Eagle BRAT

Eagle BRAT is a community plugin updater for Eagle. It shows plugins from one or more index files, tells you what is already installed, and helps you install or update plugins without leaving the app.

What It Does

• Lists available community plugins from your configured indexes.
• Detects installed plugins on Windows by matching Eagle's installed plugin folders.
• Downloads installer files into a local cache before launching them.
• Lets you manage multiple index sources from inside the plugin.
• Supports English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

How To Use

1. Open Eagle BRAT inside Eagle.
2. Browse the plugin list or use the filter box to narrow it down.
3. Click Install or Update on a plugin.
4. After the installer launches, Eagle BRAT reloads context automatically a few seconds later so installed status can update.

Reload Context

The reload context button refreshes the plugin's current view of installed plugins and cached index data.

• Click it once to reload the current context.
• Press and hold it for 2 seconds to refresh indexes first, then reload context.

Manage Indexes

Use manage indexes to open the index manager view.

• Add a new index URL.
• Open the source JSON for a specific index.
• Refresh a single index without refreshing everything else.

Language Support

Eagle BRAT follows Eagle's plugin language setting.

• en
• ja_JP
• zh_CN
• zh_TW

Notes For Users

• Windows install detection is based on Eagle's installed plugin folders.
• Plugin archives are cached locally so repeat installs do not need to download again unless the version changes.
• If a plugin was installed outside Eagle BRAT, use reload context to rescan it.

For Developers

If you are working on the plugin itself:

pnpm install
pnpm test
pnpm build
pnpm dev

Packaging and template automation live under .eagleplus/.