Building your Add-on
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Local is powered by Electron/Node.js. This means all Add-ons interface with Local using a simple JavaScript API.
With that in mind, don't think Local Add-ons can only be JavaScript. Node.js provides robust APIs such as which enable executing outside binaries and shell scripts.
Also, thanks to the vast ecosystem of modern JavaScript, you can write your Local Add-on in any language that transpiles to ES5, such as ES6, ES7, or .
You can get up and running with your new add-on quickly and easily with the . It is super simple to set up, and can help you start creating your new add-on in no time! It automatically sets up a bare-bones add-on in Local, and shows some helpful tips and examples (many of which are detailed in the following sections) to jumpstart your add-on development.