StrokesPlus.net is an amazing piece of software that can automate//query/interacte with most parts of windows and applications. Included with the support for gestures, hotkeys, macros, floaters, is the the javascript engine, ClearScript. StrokesPlus uses ClearScript to embed the V8 JS engine in the app, and provide a whole host of custom functionality, as well as access to a large portion of the .NET core libraries. (Things like System.IO for example)

With some tinkering, we have leveraged npmjs and the npm package manager to create a plugin ecosystem. They will be downloaded via npm, and installed locally. Part of the loading the plugin will be to load the plugins from disk, and make them avaiable to the scripting engine.

SPPM - StrokesPlus Package Manager

First you will need the plugin to have some fun. Download here. Check the plugin’s page for more detailed information, but let’s use SPPM to install a plugin!

The root folder that houses all our plugins is located in StrokesPlus’s APPDATA folder, located at C:\Users\YOU\AppData\Roaming\StrokesPlus.net\

TIP: You can open the run box with WIN+R and type shell:APPDATA to open explorer right to C:\Users\YOU\AppData\Roaming\

function sppm(command, noWindow = true, waitForExit = true) {
  this.APPDATA = StrokesPlus.OS.Shell.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%APPDATA%");
  this.SP_APPDATA = System.IO.Path.Combine(this.APPDATA, "StrokesPlus.net");
  this.NODE_MODULES = System.IO.Path.Combine(this.SP_APPDATA, "node_modules");

  const NPM = "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\npm.cmd";
  const CMD = `cd "${this.SP_APPDATA}" && "${NPM}" ${command}`;

  return StrokesPlus.OS.Shell.RunProgram(
    "cmd.exe",
    "/C " + CMD,
    "",
    noWindow ? "hidden" : "normal",
    true,
    noWindow,
    waitForExit
  );
}

now we can leverage our new function to install some plugins!

Official Plugins

To install a plugin into StrokesPlus

• osd-toast
• explore-settings-json