The Zellij team has introduced a new plugin system that allows developers to build terminal applets that can manage the user’s workspace, handle events, and automate workflows. The Rust-based platform also provides access to background workers for long-running tasks such as large search queries. The Zellij plugin system can render itself programmatically and does not require managing its own output buffer. Some of the examples of plugins that have already been developed include Monocle that enables fuzzy finder for file names and their contents and Multitask, which allows users to specify commands that run in parallel. The platform is open to new plugins, and developers can access example repo to get started.
https://zellij.dev/news/new-plugin-system/