External Libraries Plug for SilverBullet Hello SilverBullet Community! :waving_hand: I’m excited to share a new plugin I’ve developed for SilverBullet. This plugin, External Libraries, allows you to seamlessly load pages from external sources like GitHub. Key Features Easy Distribution: Effortles…

:warning: This plug has been replaced by the built-in Importers and the GitHub Importer .

From now on I will publish versions via GitHub releases, so you can install the more stable version via: ghr:janssen-io/silverbullet-external-libraries The old install ‘link’ will still work, but it will download the development version. This version is less thoroughly tested and might be less sta…

Wow, this is really cool. Love the idea. I do wonder if this shouldn’t simply be merged into the core of SB though. To support both the federated libraries as before, as well as your more generic system. What do you think?

What’s a bit of a shame usability wise, is that you still need to create an index.json file. Yes of course, you can automate the creation of this, but I’m wondering if it’s not somehow possible to leverage (some) Github API (for the GH resolver) that pulls a file list that way rather than depending …

[Should this be merged?] It would be a great addition to the existing plug or as an extra ‘default’ plug, I think. :slight_smile: Might be good to make it slightly more consistent with the other default plugs. For example, I use gh://, whereas the plugs plug uses github:. [Use the GitHub API i…

The ‘edge’ version of this plug has been updated to be compatible with the current ‘edge’ version of SilverBullet. Thanks, @zeus-web , for bringing up the issue!

Head’s up: in time (not sure how soon) I will remove the libraries functionality as it exists today (as it relies on federation, which I’ll also remove ( Who's using federation? - #10 by zef )). With your permission @janssen-io I’d then move to basically including what you built here, but baked into …

That would be great, Zef! I can whip up a PR somewhere later this week hopefully, if you’d like. If you think it’s better to add it yourself, then feel free to as well. I’m just looking for ways to contribute as I really love SilverBullet. :slight_smile: One thing to keep in mind: Currently libr…

Yeah, I’m happy to take this. May rethink some details here. Won’t do this just yet, there’s a couple of things I need to tackle and figure out first.

Hi @janssen-io how do I access the ‘edge’ version? Nick

You can use the following “link” to install it: github:janssen-io/silverbullet-external-libraries/external-libraries.plug.js

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zeus-web (Nico) March 24, 2025, 8:09am 12

Zef also wrote a more detailed post about “living on the edge”