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Empty (Blank Board): A Minimal Canvas Where Everything Is a Plugin
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Empty (Blank Board): A Minimal Canvas Where Everything Is a Plugin

via Dev.to JavaScriptDheeraj4h ago

I built Empty (also called Blank Board) a super-minimalist workspace where the entire app starts as a completely blank grid. No toolbars. No bloat. No forced features. Every single thing you want on your board? It has to be added as a plugin . Why I Made It I wanted a clean canvas with a tiny ~100-line vanilla JS micro-kernel. Everything else including notes, timers, images, markdown, tools lives as optional plugins. Even the plugin manager itself is a plugin. How Plugins Work Plugins are simple standalone ES modules (just one .js file) No frameworks, no build step, no dependencies Only need a meta object and a setup function Uses dynamic import() , an event bus, and hooks for communication Super Easy to Contribute Want to add your own plugin? It's ridiculously simple: Fork the community registry → Empty_Plugins Add one line to plugins.json Open a Pull Request Your plugin instantly becomes available to everyone using the app. Current examples: Hello Box and Sticky Notes . Try It Now Li

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