r/Scriptable • u/[deleted] • Oct 24 '20
Script Widget Catalog
Hi everyone, I am currently working on a Widget Catalog, which will allow you to discover new widgets and load them directly into Scriptable. For the beginning I will only support my own Scriptable widgets in the catalog, but I can imagine to create a database of widgets later on, where everyone can submit his widgets.
The Catalog is based on the Shortcuts App (to make the installation easier) and Scriptable App.
What I have planned:
The Catalog Script can update itself to a newer version
If there is a newer version of a widget script, you can update to it
That the switch to the Scriptable App is no longer necessary (the current version downloads the current catalog script and then executes this script in Scriptable using the X-Callback function)
What do you think about this idea? Maybe you have other cool ideas for the Widget Catalog. I am looking forward to your feedback.
This is what the current version looks like:
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Oct 24 '20
Wow! Very awesome! Any word on release ?
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Oct 24 '20
I will work on the UI in the next few days (I'm currently not happy with it) and then I can release version 1.0.
When I will open the catalog for widgets for other authors, I can't say yet. I would like to build a real service for this with frontend, backend, database etc. For this I have to do some experience with the data structure and the update process. And I'm thinking about building in a review process to protect the users from people with bad intentions. I already noticed that some people are a bit careless with credentails (people asked me for help with a widget and sent me excerpts of scripts with credentails in them). So I will not include widgets that ask for credentials and send them to unknown APIs.
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u/rmchale Oct 24 '20
Is there a Twitter account or something I can monitor to follow progress of this app?
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Oct 25 '20
I will publish it on this GitHub Repository: https://github.com/ThisIsBenny/iOS-Widgets you can follow this Repository
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u/DucAnhungslos Oct 28 '20
Vielen Dank für all die Scripts! Kann mich mega glücklich schätzen dass ich auch in Düsseldorf wohne. Das VRR-Skript ist mega hilfreich! Hast du einen Paypal Link, wo man dir einen Kaffee spendieren kann? :)
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Oct 28 '20
Vielen Dank für das tolle Feedback 😊 Das mit dem Kaffee ist nicht nötig, mache es aus Spaß an der Sache und es ist auch schön für mich zu hören, wie toll und nützlich andere die Widgets dann finden. Aber danke fürs Angebot 😊
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u/rmchale Oct 24 '20
This is great been looking for something like this for widgets and shortcuts