Magnet

Magnet is a package manager and index for SuperCollider extensions which provides

• re-producible and isolated environments, such that sharing and archiving projects is convenient as possible, even across operating systems
• serving of binary files so installation of server plugins is part of the package
• proper dependency resolution of transient dependencies using the PubGrub algorithm
• backwards-compatibility with the Quarks ecosystem

Instead of separating the setup between the development and distribution of a Quark and a composition, one just thinks in environments and projects.

Beyond that, Magnet makes it possible to

• display docs in the web for all Quarks and search for conflicting Class names (or a missing class)
• use Quarks and server extensions (called Leptons) in a wasm environment and the
• bootstrapping of the whole local SuperCollider ecosystem through magnet (e.g. exporting the local as an interactive website).

This website acts as a guide on how to use it as user and developer, but also provides the reasoning behind decisions and also hosts the specification.