Installing Plugins

Search

Find plugins across all configured repos:

venpm search <query>

The query matches against plugin names and descriptions. Results show the plugin name, version, description, and which repo it's from.

Install

venpm install <plugin>

This resolves the plugin from your configured repos, fetches it (via git clone or tarball), installs any required dependencies, and writes it to <vencord>/src/userplugins/. venpm then prompts you to rebuild Vencord based on your rebuild setting.

Install Options

Flag	Effect
--version <ver>	Pin to a specific version (locks in lockfile)
--from <repo>	Install from a specific repo (if multiple repos have the same plugin)
--git	Force git clone (even if tarball is available)
--tarball	Force tarball download (even if git is available)
--local <path>	Symlink a local directory instead of fetching (for development)
--no-build	Skip Vencord rebuild after install
--rebuild	Force rebuild (overrides never config)

Examples

# Install from a specific repo
venpm install channelTabs --from kamaras

# Pin to a version
venpm install channelTabs --version 0.5.0

# Local development — symlink, don't fetch
venpm install myPlugin --local ./plugins/myPlugin

# Install without rebuilding (useful when installing multiple plugins)
venpm install pluginA --no-build
venpm install pluginB --no-build
venpm rebuild

Dependencies

venpm resolves dependencies automatically. If pluginA depends on pluginB, installing pluginA installs both. Optional dependencies are not auto-installed — venpm prints a warning listing them so you can install them manually if you want.

List Installed Plugins

venpm list

channelTabs@0.5.0       [kamaras] (git)
settingsHub@0.3.4       [kamaras] (git)
myPlugin@local          [local] (local) pinned

Update

Update all non-pinned plugins:

venpm update

Update a specific plugin:

venpm update channelTabs

Pinned plugins (installed with --version) and local plugins are skipped during updates.

Uninstall

venpm uninstall channelTabs

venpm checks if other installed plugins depend on the one you're removing and warns you before proceeding.

Plugin Info

View details about a plugin from the index:

venpm info channelTabs

Shows the version, description, authors, license, dependencies, source locations, and compatibility information.

Rebuild

Rebuild Vencord and optionally restart Discord:

venpm rebuild

This runs pnpm build in the Vencord source tree, copies the output to Discord's load path (~/.config/Vencord/dist/), and optionally restarts Discord.