NukePluginManager

Plugin to Manage Nuke Plugins using json files without the need to touch any files like the init.py file for testing and using nuke plugins.

Install

Just download/clone the PluginManager and add the following code to <user home directory>/.nuke/init.py

import sys
pathToPluginManager = PATH_TO_THE_PLUGIN_MANAGER_FOLDER # example: 'C:/Documents/Nuke/PluginManager'
sys.path.append(pathToPluginManager)
import pluginManager

pluginManager.init(silent=False)

The silent flag can be used to print the path of the loaded plugin directories at startup (if set to False).

Using

To add plugins just create a new json File (like the examples) in the plugin folder.

Example json file structure:

{
	"enable": true,
	"expessionEnvs" : [],
	"env": [
		{
			"<NAME_OF_PLUGIN>": "<PATH_TO_PLUGIN>"
		}
		],
	"plugin_path": "$<NAME_OF_PLUGIN>"
}

The parsers adds all environment variables env to the environement Variables and adds the plugin (folder) at the plugin_path location.

All keys are optional.

Json Keys	description
enable	(boolean/string) Flag if the plugin should be enabled. Can be a simple expression like: nuke.NUKE_VERSION_MAJOR==13
expessionEnvs	(string) Python expresion which will be evaluated on runtime, eg. to determine the nuke version used
env	(list of dict with strings) Environment variables like the path to the plugin or multiple subpathes or other environment variables
plugin_path	(string) The path to the plugin which should be appended to the nuke plugin pathes

Note: if the environment key is PYTHONPATH, the value will be appended to the sys path on startup. This way exteral libraries can be added on startup.

Note: A definition can also be used to only add environment variables on start up. See: examplePlugins/env.json

Examples

For the example Plugins the corresponding websites can be found here:

• Crypto Matte https://github.com/Psyop/Cryptomatte
• DeepC https://github.com/charlesangus/DeepC
• jsAssetBrowser https://github.com/jonassorgenfrei/AssetBrowser
• RemoveCannels https://github.com/Ahuge/Nuke-RemoveChannels