Plugins: the article, the vision, and a homepage card - #37
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The plugin system + voice-driven meme generator shipped (openwhisp #244), and #245 already added the August 2026 changelog release — so the /changelog page picks it up from the vendored snapshot with no changes needed (verified: it renders both releases correctly, August above July, each with its own stat strip). - Blog: "Plugins: a meme generator today, a local control plane for your voice tomorrow". Leads with the fun (dictate "create a meme about…"), then makes the real argument: OpenWhisp already owns the mic, local transcription, a local model, and accessibility rights, so plugins turn it into a control plane where your voice drives local tools — instead of pasting a contract clause into some random website. - Homepage: new "Plugins" feature card. Honest about the current state throughout: plugins are in-repo and reviewed, third-party install isn't supported yet, and the roadmap order (manifest/script → out-of-process → never dylibs) is presented as the deliberate answer to "what would it take to trust downloaded code next to microphone and accessibility grants". Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The plugin system + voice-driven meme generator shipped (initcore0/openwhisp#244). This covers it on the site.
Changelog — nothing to do
initcore0/openwhisp#245 already added an August 2026 release (18 entries, 2685 tests). The vendored snapshot was already current, so
/changelogpicks it up automatically. This is the first time the page has two releases — verified it renders correctly: August above July, each with its own anchor, stat strip (18/9/2685 and 67/40/2009), and three category sections. No code changes needed.Blog
New post — Plugins: a meme generator today, a local control plane for your voice tomorrow.
It opens with the fun (dictate "create a meme about code review taking three days"), then makes the argument you asked for: OpenWhisp already holds the microphone, on-device transcription, a local model, translation, and accessibility rights — so plugins turn it from a dictation app into a control plane where your voice drives local tools. The concrete framing is the paste problem: today, acting on a contract clause or a patient note means pasting it into some website under terms nobody read. A plugin does it on your machine, so there's no request to make a promise about.
It also covers why third parties are the point and the hard part, and is honest that this is deferred rather than solved.
Homepage
New "Plugins" feature card.
Accuracy
Grounded in #244 and
docs/PLUGINS.md. It states plainly that plugins are in-repo and reviewed, that third-party install isn't supported yet, and presents the roadmap order (manifest/script → out-of-process → dylibs permanently ruled out) as the deliberate answer to trusting downloaded code beside microphone/accessibility/clipboard grants. Shipped guarantees described: off-until-enabled, external-is-listed-never-runnable, reviewed plugins win id collisions, clipboard gated before the read,networkHostsdisclosed as a label (not a sandbox). Voice triggers quoted from the real manifest, includingсделай мем.Verified
Build + prerender pass (sitemap 20 → 21); article renders with 4 FAQ and the strict-matching note; all interlinks resolve; blog index lists it; homepage card present; two-release changelog verified in-browser; desktop + mobile clean; zero console errors; prod + mirror builds both correct.
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