How to install a plugin in Yoki

Plugins extend Yoki with new commands without bloating the core binary. The marketplace ships with several first-party plugins; anyone can build their own using the bundled SDK. This guide shows how to install one and where it lives on disk.

Browse the marketplace and install

All installation happens from inside Yoki — you never have to visit a website or download a zip.

  1. Open Yoki
    Press Alt+Space to open the search bar from any app.
  2. Open the marketplace
    Type plugins and press Enter. Yoki switches to the plugin marketplace view, which lists every available plugin with its trigger word, description, and a one-click install button.
  3. Install
    Click Install on the plugin you want. Yoki downloads it, validates the signature, and registers its trigger word immediately — no restart required.
  4. Run it
    Back in the search bar, type the plugin’s trigger word (for example sp for Spotify) followed by your query. The plugin’s results appear inline, like any built-in command.

Alt + Space → plugins

Official plugins

These plugins are built and maintained by the Yoki team and are available in the marketplace.

spSpotify
Now playing, search, and playback control.
mathMath
Advanced math — trigonometry, integrals, and plots.
colorColor
Picker, palette generator, and contrast checker.
bmBookmarks
Search bookmarks across your installed browsers.

Where plugins live

Installed plugins are stored under ~/yoki/plugins/ on your machine (on Windows, that resolves to C:\Users\<username>\yoki\plugins\). Each plugin gets its own folder containing a manifest, an entry file, and any assets. You can open this folder from Settings › Plugins › Open folder if you want to inspect what is installed.

~/yoki/plugins/

Build your own

If the marketplace does not have what you need, you can write your own plugin. The bundled SDK supports JavaScript, Python, and Ruby, so you can use whichever language you already know. Full API docs, a quick-start template, and examples live on the SDK page.

Related shortcuts
Yoki plugin SDK — build your ownAll Yoki commands and shortcutsDownload Yoki for Windows