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Dashboard Content Manager

mcenroe

mcenroe

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hello,

Since I prefer things to be simple and straightforward, I’ve written a Python alternative to the popular Addon Linker. It works on the same principle — removing and adding “directory junctions,” i.e., folder links from and to the community folder.

The manager is fully customizable and free to use. The question is whether anyone is actually interested in it. If so, I’ll compile an .exe; otherwise, I’ll just use the manager for myself.

Here's a screenshot of the interface:



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Finally there is a fully working version for the pyDashboard. It has some bugs (only import of junctions via TXT file works correctly for now). but since this is for experienced users and just an lightweight alternative to ADDON manager, there will be for sure just a few to none users other than me dealing with the pyDashboard. so i think that state of work is fine and i will not care about the bugs since this pyDashboard is fully usable for my purposes at last.

now i have posted this topic (maybe just for reasons to say "hello" to the community other than producing something you really need since addon manager is pretty good) i'll share the final working version just in case someone wants to use it for his purposes. you need standard python installed to run this GUI / python app. "Live" Mode of this App is Windows, "Test" Mode is for Linux.

the whole thing is "vibe coded" with AI. you are free to use it, share it and modify it. this is released under PublicDomain License.

cheerio
 

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