Intellij Idea Custom Plugin Repository Builder

Custom Repository Builder provides tools for creating a Custom Plugin Repository for Jetbrains IDEs. This tool is tested on IntelliJ IDEA.

For a Custom Plugin Repository, you will need plugin files, updatePlugins.xml file and serve these on a web server.

Quickstart

First step is building your repository. Download your plugins (latest versions) for offline use and create updatePlugins.xml file.

./repo-builder -build

Serve repository with the HTTP server.

./repo-builder -serve

Configuration

Configuration options can be specified in config.yaml.

type Config struct {
	ServerUrl string   `yaml:"serverUrl"`
	BindIp    string   `yaml:"bindIp"`
	Port      string   `yaml:"port"`
	Dir       string   `yaml:"dir"`
	Plugins   []string `yaml:"plugins"`
}

serverUrl: URL of the server that will serve the repository. (Default: http://localhost:3000)
bindIp: IP address to bind HTTP Server to (Default: 0.0.0.0)
port: Port number of the HTTP Server (Default: 3000)
dir: Directory to build repository on and server from HTTP server from (Default: out)
plugins: List of plugin IDs you want to add to repository. (Required)

Note that, plugins list should only contain IDs of the plugins which can be obtained from its URL.

For example, the following is the URL of the IdeaVim plugin, its plugin ID is 164.

https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/164-ideavim

You can find a sample list inside config.yaml.

IntelliJ IDE Setup

On your IntelliJ IDE, you need to set your Custom Plugin Repository URL according to Jetbrains documentation.

Afterwards, you will see the plugins in your repository on Marketplace tab.

TODO

Serving updatePlugins.xml according to version of Intellj Idea.
Test and make it work on other repositories.

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