[Feature] Plugin, Theme, and Configuration sync

[Synaptic149]

Describe the feature you'd like
I think it would be cool if we could sign in with Discord or something else to allow plugin and theme syncing, along with its configuration. It can be really useful for people with multiple devices.

[Hycord]

New to the project. Any ideas on where this data could be stored? I'd love to work on something like this.

[Acumane]

under %APPDATA%\BetterDiscord\, you'll find folders for plugins and themes. I currently sync these folders between devices with Syncthing.

[Synaptic149]

New to the project. Any ideas on where this data could be stored? I'd love to work on something like this.

Google Drive is what I would use personally. It's just small files in two folders. If there could be some kind of BD setting built in, I think that would be really helpful. That way, all you have to do is sign in with a Google account.

[HolbyFPV]

There is a list of plugins stored in data/stable/plugins.json, could it be possible to re-install the plugins based off those names? Rather than having to sync the entire plugin itself, we could sync the name.

[Synaptic149]

There is a list of plugins stored in data/stable/plugins.json, could it be possible to re-install the plugins based off those names? Rather than having to sync the entire plugin itself, we could sync the name.

I like this idea because after all, the space in Google Drive is limited. I think it would also be a good idea to sync the version number instead of installing the latest version because some people might want to stay on an older version of a plugin to avoid things breaking.

[Synaptic149]

One potential problem would be if the plugin or theme has been modified (for example, the theme is sometimes modified for customization). In this case, the changes would also have to be synced.

[SteffoSpieler]

also what if the plugin is not published to the official repository? That wouldn't be great either.

[Synaptic149]

It should use a combination of both. If the plugin/theme hasn't been modified, it should just sync the version number. If it has been modified, it should sync the files that have been modified.

[GarThor]

New to the project. Any ideas on where this data could be stored? I'd love to work on something like this.

Google Drive is what I would use personally. It's just small files in two folders. If there could be some kind of BD setting built in, I think that would be really helpful. That way, all you have to do is sign in with a Google account.

My preference would be onedrive, as that's what I use the most. Could be as simple as a "backup"/"restore" button that zips all your settings into like a tarball or something, and prompts you with an open/save dialog... (I say simple, but I have no idea how easy that would be to do with the discord/better discord API).

That way people could choose their own cloud provider based on whatever they currently have installed... even if that's just a network share or something.

Idk that I'd worry about space necessarily. My whole betterdiscord appdata folder is 5Mb, and zipped (ultra using 7z) it gets down to 1.3... and that's including a backup of my plugins.

[Knight1253]

New to the project. Any ideas on where this data could be stored? I'd love to work on something like this.

why not try and utilize github for it

[GarThor]

New to the project. Any ideas on where this data could be stored? I'd love to work on something like this.

why not try and utilize github for it

Not everybody has github, and github is a complicated solution to a simple problem...

Just let me choose where to save the files, so I can use my own cloud provider... if people want to use github, you can always add a git repo to that directory...