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Voiden Plugins

Voiden provides a powerful and flexible plugin architecture that allows both internal teams and the community to extend the platform with new features, UI components, integrations, and automation workflows.

This document gives a high-level overview of how plugins work in Voiden, our core plugin offerings, and the guidelines for community-created plugins.

What Are Voiden Plugins?​

Voiden is designed to be open and extensible. To achieve that, we have decided to enable plugins. Voiden plugins are modular extensions that allow developers to add new capabilities to the Voiden ecosystem without modifying the core system. These plugins can:

  • Add new commands or tools
  • Extend existing UI or editor functionality
  • Provide integrations with external services
  • Customize behavior inside the Voiden environment
  • Automate tasks or workflows

Plugins are isolated, secure, and follow Voiden’s strict plugin lifecycle rules to maintain platform stability.

Core Plugins (Official Plugins)​

Voiden comes with a curated set of core plugins that are useful for everyone working with APIs. These plugins are:

  • Built and maintained by the Voiden team
  • Optimized for performance and security
  • Pre-installed for all users

Examples of core plugins include:

  • Voiden REST API – Provides easy-to-use blocks and utilities to make REST API requests, including GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, headers, and dynamic variables.
  • Markdown Preview – Renders real‑time markdown previews with formatting utilities, syntax highlighting, and editor enhancements.
  • Advanced Authentication – Offers built‑in authentication flows, token management, API key handling, and secure credential storage.
  • OpenAPI Collection Import – Allows users to import OpenAPI specifications to auto‑generate API blocks, endpoints, and request structures.
  • Postman Collection Import – Lets users import Postman collections to instantly create runnable API requests inside Voiden.
  • Simple Assertion – Gives you a clean, table-based way to validate HTTP responses, including status codes, status text, headers, response time, and body, without writing a single line of code.
  • Voiden Faker – Provides a wide library of fake data generators (names, emails, numbers, lorem text, JSON mocks, etc.) for testing APIs and workflows without real data.
  • Socket & gRPC – Adds support for real-time WebSocket connections and high-performance gRPC APIs right inside Voiden, with full support for unary and streaming requests.
  • GraphQL – Supports GraphQL queries, mutations, and subscriptions against a single endpoint, with dynamic variable support built right in.
  • Voiden Scripting – Brings pre and post-request scripting in JavaScript, Python, or Shell, perfect for injecting tokens, chaining requests, and validating responses automatically.
  • Voiden Stitch – Runs multiple .void files in sequence and shows a clean pass/fail breakdown with assertion counts and timing, all from a single block.

These plugins are the foundation of Voiden and ensure consistency across all installations.

Community Plugins​

Voiden plans to open the plugin creation to more developers. Community plugins will allow endless customization and innovation. This is what will make Voiden really customizable and extensible.

What Community Plugins WILL Do​

Voiden will enable community developers to build plugins that:

  • Add new UI panels or widgets
  • Provide new terminal commands
  • Connect Voiden to external APIs or cloud services
  • Create automation (e.g., auto-format, code runners, watchers)
  • Theme or customize the Voiden interface

Plugin Submission Workflow - More information will follow!​

We will let the community know when we are ready to start accepting new plugins. But one thing is for sure: To maintain quality and security, all community plugins will go through a review process:

  1. Developer Submits Plugin

    • Submission includes code, metadata, permission requirements, and a description.

  2. Inspection by Voiden Team

    • We check for:

      • Security vulnerabilities
      • Performance issues
      • Unnecessary permissions
      • Code stability and compatibility

  3. Go / No-Go Decision

    • Go → Plugin is approved, published, and becomes available in the Voiden Plugin Marketplace.
    • No-Go → Plugin is rejected with feedback and suggestions for improvement.

This ensures that plugins remain safe and reliable for all users.

Plugin Marketplace - More Info will follow here as well...​

Once approved, all community plugins will be published to the Voiden Plugin Marketplace, where users can:

  • Browse plugins by category
  • Install, update, or remove plugins
  • View ratings and reviews

The marketplace will ensure discoverability and keep the plugin ecosystem vibrant. That's the Voiden mission for creating a super extensible API Client that fits everyone's needs.

How to Enable & Disable Plugins​

Managing your plugins in Voiden is super simple! Whether you want to turn a plugin off temporarily or bring it back on, here's exactly how to do it:

Step 1 — Open the Extensions Tab​

Head over to the left panel and click on the Extensions tab. This is your hub for all things plugins — you'll find every installed plugin listed right there.

extension

Step 2 — Select a Plugin​

Click on the plugin you want to manage. This opens up the full plugin detail view, where you can see everything about it — its name, description, version, and more.

Step 3 — Enable or Disable the Plugin​

Inside the plugin detail view, you'll spot the Enable / Disable toggle icon. It's right there, easy to find!

  • Hit Enable to activate the plugin and start using it.
  • Hit Disable to turn it off without uninstalling it — it'll stay installed and ready to be turned back on whenever you need it.

Plugin detail view

Summary​

  • Voiden currently supports core plugins
  • Voiden plans to support community plugins.
  • Core plugins are official, optimized, and pre-installed.
  • Community plugins will allow developers to extend Voiden with custom functionality.
  • Every community plugin will undergo an approval process.
  • Plugins run in a sandboxed environment to maintain platform stability.

Voiden’s plugin system makes the platform truly extensible, powerful, and community‑driven.