@apilium/akashi-plugin

The akashi-plugin author CLI on npm: generate a signing key, pack a plugin folder into a signed .akplugin, and verify it. No Rust toolchain, no global install.

npx @apilium/akashi-plugin keygen --out author.key
npx @apilium/akashi-plugin pack . --key author.key --out my-plugin.akplugin --deny-warnings
npx @apilium/akashi-plugin verify my-plugin.akplugin

What it is

This is a thin launcher. It ships no binary itself. Each supported platform has a companion package (@apilium/akashi-plugin-<os>-<arch>) that carries a prebuilt native akashi-plugin binary. They are declared as optionalDependencies, so npm install fetches only the one that matches your machine. At run time the launcher resolves that binary and execs it, passing your arguments straight through and exiting with its status.

This is the same distribution model esbuild and Biome use: no postinstall script, no network at run time, resolution happens when you invoke the command.

Supported platforms:

| Platform | Package | | --- | --- | | macOS (Apple Silicon) | @apilium/akashi-plugin-darwin-arm64 | | macOS (Intel) | @apilium/akashi-plugin-darwin-x64 | | Linux (x64) | @apilium/akashi-plugin-linux-x64 | | Windows (x64) | @apilium/akashi-plugin-win32-x64 |

On an unsupported platform the launcher prints a clear message naming the <platform>-<arch> combo and how to request it.

In a scaffolded plugin

@apilium/create-akashi-plugin adds this package as a devDependency and wires the keygen / pack / verify scripts, so in a fresh plugin project you can just run:

npm install
npm run keygen     # once: creates author.key
npm run pack       # builds, then signs into <slug>.akplugin (deny-warnings)
npm run verify     # confirms author_ok: true

The CLI resolves from node_modules/.bin/akashi-plugin after npm install. No global install is required.

Also built into Akashi

The same signing engine is built into the Akashi desktop app. If you prefer no terminal, use Package & sign in Akashi Developer Mode: it creates your author identity once, packs, verifies, and saves a .akplugin for you.

License

Apache-2.0 OR Commercial.