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BRAT

BRAT (Beta Reviewer’s Auto-update Tool) installs and manages beta versions of Obsidian plugins and themes directly from GitHub repositories.

Future versions of this vault will remove BRAT-installed plugins in favor of official releases as they become available.

Features

Section titled “Features”
  • Install beta plugins by providing a GitHub repository path.
  • Auto-update beta plugins and themes at startup.
  • Version freezing to pin a plugin to a specific release.
  • GitHub token support for private repositories and higher API rate limits.

Commands

Section titled “Commands”
  • Add a beta plugin for testing: Install a plugin from a GitHub repository.
  • Check for updates to all beta plugins and update: Update all tracked plugins.
  • Choose a single plugin version to update: Update one specific plugin.
  • Restart a plugin: Reload a plugin without toggling it off and on.
  • Enable/disable a plugin: Quick toggle for any installed plugin.
  • Open GitHub repository for a plugin: Open the repo in your browser.