https://discord.com/channels/437989205315158016/1195736205581631558/1208882495160979516

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