Install from a ZIP
Choose Add plugin and pick a ZIP with plugin.json and its entry script, at the root or inside one folder. Every part is validated before anything is stored.
Features
Everything Venora does today.
This is the feature set of Venora 0.1.0. If something isn't on this page, it isn't in Venora yet. The roadmap says what's planned.
01 Plugin manager
A Plugins page inside Fermo's settings.
Each plugin has a card with its name, version, author and description. Imported plugins are marked as imported.
Enable and disable
Switch optional plugins on and off. A greyed-out, checked box marks a required bundled plugin. Imported plugins can never make themselves required.
Permissions, in plain words
See what each plugin declared, with a description of every permission. Sensitive ones need your confirmation at install and at every update that declares them.
Plugin settings
Plugins declare settings, and Venora draws the dialog: on/off switches, text, numbers with limits, and choices from a list. Only you can change them, and a running plugin can subscribe to hear when you do.
Manual updates
Add a newer ZIP of an installed plugin. Venora compares versions using semantic versioning, shows the release notes, and keeps the plugin's settings and data.
Clean uninstall
Uninstalling an imported plugin stops it and deletes its files, enabled state, settings and stored data. Nothing of it remains.
Release notes
Plugins can ship a changelog of breaking changes, new features, improvements and bug fixes. Update prompts show the new version's notes, and the info dialog shows the whole history.
Compatibility checks
A plugin can require a Plugin API version and a minimum Venora version. Incompatible plugins are refused at install, and skipped at load with the reason on their card.
Author information
A plugin's author, or list of maintainers, is shown as “By …” on its card. Like every plugin-provided string, it is shown as text, never as HTML.
02 At a glance
Every card says what its plugin is doing.
Plugins start when you open a channel and stop when you leave. If one fails, its card says why, and the others keep running.
- Running in sandbox
- Failed to run: reason
- Not compatible: reason
- Not running: safe mode is on
- Stopped after repeated problems on this page.
- Required · Imported
03 Safe mode & recovery
A way out that no plugin can cover up.
Plugin CSS can restyle Fermo's page, including its settings. So Venora keeps its controls somewhere plugins can't reach.
Safe mode
- Stops every imported plugin and removes its CSS, without a reload
- Bundled plugins keep running
- A switch on the Plugins page and in the toolbar menu
The Venora toolbar menu
- Lives outside Fermo's page, so plugin CSS doesn't apply to it
- Enable or disable plugins, and uninstall imported ones
- Open Fermo tabs apply each change immediately
04 Runtime
What every plugin runs inside.
The same runtime applies to bundled and imported plugins alike. The security page covers each part in depth.
Sandbox
A dedicated worker in a sandboxed frame: no DOM, no network, no extension APIs.
Capabilities
Privileged work happens only through a fixed set of permission-checked capabilities.
Token protection
Plugins are never sent your Fermo session token. A guard checks every message.
Private storage
Each plugin gets its own key–value store of up to 1 MiB, kept across reloads and updates.
Events
Plugins can subscribe to setting changes and to mentions appearing on the page.
Plugin CSS
A plugin with ui can restyle Fermo. CSS that loads resources or writes text isn't applied.
Resource limits
Per-plugin request, event and message limits, timeouts, and caps on storage and install size.
Watchdog
Stops plugins that stop responding. A plugin that keeps misbehaving stays off until you reload.
05 Bundled plugins
Included with Venora.
| Plugin | What it does | Permissions | Can disable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mention avatars | Shows the mentioned user's avatar beside their name. Setting: avatar size, 12–32 px. | ui storage account network | Yes |
| UI fixes | CSS refinements for Fermo's account controls, search field and related layout. | ui | No, required |
| Venora status | Briefly confirms that Venora is running when Fermo loads. | ui | No, required |
Not in Venora yet
Planned, not shipped.
- Firefox support
- Store releases
- Automatic updates
- Plugin registry
- Plugin discovery
- Publisher verification