Plugin Capabilities
Application and Universal Plugins
In terms of using applications, plugins are divided into two classes:
- The first class is the plugins for applications. These plugins are visible in the application section. They generally require an application to be in the foreground to execute commands.


- The other type of plugins do not require an application to be in the foreground or any application to be running locally at all. For example, Twitch and Philips Hue plugins are using remote services directly.


You can specify whether your plugin requires an associated application by changing the following flag in your Plugin class:
Plugins with Shortcuts and API-Only Plugins
There are two distinct types of actions:
- Shortcuts, which essentially are key combinations that Logi Plugin Service sends on behalf of the user and
- API-based actions, those that are controlling target application/service using dedicated API (for example, OBS can be controlled via WebSocket using obs-websocket plugin )
To indicate if a plugin is having API-only actions, set the following flag in the Plugin class:
Plugins with this flag set to true can be connected to any profile and are accessible from the Action Panel.

Plugin Configuration File
The plugin configuration file LoupedeckPackage.yaml
can contain additional fields related to plugin capabilities.
Plugin Capabilities Field
The pluginCapabilities
field in LoupedeckPackage.yaml
defines special installation and runtime requirements:
pluginCapabilities:
- RequiresAdminInstallation
- RequiresAdminUninstallation
- RequireApplicationCloseOnInstallWin
- RequireApplicationCloseOnInstallMac
Available Capabilities:
RequiresAdminInstallation
- Plugin requires installation with elevated rightsRequiresAdminUninstallation
- Plugin requires uninstallation with elevated rightsRequireApplicationCloseOnInstallWin
- Plugin requires application to be closed during installation and uninstallation (Windows). If it is defined, thenapplicationPatterns
field is requiredRequireApplicationCloseOnInstallMac
- Plugin requires application to be closed during installation and uninstallation (macOS). If it is defined, thenapplicationPatterns
field is required
Application Patterns Field
The applicationPatterns
field defines regex expressions to identify supported applications (required when using application close capabilities):
applicationPatterns:
processNamePattern: ^lightroom$
bundleNamePattern: ^com.adobe.LightroomClassicCC7$
displayNamePattern: ^Adobe Lightroom Classic$
executablePathPattern: Adobe Lightroom Classic\\lightroom.exe$
Pattern Types:
processNamePattern
- Application process names (Windows)bundleNamePattern
- Application bundle IDs (macOS)displayNamePattern
- Application display nameexecutablePathPattern
- Application executable file path (Windows)
Uses .NET regex syntax: Quick Reference