MagicMirrorOrg / MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror-3rd-Party-Modules
feat: explore “app store” style installation experience
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 48
- Forks
- 10
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Summary
Investigate what it would take to provide an "app store"-like installation flow for MagicMirror² modules so that users can install modules with a single click and receive a basic configuration stub automatically.
Motivation
- Simplify module discovery-to-install pipeline for end users.
- Reduce friction when setting up mirrors, especially for newcomers who are not comfortable with command line workflows.
Open questions
- What backend or command tooling would orchestrate installs (e.g. integration with
npm, custom CLI, or a hosted service)? - How would configuration defaults be provided and merged with existing
config.jssetups safely? - What UX changes would the modules listing site need (authentication, queueing installs, progress feedback)?
- Which security and permission considerations (e.g. verifying module sources) must be addressed first?
Next steps
- Collect prior art (MMM-Remote-Control, mmpm, MMM-Config ,other smart mirror ecosystems).
- Outline possible architectures (pure UI + docs, downloadable helper app, hosted service, etc.).
- Identify blockers and resource requirements before committing to an implementation roadmap.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the modules listing site and the prior art named in the issue: MMM-Remote-Control, mmpm, and MMM-Config. Compare the proposed UI, helper-app, and hosted-service approaches, including npm or CLI orchestration, configuration merging, authentication, progress feedback, and source verification; done means a documented architecture comparison, blockers, and resource requirements.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- cli, developer-experience, security, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100