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Timing a writing session, tracking foreshadowing, a web-novel status window. Features like these are not built into pensiv. They are all plugins. Turn one off and it disappears; turn it on and it comes back. Even the built-in browser is a plugin, so its settings live inside the plugin list too.

The manage screen

In the settings sidebar, pick Manage under the Plugins group. Core plugins ship with the app, so you can only turn them on and off. Community ones can be removed as well. Install one by picking a card in Browse community below, or add a plugin you built yourself with Install from file or Install from folder. At the right of each row, the gear is Settings, the trash can is Uninstall, and the switch turns it on and off.
The Core section holds four rows — Timer, Daily Goal, Document Goal, and Browser — with their switches on, followed below by the Community section and the Browse community cards.
The Core section holds four rows — Timer, Daily Goal, Document Goal, and Browser — with their switches on, followed below by the Community section and the Browse community cards.

The plugin manage screen. Core plugins can only be turned on and off; community ones can be removed as well.

Permissions

Before you install, the permissions requested come up as a list. They are items like Read manuscript, Edit manuscript, Read project, Clipboard, and Network access. The moment you press Install, all of them are granted. Plugins that have not been reviewed carry a warning. Updates go through the same dialog again. Permissions newly requested are grouped separately under New permissions in this update. With Auto-update on launch turned on, only updates with no new permissions are applied quietly.

The plugins available at launch