Widget repository linking

2026-08-08 17:23:11

adminsforum@hubzilla.org

Alfred Bühler wrote the following post Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:23:10 +0200

Widget repository linking

I'm afraid I missed something here and need some help.
I've added my widget repo with

util/add_widget_repo /home/abu/prj/hz/widgets abu

This does the following:

Check out the repo into extend/widget/abu/
Create a directory widget containing links to all files in the repo

MyWidget.php -> ../extend/widget/abu/MyWidget.php
CHANGELOG.md -> ../extend/widget/abu/CHANGELOG.md
LICENSE -> ../extend/widget/abu/LICENSE
Makefile -> ../extend/widget/abu/Makefile
README.md -> ../extend/widget/abu/README.md
VERSION -> ../extend/widget/abu/VERSION

And now? This widget is still not offered for installation by the PDL editor.
Is there any other config to tweak? What did I miss up to here?
And to continue: how to deal with repos containing multiple widgets?

2026-08-08 17:31:26

Mario Vavti

mario@hub.somaton.com

@Hubzilla Support Forum AFAIK the PDL editor GUI does not support addons yet.

2026-08-08 19:31:27

Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂

pepecyb@hub.hubzilla.hu

Hubzilla Support Forum wrote:

util/add_widget_repo

I had the same problem recently.

Please note that the repository structure for your widget is as follows before you integrate it usingutil/add_widget_repo:

abu/YourWidget/YourWidget.php

The widget must be located within your repository directory in a subdirectory that has the same name as your widget file itself. If you simply place it (as described in the old documentation) in the repo directory itself, the system will not be able to find it. Hubzilla looks for widgets in `widgets/<WIDGETNAME>/`, and the util script will only create this structure if your repo is organised in the same way.

2026-08-08 20:10:46

Alfred Bühler

abu@hub.alfredbuehler.ch

@Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂ This was my initial try, using MyWiget/MyWidget.php. But it didn't work, so I also tried the flat structure, which doesn't work either.

Using MyWiget/MyWidget.php, the PDL editor doesn't see the widget for a potential install. Or is there any other way to install the widget?

But I'll retry from the start ASAP. Thanks.

2026-08-08 20:22:45

Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂

pepecyb@hub.hubzilla.hu

Hast DN.